Frank Scelfo Explained

Frank Scelfo
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Southeastern Louisiana
Current Conference:Southland
Current Record:37–31
Birth Date:9 February 1959
Birth Place:Abbeville, Louisiana, U.S.
Player Years1:1977–1981
Player Team1:Northeast Louisiana
Coach Years1:1982–1983
Coach Team1:Prairie View Academy (LA)
Coach Years2:1984
Coach Team2:Jesuit HS (LA) (DB)
Coach Years3:1985–1986
Coach Team3:River Oaks School (LA)[1]
Coach Years4:1987
Coach Team4:Vidor HS (TX) (DB)
Coach Years5:1988
Coach Team5:Orangefield HS (TX) (OC/QB)
Coach Years6:1989–1991
Coach Team6:Chapel Hill HS (TX) (OC/QB)
Coach Years7:1992–1994
Coach Team7:Kilgore HS (TX) (OC/QB/WR)
Coach Years8:1995
Coach Team8:North Shore HS (TX) (DB)
Coach Years9:1996–1998
Coach Team9:Tulane (TE/RC)
Coach Years10:1999–2006
Coach Team10:Tulane (OC/QB)
Coach Years11:2007–2009
Coach Team11:Louisiana Tech (OC/QB)
Coach Years12:2010–2011
Coach Team12:Arizona (QB)
Coach Years13:2013–2014
Coach Team13:Jacksonville Jaguars (QB)
Coach Years14:2015
Coach Team14:Jacksonville Jaguars (sr. off. asst.)
Coach Years15:2016–2017
Coach Team15:UTSA (OC/QB)
Coach Years16:2018–present
Coach Team16:Southeastern Louisiana
Overall Record:37–31
Tournament Record:3–3 (FCS Playoffs)
Championships:Southland (2022)

Frank Jude Scelfo (born February 9, 1959) is an American football coach who currently is the head coach at Southeastern Louisiana University. Scelfo was the offensive coordinator for the UTSA Roadrunners football team of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from 2016 to 2017. Scelfo has also served as the quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college baseball at Northeast Louisiana.

Coaching career

High school

Scelfo started his coaching career coaching high school football in 1982. He coached mostly on offense, but did coach on defense a couple times. He coached in many different high schools in Louisiana and Texas.

College

Scelfo started coaching in college at Tulane University in 1996. He started out coaching tight ends before moving to quarterbacks and being an offensive coordinator. He coached four quarterbacks that played in the NFL. Those quarterbacks were Shaun King, Patrick Ramsey, J. P. Losman, and Lester Ricard.

Scelfo later coached at Louisiana Tech University, and the University of Arizona, where he coached Nick Foles and Matt Scott.

He was let go after two seasons at Arizona and he took a break from coaching in 2012.[2]

Jacksonville Jaguars

Scelfo signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars following the 2012 NFL season, becoming the team's quarterbacks coach on January 23, 2013.[3]

On January 28, 2015, it was reported Nathaniel Hackett would be the new quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars but Scelfo would remain on the staff. On February 5, 2015, it was reported Scelfo would be a senior offensive assistant.

Personal life

Scelfo is married to Holly Kingery and the couple has two sons, Anthony and Jordan. Anthony played quarterback and baseball at Tulane and was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft, while Jordan played quarterback and baseball at the University of the Incarnate Word from 2012 to 2015. His brother, Chris Scelfo, serves as the offensive line coach for the Houston Cougars.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Scelfo named head football coach at Southeastern .
  2. Schmitz, Mike. "Scelfo taking 'redshirt year' after two seasons as QBs coach at UA". Arizona Daily Wildcat, April 27, 2012. Retrieved on May 9, 2013.
  3. O'Halloran, Ryan. "Jaguars coaching staff taking shape". Florida Times-Union, January 25, 2013. Retrieved on May 9, 2013.