Coach Gruden
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 | | Subject: Breaking News From Seattle Thu 26 Aug 2010, 6:21 am | |
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Coach Gruden has hired Steve Emtman as the new defensive coordinator. Emtman was the head coach at Western Washington, and a star of the 1991 #1 rated Huskies defense.The Washington Huskies have fired defensive coordinator Nick Holt after the Huskies gave up a Pac 10 high in points this year at 357, which works out to 27.46 a game...
Those numbers were just to high Coach Gruden as quoted today at his weekly show. Holt was the only member retained from the Steve Sarkisian era. Steve son Steven Emtman JR is part of Coach Gruden first recruiting class, 4* DE from Height: 6'4 237 lbs
Hometown: Lakewood, WA Tendency: Run Stopper Top 3 Schools: #1 Washington, #2 Oregon, #3 Boise State.
Emtman Profile
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Former Washington defensive lineman Steve Emtman was announced Tuesday as one of 15 former players and coaches who will be enshrined in the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame. The 13 players and two coaches selected Tuesday will be part of the Hall's Class of 2007, which will be officially enshrined at the Hall in South Bend, Ind., during ceremonies in the summer of 2007.
Emtman is the 11th Washington player to be inducted to college football's Hall of Fame, but the first of what might be considered the "modern era" of UW football -- each of the Huskies' other 10 Hall of Famers completed their careers prior to 1965. Washington has also had four coaches enshrined in the Hall, including Don James, inducted in 1999.
A consensus All-American in 1991, Emtman led Washington to consecutive Rose Bowl wins in 1990 and 1991, the latter win capping an undefeated, national championship season. Emtman was the anchor of a UW defense that allowed just 67.1 rushing yards per game and 9.2 points per game, both numbers among the best in NCAA history.
"He was the consummate team player and a great college football player that understood how to play the game," said Husky Defensive Line Coach Randy Hart, who coached Emtman from 1989-91. "He had tremendous effort, intensity and his goal every game was to play a perfect game, which meant making every tackle in every game."
Emtman in 1991 became just the ninth collegiate player ever to win both the Outland and Lombardi Trophies in the same year, and was the fourth-place finisher in voting for the 1991 Heisman Trophy. He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, and played six years in the NFL before his career was cut short by a series of knee injuries.
He was most recently honored with selection to a number of the college football "All-Century" teams selected by various organizations and media outlets at the end of the 20th century, further cementing his reputation as one of the greatest defensive linemen in college football history.
Emtman is joined in the Hall's Class of 2007 by a number of memorable players, including certain future NFL Hall of Famers Bruce Smith, the key defensive figure in the Buffalo Bills' run to four-consecutive Super Bowls in 1990s, and Emmitt Smith, the NFL's all-time rushing yards leader. | |
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