Dirk Koetter
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| Date of birth | February 5, 1959 |
| Place of birth |  Pocatello, ID |
| Position(s) | Offensive Coordinator |
| College | Idaho State |
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| 1998-2000 2001-2006 2007-present |
Boise State Arizona State Jacksonville Jaguars (OC) |
Dirk Koetter is an American football coach currently serving as the offensive coordinator of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.
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[edit] Arizona State Head Coach
Under Koetter, the Sun Devils became known for a vertical passing attack. He held a 1-11 (W vs. University of Oregon 2002) record against top 10 teams, and was 2-20 against all ranked teams. As Arizona State head coach, he never won a Pac-10 road game in the state of California (0-12).
New Athletic Director Lisa Love granted Koetter a two-year contract extension and salary increase through the 2009 season. However, the team's disappointing performance in 2006 spawned several websites critical of Koetter, and the topic became talk-radio fodder. When questioned about Koetter's status in early October, Love turned down interview requests with a standard policy statement: "We'll evaluate the program throughout the year, from all aspects, and then discuss it with that coach at the season's end." Her e-mail response to complaints said that "our recent on-field performance falls short of the mark, and I have no inclination to defend it."[1]
[edit] Termination from ASU Football
On November 26, 2006, the Arizona Republic reported that Koetter was being terminated as ASU football coach.[2] This confirmed another report made by KPNX earlier that week about Koetter's inevitable termination, irrespective of the result in that week's Territorial Cup match against Arizona, which ASU subsequently won. Athletic Director Lisa Love made Koetter's termination official at an announcement after the ASU football team banquet during the evening hours on November 26. His final game was the 2006 Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve.
[edit] Early years
Koetter grew up in Pocatello, Idaho, the son of a football coach. A quarterback, he graduated from Highland High School and stayed in town to play his college football at Idaho State, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1981 and a master's in athletic administration in 1982. He was the head coach at Highland High School for two seasons (1983-84) before becoming a full-time college assistant coach.
[edit] Offensive coordinator
His full-time coaching career began in 1985 as the offensive coordinator at San Francisco St., then to UTEP (1986-88), Missouri (1989-93), Boston College (1994-95), and Oregon (1996-97).
Dirk Koetter was the head coach at Boise State for three seasons (1998-2000) before moving to ASU in 2001.
His record with the Broncos was 26-10 (.722). He actually accepted the head coaching position at Oklahoma State before being offered the job at Arizona State. He quickly accepted the Arizona State job when the Sun Devils upped the terms in his contract offer.
Koetter is currently the new offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the National Football League. In his first season as Jaguars offensive coordinator, Koetter helped the Jaguars offense improve from 10th in the NFL (338.9 yards per game) to 7th (357.4 yards per game).
[edit] Head Coaching Records
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Humanitarian Bowl (Defeated Louisville 34-31) |
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Humanitarian Bowl (Defeated UTEP 38-23) |
| Career w/ Boise St | 1998-2000 | 26-10 (12-4) | 2-0 |
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Holiday Bowl (Lost to Kansas State 34-27) |
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Sun Bowl (Defeated Purdue 27-23) |
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Insight Bowl (Defeated Rutgers 45-40) |
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Hawai'i Bowl (Lost to Hawai'i 41-24) |
| Career w/ Arizona St | 2001-2006 | 40-34 (21-28) | 2-2 |
| Career | 1998-2006 | 66-44 | 4-2 |
[edit] Previous NFL Drafted Players Under Koetter
| Year | Rd | Sel# | Player | Pos. | Team |
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| 2002 | 1 | 10 | Levi Jones | T | Cincinnati |
| 2002 | 4 | 124 | Scott Peters | C | Philadelphia |
| 2002 | 4 | 130 | Travis Scott | G | St. Louis |
| 2002 | 7 | 248 | Kyle Kosier | T | San Francisco |
| 2003 | 1 | 10 | Terrell Suggs | DE | Baltimore |
| 2003 | 4 | 106 | Shaun McDonald | WR | St. Louis |
| 2003 | 4 | 135 | Solomon Bates | MLB | Seattle |
| 2004 | 5 | 156 | Mike Karney | FB | New Orleans |
| 2004 | 5 | 158 | Jason Shivers | FS | St. Louis |
| 2005 | 3 | 69 | Andrew Walter | QB | Oakland |
| 2005 | 5 | 151 | Drew Hodgdon | C | Houston |
| 2005 | 7 | 232 | Jimmy Verdon | DE | New Orleans |
| 2006 | 3 | 209 | Derek Hagan | WR | Miami |
| 2006 | 4 | 250 | Jamar Williams | ILB | Chicago |
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| Preceded by Houston Nutt |
Boise State University Head Football Coach 1998– 2000 |
Succeeded by Dan Hawkins |
| Preceded by Bruce Snyder |
Arizona State University Head Football Coach 2001– 2006 |
Succeeded by Dennis Erickson |
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