Jeff Horton
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant head coach offensive coordinator running backs coach |
| Team | San Diego State |
| Conference | MWC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 13, 1957 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984 | Minnesota (GA) |
| 1985–1989 | Nevada (WR/RB/ST) |
| 1990–1991 | UNLV (AHC) |
| 1992 | Nevada (WR) |
| 1993 | Nevada |
| 1994–1998 | UNLV |
| 1999–2005 | Wisconsin (QB) |
| 2006 | St. Louis Rams (OL) |
| 2007–2008 | St. Louis Rams (assistant) |
| 2009 | Detroit Lions (QB) |
| 2010 | Minnesota (OC/QB) |
| 2010 | Minnesota (interim HC) |
| 2011–2014 | San Diego State (AHC/RB) |
| 2015–present | San Diego State (AHC/OC/RB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–51 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Big West (1994) | |
| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (1994) | |
Jeff Horton (born July 13, 1957) is an American football coach. He currently is the offensive coordinator and running backs coach at San Diego State University. He was the interim head coach at the University of Minnesota, having replaced Tim Brewster, who was fired midway through the Golden Gophers' 2010 season. Horton previously served as the head coach at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1993 and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1994 to 1998. From 2006 to 2008, he a special assistant/offense and assistant offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL), where he worked under head coach Scott Linehan. Horton coached the quarterbacks for the NFL's Detroit Lions in 2009.
Horton's first coaching job was as a graduate assistant for Minnesota in 1984. The following year, he joined his alma mater as assistant in Reno. In 1990 and 1991, he was the wide receivers coach. In 1992, he left to become the Wide Receivers coach at UNLV.
After the 1992 football season ended, Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault stepped down to focus on his duties as the university's athletic director. Horton was Ault's hand-picked successor, and he returned from Las Vegas to take over as head coach of the Wolf Pack. Horton lead Nevada to a 7–4 record and a second-place finish in the Big West Conference.
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