Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Sacramento, California |
December 21, 1950
Playing career | |
1970–1972 | UC Davis |
Position(s) | Tight end, wide receiver |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1973–1976 | UC Davis (assistant) |
1977–1978 | Cal State Hayward (OC) |
1979 | Weber State (OC) |
1980–1983 | Cal State Hayward (OC) |
1984–1988 | Chico State |
1989–1994 | Oregon (OC) |
1995–2008 | Oregon |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2009–2010 | Oregon |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 137–80–2 |
Bowls | 6–6 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Pac-10 (2000–2001) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2014 (profile) |
Robert Michael "Mike" Bellotti (born December 21, 1950) is an American college football analyst for ESPN and ABC. He was with the University of Oregon's football program for over 20 years serving as offensive coordinator for six years, head coach for 14 years, and athletic director for one year. Bellotti is the winningest coach in Oregon football history and is credited with building the program into a major football power. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
Bellotti attended Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, California, where he played football, basketball and baseball and graduated in 1969. After high school, he went to the University of California, Davis and played football at the positions of tight end and wide receiver. He started at tight end as a sophomore and junior, then earned second-team all-Far Western Conference honors at wide receiver as senior. Bellotti graduated from UC Davis with a B.A. in Physical Education in 1973. He completed the teaching credential program at UC Davis in 1974. In 1982, Bellotti earned his Master of Science degree in Physical Education at California State University, East Bay (then known as Cal State-Hayward). He is an alumnus of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.
In 1973, he started his career in football coaching at his alma mater as an assistant coach under College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Sochor. The next season he worked as the JV teams offensive coordinator, and during the 1975 and 1976 seasons he was the JV teams head coach. Also at that time he served as the receivers coach for the varsity team and as a coach for UC Davis' JV baseball team.