Mike Kruczek
| Position: | Coach Quarterback |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | March 15, 1953 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | St. John's | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Boston College | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| TD–INT: | 0–8 |
|---|---|
| Passing Yards: | 1,185 |
| QB Rating: | 62.8 |
| Pass attempts: | 154 |
| Pass completions: | 93 |
| Games played: | 36 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Michael Francis "Mike" Kruczek (born March 15, 1953) is an American football coach and former quarterback. He is currently the head varsity coach for Trinity Preparatory School of Florida.
Kruczek earned All-America in 1975 as a quarterback at Boston College where he set several B.C. passing and total offense records.
He was selected in the second round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and played in 29 games for them from 1976–1979 and was a member of Super Bowl championship squads in 1978 and 1979.
Kruczek distinguished himself in the NFL as a rookie in 1976 when he stepped into the lineup for an injured Terry Bradshaw and led the Steelers to six consecutive victories en route to the AFC title game. This record for wins as rookie stood until 2004 when it was surpassed by another Steeler, Ben Roethlisberger. He concluded his NFL career in 1980 with the Washington Redskins.
Kruczek began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for Bobby Bowden at Florida State from 1982-83. He served one season in the same capacity for the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL before he became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Central Florida. He was named UCF's head coach in 1998 when 13-year coach Gene McDowell was forced to resign due to a cellular phone fraud scandal. Kruczek's run as coach benefited from the fact that he inherited future NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Daunte Culpepper as a recruit from the McDowell era.
...
Wikipedia