Steve Greatwood Explained

Steve Greatwood
Current Team:Saarland Hurricanes (Germany)
Birth Date:15 August 1958
Birth Place:Eugene, Oregon
Coach Years1:1980-1981
Coach Team1:Oregon (GA)
Coach Years2:1982-1993
Coach Team2:Oregon (OL/TE)
Coach Years3:1994
Coach Team3:Oregon (OL)
Coach Years4:1995
Coach Team4:St. Louis Rams (TE)
Coach Years5:1996
Coach Team5:St. Louis Rams (OL)
Coach Years6:1997
Coach Team6:Maryland (OL)
Coach Years7:1998-1999
Coach Team7:USC (OL)
Coach Years8:2000-2004
Coach Team8:Oregon (DL)
Coach Years9:2005–2016
Coach Team9:Oregon (OL)
Coach Years10:2017–2019
Coach Team10:California (OL)
Awards:National Offensive Line Coach of the Year - American Football Coaches Association (2008)

Steve Greatwood (born August 15, 1958 in Eugene, Oregon) is a retired American football coach.

Career

Greatwood has over 30 years of coaching experience, including stints in the NFL (St. Louis Rams) and at four different colleges (Oregon, USC, Maryland, California). Widely regarded as one of the premiere offensive line coaches in college football today, Greatwood was named the National Offensive Line Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association in 2008.

The former Churchill High School standout completed his playing career at Oregon with an appearance in the 1980 Hula Bowl and was the recipient of the Bob Officer Award, given to the Oregon player who makes a major contribution to the success of the program despite physical adversity. Greatwood later signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers before initiating his coaching career as the Ducks’ defensive graduate assistant for two years.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: GoDucks.com Biography - Steve Greatwood. GoDucks.com. August 4, 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309112235/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=22673&Q_SEASON=2008. March 9, 2012.