Dave Schramm (born July 20, 1963) is an American

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coach and former player. As a student-athlete, Schramm played

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for three colleges:

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, and

Adams State College Adams State University is a public university in Alamosa, Colorado. The university's Adams State Grizzlies athletic teams compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. History Adams State was founded in 1921 as a teacher's college. Billy ...

Coaching career

Schramm has spent over 25 years as an assistant coach. Schramm got his start in coaching with Patrick Henry High School in

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, where he was an assistant coach from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, he moved to

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to coach the

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s and

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s. In 1989, he spent the season as a

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with

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then hired him as their recruiting coordinator, a position he held from 1990 to 2000. He also coached various positions with the Aztecs:

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(1992),

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(1993), tight ends (1994–1996), and running backs (1997–2001). For the 2002 season, he was the assistant head coach with

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. From 2003 to 2004 he was with

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as the coach of the tight ends and

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s. From 2005 to 2008, he was the running backs coach at Utah as well as the recruiting coordinator. On January 17, 2009, Dave Schramm accepted the position as Utah's

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and

coach. In 2010 Schramm was switched from coaching the quarterbacks to coaching the

s when

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was added to the staff. He was also named as co-offensive coordinator along with

Aaron Roderick Aaron Roderick (December 20, 1972) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Brigham Young University (BYU). He was previously BYU's passing game coordinator and ...

. Schramm was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at

Fresno State California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bachelo ...

on January 4, 2012. He replaced former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jeff Grady, who was let go after

Pat Hill Lawrence Patrick Hill (born December 17, 1951) is an American football coach, former player, and broadcaster. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State from 1997 until his dismissal following the 2011 season. In 15 seasons as head coa ...

was fired by the university and

Tim DeRuyter Timothy James DeRuyter ( ; born January 3, 1963) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator at Texas Tech University. He previously served in the same capacity at the University of Oregon in 2021 an ...

was hired as the new head football coach. On November 30, 2015, he was let go after leading the offense to a 3–9 season.

References

External links

Weber State profile
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