Bruce Arians

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Bruce Arians
Date of birth:	October 3, 1952 (1952-10-03) (age 55)
Place of birth:	Paterson, New Jersey
Career information
Position(s):	Quarterback
College:	Virginia Tech

Bruce Arians (born October 3, 1952 in Paterson, New Jersey^[1]) is currently the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Prior to holding this position, Arians served as the wide receivers coach for the Steelers, a position that he held with the team since the 2004 season. The promotion to this position was made by head coach Mike Tomlin and announced on January 23, 2007.

[edit] College Years

Arians attended Virginia Tech, where, as a senior, he was the starting quarterback for the Hokies football team, throwing for 952 yards and three touchdowns that year. ^[2]

[edit] College Coaching

He began his coaching career in 1975 as a graduate assistant at Virginia Tech. Arians then held an assistant coaching position at Mississippi State (running backs and wide receivers) from 1978-80 before heading to Alabama to coach the running backs from 1981-82 under Paul "Bear" Bryant.

He was also the head coach at Temple University from 1983-88. Arians also held positions with the Kansas City Chiefs (running backs, 1989-92), Mississippi State (offensive coordinator, 1993-95), New Orleans Saints (tight ends, 1996) and Alabama (offensive coordinator, 1997).

[edit] NFL Coaching

At the end of the college football season in 1988, he was hired in the NFL as a running backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. It was during this time with the Chiefs that he worked with the coach who brought him to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bill Cowher. He also spent one season as the tight ends coach of the New Orleans Saints. Following this stint was when he made a name for himself when he got the job as the quarterbacks coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He was the first quarterback coach of Peyton Manning when he arrived in the NFL and gets some of the credit for turning Peyton Manning into one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. His good work with the Colts paid off as he got his big promotion to offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. After two seasons with the Browns, he was hired by Bill Cowher as the wide receivers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. On January 23, 2007, he was promoted to the offensive coordinator job of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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