Jim Hofher (born October 12, 1957) is an
American football
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coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at
Cornell University
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from 1990 to 1997 and at the
University at Buffalo
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from 2001 to 2005, compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
record of 53–84. Hofher was the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach of the
Atlanta Legends
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of the
Alliance of American Football
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(AAF) in 2019.
Coaching career
Hofher's coaching career began in 1981 as the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at
Miami of Ohio. Since then he's held offensive assistant coaching positions at Wake Forest, Syracuse, Tennessee, North Carolina and Bowling Green. He was the head coach at Cornell from 1990 to 1997 and at Buffalo from 2001 to 2005. In 1998, Hofher resigned at Cornell to join the staff at
North Carolina
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. Hofher spent one year as
quarterbacks coach
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Common ...
for at
Bowling Green State University
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in 2008 under head coach
Gregg Brandon
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. He was hired in 2009 by
Delaware
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to serve as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. During the 2011 off-season, Hofher was considered a candidate by
Boston College
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for the offensive coordinator position, but was not hired. After four seasons with the Blue Hens, Hofher was released on November 18, 2012, after the team posted a 5−6 record in 2012.
From 2016-2017, he served as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the
Iowa State University
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.
Head coaching record
References
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1957 births
Living people
American football quarterbacks
Atlanta Legends coaches
Bowling Green Falcons football coaches
Buffalo Bulls football coaches
Cornell Big Red football coaches
Cornell Big Red football players
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football coaches
Iowa State Cyclones football coaches
Miami RedHawks football coaches
Nevada Wolf Pack football coaches
North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches
Syracuse Orange football coaches
Tennessee Volunteers football coaches
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches
Sportspeople from Middletown, Connecticut