Marc Trestman
Marc Trestman
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Marc Trestman Head Coach |
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| 2010 - Trestman is in his third season with the Montreal Alouettes in 2010 after leading the team to a franchise-best 15-3-0 record and a sixth Grey Cup championship in 2009. In late 2009, he signed a contract extension with the Alouettes through the 2012 season. He has led the Alouettes to the CFL’s best record over the last two seasons with a 26-10-0 mark (their 15-3-0 record in 2009 was the best in franchise history), two East Division Championships, two Grey Cup appearances and one Grey Cup victory. The Als were undefeated at home in 2009, scoring at least 600 points for the second year in a row while allowing just 324 points against – a team record and the second lowest total by any team since the CFL moved to an 18-game schedule in 1986. He was named the 2009 CFL Coach of the Year. Since his arrival, quarterback Anthony Calvillo has completed 868 of his 1 232 passes for 10,272 yards and 69 touchdowns – by far the best totals in the CFL. Calvillo was named the league’s Most Outstanding Player in 2008 and 2009. In his first year at the helm of the Alouettes, Trestman led the team to first place in the East Division title with an 11-7-0 record, a division championship and a Grey Cup appearance en route to being named a Coach of the Year finalist. It was in 2007 that Trestman made his first serious contact with Canadian football when General Manager and then-Head Coach Jim Popp invited him to serve as a guest coach at training camp. The two had first met when Trestman worked with Jim Popp’s father, Joe, with the Cleveland Browns in 1989. He began his coaching career in 1981 with the University of Miami while attending law school there. In 1983, after passing the Florida Bar exam, he was named the Hurricanes’ quarterbacks coach and Miami won the National Championship that year, defeating Nebraska 31-30 in an Orange Bowl game that went down as one of college football’s greatest. Redshirt freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar threw for 2,329 yards that season and was named the Orange Bowl MVP, and a year later Kosar set school records with 262 completions, 3,643 yards, and 25 touchdowns. In 1985, Bud Grant came out of retirement and hired Trestman to his first job in the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings. Four years later, Trestman was named the offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns, reuniting him with Kosar. Under Trestman’s tutelage, Kosar led the Browns to the AFC Central championship and to the conference title game. Kosar passed for 3,533 yards and 18 touchdowns in 1989, while wide receiver Webster Slaughter set a franchise record with 1,236 receiving yards. In January 1995, after three years away from the NFL, he was hired by George Seifert as the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In Trestman’s first season with the then-defending Super Bowl champions, the 49ers ranked first in the NFL with 457 points for, 644 pass attempts and 4,779 passing yards. They also ranked second with 391.1 total yards per game, while legendary receiver Jerry Rice set an NFL record with 1,848 yards on 122 catches, scoring 15 touchdowns along the way. Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young made the Pro Bowl after throwing for 3,200 yards and 20 touchdowns. In 1996, the San Francisco offence finished second in passing and sixth overall as the team won 12 games. Young once again had a Pro Bowl season, leading the league in passing efficiency while Rice had 108 catches en route to yet another trip to Hawaii. Bobby Ross hired Trestman to be the Detroit Lions quarterbacks coach in 1997. With Scott Mitchell at quarterback, the Lions passed for 3,484 yards that season, good for second most in team history. Tailback Barry Sanders rushed for 2,053 yards, the third-highest total in NFL history. In 1998, Trestman left the Lions to become the offensive coordinator in Arizona. The Cardinals, who had averaged five wins a year the previous decade, won nine games and scored 325 points that season while quarterback Jake Plummer passed for 3,737 yards. The Cardinals made the playoffs for the first time since 1982, and won their first postseason game in 51 years. In 2001, Jon Gruden brought Trestman back to California as a senior offensive assistant with the Oakland Raiders. Gruden left for Tampa Bay in 2002, and the Raiders’ new head man, Bill Callahan, promoted Trestman to offensive coordinator. The 2002 Raiders led the NFL in total offence with 389.8 yards per game and 279.7 passing yards per encounter. Quarterback Rich Gannon was good on 418 of his 618 passes for a completion rate of 67.6 per cent that season while registering 10 games of 300 or more passing yards, and at one point completing 21 consecutive passes in a game. The Raiders became the first team in league history to win a game when throwing over 60 passes (65 versus Pittsburgh) and running 60 times (60 carries versus Kansas City). That year, the Raiders had three players with over 90 catches – Rice (106), Charlie Garner (108) and Tim Brown (94). Including the Raiders’ first Super Bowl appearance in 20 years, Trestman had then been a coordinator with four different playoff teams in his first season with each club. The Raiders led the league with 450 points that season, outscoring their opponents by 144 points. Trestman left the NFL in 2004 to move his family to Raleigh, NC, to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at North Carolina State University. Back in college football for the first time since 1984, Trestman contributed to a Wolfpack squad that won five of its last six games before eventually winning the Meineke Car Care Bowl. At the conclusion of the 2006 season, Chuck Amato and his staff were let go at North Carolina State. Trestman decided to remain in Raleigh for the year, where he made numerous appearances on the NFL Network, NFL Radio, and many other media outlets across United States. |
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