Casey James Clausen (born January 9, 1981) is an

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coach and former player. He is the head football coach of

Bishop Alemany High School Bishop Alemany High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the San Fernando Valley community of Mission Hills in Los Angeles, California. It is within the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The sc ...

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. Clausen played

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at the

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and professionally in

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(NFLE). He attended Bishop Alemany. Clausen the older brother of former quarterback

Jimmy Clausen James Richard Clausen (born September 21, 1987) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 2010 to 2015. He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in t ...

and

Rick Clausen Richard James Clausen (born June 29, 1982) is the current offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Bishop Alemany High School. He is also a former American football player who played college football for Louisiana State University and Universi ...

College career

Clausen attended and played college football at the University of Tennessee under head coach

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from 2000–2003. Clausen took over the starting position from A. J. Suggs on October 21, 2000, in the annual rivalry game against

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. He helped lead Tennessee to the SEC East Division title in 2001. He started 44 of 47 games at the quarterback position in his career and had a 14–1 record on the road with a 34–10 record overall.

College statistics

Professional career

Clausen went undrafted in the

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and was briefly signed by the

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as a free agent. Later on, he spent some time with the

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of the NFL Europe.

Coaching career

Clausen was hired as the

Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves Calabasas and portions of West Hills, Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las Virgenes Unified School Dis ...

's head football coach on December 12, 2013. On December 16, 2017, Clausen was hired as head football coach at his alma mater,

References

1981 births Living people American football quarterbacks Tennessee Volunteers football players High school football coaches in California People from Thousand Oaks, California Sportspeople from Ventura County, California Players of American football from California {{Quarterback-1980s-stub