Jerry Pettibone
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| Jerry Pettibone | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Oregon State | |
| Sport | Football | |
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| Overall | 46-84-2 | |
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| 1958-1961 | University of Oklahoma | |
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| 1985-1990 1991-1996 |
Northern Illinois Oregon State |
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Jerry Pettibone is a former American football player and coach. Most recently he was the head coach at Oregon State from 1991-1996. He compiled a record of 13-52-1 at Oregon State. Prior to becoming the head coach of Oregon State, he was the head coach of Northern Illinois.
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[edit] Early life
Pettibone's football career started at Jesuit High School in Dallas, Texas. He earned All-State honors as a running back on the state championship football team in 1956 and 1957. He received the honor to be in the first class inducted into the Jesuit Sports Hall of Fame.
After graduating from Jesuit High School, Pettibone received a scholarship to the University of Oklahoma, where he played running back under the legendary Bud Wilkinson. Pettibone attended and graduated from the University of Oklahoma.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Assistant coach
Pettibone spent time as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Nebraska, Southern Methodist University, and at Texas A&M. In his career as an assistant coach, he coached in 11 major bowls and won eight Big Eight championships. Teams he was with collectively produced a record of 168-64-3 (.721). He was with two national championship teams. Jerry helped to recruit 20 consensus All-Americans, two Heisman Trophy winners, two Outland Trophy winners and a Lombardi Award winner.
At Oklahoma, he was part of eight bowl games and was with two national championship teams. He was part of seven Big Eight championship teams at Oklahoma. He recruited Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims, running back in 1978 after rushing for 1,782 yards. One of Pettibone’s early Oklahoma classes graduated 17 of 25 players into the National Football League.
At Nebraska, he coached in three bowl games. As recruiting coordinator, he helped to recruit consensus All-Americans Irving Fryer, running back Mike Rozier and center Mark Traynowicz. Rozier won the Heisman Trophy in 1983 after rushing for 2,148 yards.
At Texas A&M, Pettibone was named as “No. 1 Recruiter in America” by Sports Illustrated. Pettibone’s initial recruiting class at Texas A&M ranked first in the Southwest Conference and No. 5 in the nation. That class produced six Aggie starters the first year.
[edit] Head coach
Pettibone's first head coaching position was at Northern Illinois University. He was the head coach for the Huskies from 1985-1990. NIU recorded a 9-2 record in 1989 to tie the best-ever record in history of the school. Pettibone was named Coach of the Year for major Northern Independent schools by Sporting News. NIU established four school records (most points, most touchdowns, most rushing touchdowns and most possession time) and the Huskies were ranked among the top 25 in five different categories. NIU recorded its first ever victory over a top 25 rated team when it downed Fresno State. NIU also established 51 school records and 7 NCAA records during Jerry’s final three years. In his time at NIU, he posted a record of 33-32-1.
In 1991, Pettibone left NIU to become the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers, replacing Dave Kragthorpe. The contrasting styles of offenses between Kragthorpe and Pettibone made the transition very difficult. Kragthorpe ran an extremely pass oriented offense while he was at the helm. Pettibone, on the other hand, preferred the running game and specifically the wishbone formation and the triple option. In his first two season at OSU, he only managed one win in each season. However, in season three and four, things started to click and his teams posted four wins in each of those seasons. OSU finished second in the nation in rushing in 1993. Pettibone was named co-runner-up for the Division I-A Coach of the Year honors by Sports Illustrated. In season five, things went down hill again, and the Beavers dropped back to 1-10. After a 2-9 season in 1996, Pettibone resigned as the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers. During his stint as the head coach, Oregon State had two 15-game losing skids.
[edit] Post-Coaching career
Pettibone left Corvallis, Oregon to become the assistant athletic director at the University of Oklahoma in 1996. He spent one year at Oklahoma, and then was terminated in the wake of budget cuts in the department.
Pettibone worked for Jeld-Wen out of an office in Norman, Oklahoma, for one year before moving to Jacksonville, Oregon where he currently lives with his wife Susy.
[edit] Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Rank# | |||
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| Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference (1985), Independent (1986-90)) (1985 – 1990) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Northern Illinois | 4-7 | 4-4 | ||||||
| 1986 | Northern Illinois | 2-9 | |||||||
| 1987 | Northern Illinois | 5-5-1 | |||||||
| 1988 | Northern Illinois | 7-4 | |||||||
| 1989 | Northern Illinois | 9-2 | |||||||
| 1990 | Northern Illinois | 6-5 | |||||||
| Northern Illinois: | 33-32-1 | 4-4 | |||||||
| Oregon State Beavers (Pacific Ten Conference) (1991 – 1996) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Oregon State | 1-10 | 1-7 | 9-T | |||||
| 1992 | Oregon State | 1-9-1 | 0-7-1 | 10th | |||||
| 1993 | Oregon State | 4-7 | 2-6 | T-8th | |||||
| 1994 | Oregon State | 4-7 | 2-6 | T-8th | |||||
| 1995 | Oregon State | 1-10 | 0-8 | 10th | |||||
| 1996 | Oregon State | 2-9 | 1-7 | 10th | |||||
| Oregon State: | 13-52-1 | 6-41-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 46-84-2 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
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