Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Boston College |
Conference | ACC |
Record | 24–27 |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Farmington, Connecticut |
June 1, 1959
Playing career | |
1978–1981 | Central Connecticut |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1985–1987 | Western Connecticut State (OL/RC) |
1988–1994 | Cheshire HS (CT) |
1995–1996 | Syracuse (TE/Assistant. OL) |
1997–1998 | Syracuse (OL) |
1999–2001 | Notre Dame (T/TE/ST) |
2002–2003 | Indiana (OL) |
2004 | Indiana (OC/OL) |
2005–2006 | Florida (T/TE) |
2007–2008 | Florida (AHC/OL) |
2009–2010 | Florida (AHC/OC/OL) |
2011–2012 | Temple |
2013–present | Boston College |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 37–38 |
Bowls | 2–2 |
Steve Addazio (born June 1, 1959) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Boston College Eagles football team. Addazio previously spent two years as the head coach of Temple University in Philadelphia. Prior to his stint at Temple, Addazio spent six seasons as an assistant coach, assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Florida Gators football team and was a part of two BCS National Championship Game-winning coaching staffs under head coach Urban Meyer.
Addazio was a four-year starter at Central Connecticut from 1978 to 1981 and earned tryouts with the NFL's New England Patriots, USFL's Jacksonville Bulls and CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders. He earned his bachelor's (1981) and master's (1985) degrees from Central Connecticut.
Addazio was the head coach of Cheshire High School in Connecticut from 1988 to 1994 Over twenty of his high school players earned places on the roster of college football programs. He led Cheshire to forty-nine consecutive victories, the second longest streak in the nation. Cheshire also won three consecutive state titles and was ranked in the top twenty-five high school football teams in the country under Addazio.
Starting in 1995, Addazio moved up to the college football ranks and had stints as a position coach with Syracuse, Notre Dame, and Indiana. During 2004, he was offensive coordinator at Indiana during Gerry DiNardo's last season. In 2005, Addazio joined Urban Meyer's staff at Florida. Addazio and Meyer had previously coached together at Notre Dame during the 1999 and 2000 seasons under head coach Bob Davie.