Jim Leavitt
Leavitt in 2016 at Stanford Stadium.
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach |
| Team | Oregon Ducks |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 5, 1956 Harlingen, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1977 | Missouri |
| Position(s) | Safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–1979 | Missouri (GA) |
| 1980–1981 | Dubuque (DC/LB) |
| 1982 | Morningside (ST) |
| 1983–1987 | Morningside (DC) |
| 1988 | Iowa (Intern) |
| 1989 | Iowa (GA) |
| 1990–1991 | Kansas State (LB) |
| 1992–1995 | Kansas State (Co-DC/LB) |
| 1996–2009 | South Florida |
| 2011–2014 | San Francisco 49ers (LB) |
| 2015–2016 | Colorado (DC/LB) |
| 2017–present | Oregon (DC/LB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 95–57 |
| Bowls | 3–2 |
James Pierce "Jim" Leavitt (born December 5, 1956) is a former American football player and current defensive coordinator and Linebackers Coach for the University of Oregon. He served as the head coach at the University of South Florida from the football program's inception in 1997 until 2009, compiling a record of 95–57.
Leavitt grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was a star quarterback for Dixie Hollins High School. After graduating from high school, Leavitt pursued studies at the University of Missouri, graduating in 1978. For the next two years, Leavitt worked as a graduate assistant. He then left for the University of Dubuque, where he spent two years as their football team's defensive coordinator. Following his years there, he went to Morningside College in 1982, spending one year as special teams coordinator before being promoted to defensive coordinator. After a brief stint at the University of Iowa where Leavitt pursued a doctorate degree in psychology, he followed Bill Snyder to Kansas State University in 1990. At Kansas State, Leavitt first spent one year as linebackers coach then five more as co-defensive coordinator, sharing the position with Bob Stoops. They led the Wildcats from relative obscurity to having a consistent, highly regarded defense.
On December 12, 1995, Leavitt was hired as head coach for the new football team at the University of South Florida. Leavitt signed his first class in 1996 for the first varsity season in 1997; all players redshirted in 1996. The South Florida Bulls football program began play as an independent at the NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) level. After four seasons the program moved up to I-A (now FBS), also as an independent. After two years as a Division I-A independent, the Bulls joined Conference USA, but stayed for only two seasons. The Bulls landed in the Big East Conference prior to the start of the 2005 season. In December 2005, after the team's first season as members of the Big East, Leavitt led the Bulls to their 100th game and first ever bowl game at the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina. One year later, Leavitt led the team to its first ever bowl win in the PapaJohns.com Bowl against the East Carolina Pirates in Birmingham, Alabama on December 23, 2006.
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