Dirk Koetter

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Dirk Koetter
Date of birth February 5, 1959
Place of birth Pocatello, ID
Sport Football
College None
Title offensive coordinator
Record with Team N/A
Overall Record 62-41
Awards 2 Big West Coach of the Year
Championships
  won
2 Big West Conference Championship
Coaching Stats College Football DataWarehouse
School as a player
1978-81 Idaho State
Coaching positions
1998-2000
2001-2006
Boise State (26-10)
Arizona State (40-33)

Dirk Koetter is an American football coach, offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL. He is best known for his six years as the head coach of Arizona State Sun Devils. Under Koetter, the Sun Devils became known for a vertical passing attack. Koetter came under fire for his lack of focus on defense, questionable halftime adjustments, and failure to win numerous big games. He holds a 1-11 (W vs. University of Oregon 2002) record against top 10 teams, and is 2-20 against all ranked teams. He has yet to win a Pac-10 road game in the state of California (0-12).

New ASU 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]

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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.

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.

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).

Koetter is currently the new offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the National Football League.

School Year Overall Record (Conference) Postseason Results
Boise State
1998
6-5 (2-3, 4th Big West)
Boise State
1999
10-3 (5-1, 1st)
Humanitarian Bowl (Defeated Louisville 34-31)
Boise State
2000
10-2 (5-0, 1st)
Humanitarian Bowl (Defeated UTEP 38-23)
Career w/ Boise St 1998-2000 26-10 (12-4) 2-0
Arizona State
2001
4-7 (1-7, 9th Pac-10)
Arizona State
2002
8-6 (5-3, 3rd)
Holiday Bowl (Lost to Kansas State 34-27)
Arizona State
2003
5-7 (2-6, T8th)
Arizona State
2004
9-3 (5-3, T3rd)
Sun Bowl (Defeated Purdue 27-23)
Arizona State
2005
7-5 (4-4, 4th)
Insight Bowl (Defeated Rutgers 45-40)
Arizona State
2006
7-6 (4-5, T5th)
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

Year Rd Sel# Player Pos. Team
2002 1 10 Levi Jones T Cincinnati
2002 4 124 Scott Peters (football player) 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

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
20012006
Succeeded by
Dennis Erickson

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