A couple of more names to throw around

[PK]

How would you all feel about a Norm Chow or a Chuck Long? From what I hear....they might just be possible. Don't you just love rumors!


Norm Chow

Position:
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks


Norm Chow, regarded as one of the premier offensive coordinators and quarterback coaches in college football, joined the USC staff in January of 2001.

He spent the 2000 season handling those duties at North Carolina State, where he helped the Wolfpack to an 8-4 season and a victory in the Micronpc.com Bowl. The NCSU passing offense was ranked 15th nationally (292.6). His quarterback, Philip Rivers, was a Freshman All-American who completed 53.7% (237-of-441) of his passes for 3,054 yards with 25 touchdowns and was 12th nationally in total offense (269.9).

Before that, the 55-year-old Chow spent the previous 27 years (1973-99) at BYU. At various times, he was the Cougars’ assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator (since 1982), quarterbacks coach, receivers coach, recruiting coordinator and graduate assistant (1973 and 1974).

He coached 6 of the NCAA’s top 12 career passing efficiency leaders and was involved with squads that hold 11 of the top 30 single season passing yardage totals in NCAA history. He coached in 22 bowls at BYU and was on the staff of the Cougars’ 1984 national championship team. BYU went 243-91-3 during his time in Provo.

He was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year in 1999 by the American Football Foundation and in 1993 by Athlon. He was the 1996 Division I Offensive Coordinator of the Year by American Football Quarterly. In 1996, he was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award (given to the nation’s top assistant).

Among the Cougar players he coached were a number of future NFL stars, including quarterbacks Steve Young, Jim McMahon, Marc Wilson, Gifford Nielsen, Ty Detmer and Robbie Bosco, plus tight end Todd Christensen. Detmer won the 1990 Heisman Trophy and was a Davey O’Brien Trophy winner (twice), as were Young and McMahon.

Chow began his coaching career as the head coach at Waialua (Hi.) High for 3 seasons (1970-72) before going to BYU.

He was a 2-year starter and 3-year letterman at offensive guard for Utah (1965-67). In 1967, he earned All-Western Athletic Conference first team and All-American honorable mention honors. He was selected to Utah’s All-Century Team.

He then played briefly with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League in 1968 before a knee injury ended his playing career.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Utah in 1968, his master’s in special education from Utah in 1970 and his doctorate in educational psychology from BYU in 1979.

He prepped at Punahou High in Honolulu, Hi., starring in football, basketball and baseball.

He was born on May 3, 1946. He and his wife, Diane, have 3 sons–Carter, 26, Cameron, 20, and Chandler, 15–and a daughter, Maile, 24.

CHOW SNAPSHOT

BIRTHDAY: May 3, 1946
FAMILY: Wife, Diane; Sons, Carter, 26, Cameron, 20, and Chandler, 15
HIGH SCHOOL: Punahou HS, Honolulu, Hi.
EDUCATION:

Bachelor. s degree, physical education, Utah, 1968
Master. s degree, special education, Utah, 1970
Doctorate degree, educational psychology, BYU, 1979
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
Punahou HS, Honolulu, Hi.
Utah, offensive guard, 1965-67
Saskatchewan Roughriders, offensive line, 1968
COACHING EXPERIENCE: 31 years







Chuck Long

Position:
Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coord.


Former University of Iowa assistant coach Chuck Long became the newest member of the Sooner coaching staff as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator on December 14.

Long, a former consensus All-America quarterback at the University of Iowa and winner of the 1985 Maxwell Trophy and Davey O’Brien Award, served five seasons on the Hawkeye coaching staff before joining the Sooners just prior to their date in the Independence Bowl.

A newly enshrined member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Long is believed to be the only collegiate player to play in five bowl games. He played in the 1981 Rose Bowl (only two plays). He won the starting job as a redshirt freshman in 1982 and led the Hawkeyes to the Peach, Gator, Freedom and Rose Bowls during the next four years.

In his brief tenure with OU, Long has already made an impact on the Sooner quarterbacks, including 1999 Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year Josh Heupel. Under his guidance, Heupel posted the best bowl performance of any Division I quarterback. Against Mississippi, Heupel connected on 39 of 53 passes for 390 yards and three touchdowns. He set school, Big 12 and Independence Bowl records for completions, attempts and passing yards. He also tied the record for passing touchdowns.

As Iowa’s career passing leader, Long is the only Big Ten player to ever pass for more than 10,000 yards (10,461). During a sparkling senior season, he passed for 3,297 yards and a school-record 27 touchdowns. Long also holds the Big Ten and Iowa record for career touchdown passes with 74 and he has the Big Ten’s best career completion percentage (.650).

Long was selected first team All-Big Ten three times and was the Big Ten Athlete of the Year as a senior. In four years as a starter Long led Iowa to a 35-13-1 overall mark. A consensus all-American his final season, he won the Maxwell Trophy, presented to the nation’s outstanding college football player by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, and the Davey O’Brien Award, honoring the No. 1 quarterback in the nation by the Davey O’Brien Educational and Charitable Trust of Fort Worth.

Under the direction of Long, the Hawkeyes won the 1985 Big Ten title and were ranked No. 1 in the nation for five weeks. Long finished second to Bo Jackson in the closest balloting ever for the 1985 Heisman Trophy after placing seventh in the voting following his junior season. Long earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Iowa in 1985.

Long played in the NFL for eight seasons with the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. While in the NFL, Long passed for 3,747 yards and 19 touchdowns. His first pass in the NFL went for a 37-yard touchdown. In his second season, he completed 33 of 47 passes in a game against Green Bay. After spending the 1990 season with the Los Angeles Rams, he returned to Detroit as the Lions advanced to the NFC championship game in 1991.

Long began his coaching career when he returned to his alma mater in 1995, where he stayed until moving to the Norman campus. While Long was raised in Illinois, he was born in Norman and has deep ties to the University of Oklahoma. His grandparents and parents graduated from OU, and his grandfather was the mayor of Norman in the ‘50s. A prep standout at North HS in Wheaton, Ill., Long captained the football and baseball team as a senior and led Wheaton to the state 4A football title as a junior.

Born on Feb. 18, 1963, Long and his wife, Lisa, have three daughters (Lindsay, Samantha and Katherine Madison) and two sons (Nathan and Zachary).

The Long File
Birthdate: Feb. 18, 1963
Hometown: Wheaton, Ill.
High School Education: North High School
College Education: University of Iowa (1985)

Coaching Experience:
1999-Present: University of Oklahoma (Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coordinator)
1998-1999: University of Iowa (Quarterbacks Coach)
1995-97: University of Iowa (Secondary Coach)

Marital Status: Married (Lisa)
Children: Three daughters, Lindsay, Samantha, Katherine Madison, and two sons, Nathan and Zachary






[This message has been edited by PK (edited 11-30-2001).]

[Jim Rome]

That is huge - gotta get a little SoCal influence on the Hilltop. Props to you, PK, for coming up with Chow. He's a helluva coach, and a helluva recruiter. He'll charm the alums until they're begging to throw cash into the athletic department's coffers. He's even raised the USC offense from the dead, where it started the season, and made Carson Palmer a legitimate first-round draft possibility again.

Stay away from Chuck Long. Very average as a player at Iowa, horrible with the Lions, and from what I hear, pretty useless to Stoops and the OU staff.

Hope the Ponies hit the Chow line

[PK]

Wish I could take credit for thinking of Chow, but I was just reporting on a rumor that I heard. Evidently it was a good one as it was reinforced in the paper today.