Brent Richard Pease (born October 8, 1964) is an

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coach and former player. He was hired in 2018 at the University of Montana as the assistant head coach and wide receivers coach. He was previously the

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense. Generally, along with the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator, this coach re ...

at UTEP, the wide receivers coach at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

and the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

Playing career

Born in

Moscow, Idaho Moscow ( ) is a city in North Central Idaho, United States. Located along the state border with Washington, it had a population of 25,435 at the 2020 census. The county seat and largest city of Latah County, Moscow is the home of the Universit ...

, Pease grew up in Mountain Home and played quarterback at Mountain Home High School, where his father Rich was head coach. After graduation in 1983, he enrolled at

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, a

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. Pease played in only two games during his freshman season, before becoming the Warriors' starting quarterback as a sophomore in 1984. Pease transferred to the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

in 1985, and became the starting quarterback as a senior in 1986. Pease was drafted by the

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in the eleventh round of the

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. He was released and picked up by the

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, for whom he started three replacement games during the strike-shortened 1987 season. He spent another year in Houston as a third-stringer behind

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and his back-up

Cody Carlson Matthew Cody Carlson (born November 5, 1963) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Houston Oilers in the 3rd round of the 1987 NFL Draft. A 6'3", 200-lb. quarterback from Baylor University, Carlson played in s ...

. In February 1991, Pease became the first quarterback selected in the

World League of American Football NFL Europe League (simply called NFL Europe and known in its final season as NFL Europa League) was a professional American football league that functioned as the developmental minor league of the National Football League (NFL). Originally f ...

draft by the Birmingham Fire. After spending the

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as a part-time starter for the Fire, Pease spent 1992 as the backup to

Reggie Slack Reginald Slack (born May 2, 1968) is an American former Canadian and American football quarterback. After spending his collegiate career with Auburn, Slack was selected in the 12th round (321st overall) in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Houston Oile ...

for the New York/New Jersey Knights. Behind Pease as the no. 3 quarterback was future NFL backup Doug Pederson.

Coaching career

Pease began his coaching career while still playing in the World League as an offensive assistant coach at his alma mater, Montana, in the fall of 1991. He spent five seasons coaching quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. In 1995, the Grizzlies won the NCAA Division I-AA championship and quarterback

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, tutored by Pease, received the

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and earned Big Sky Conference MVP honors. The following year, new head coach

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promoted him to offensive coordinator, a position he held for three seasons. He left Montana in 1999, joining

Jerome Souers Jerome Souers (born May 20, 1958) is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at Montana State University–Northern. He was formerly the head football coach at Northern Arizona University, a position he held from 1998 until 2 ...

' staff at Northern Arizona as the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Pease was offensive coordinator at

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under head coach Guy Morriss from 2001 through 2002. While at Kentucky, Pease coached future NFL quarterbacks

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and

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. He then served as the offensive coordinator at Baylor under Morriss from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Pease became wide receivers coach at

Boise State Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It became a publ ...

, adding the title of assistant head coach the following year. In December 2010, Pease was named offensive coordinator at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

. However, he returned to Boise less than two weeks later, succeeding

Bryan Harsin Bryan Dale Harsin (born November 1, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach at Auburn University. Prior to leading the Auburn Tigers football team, Auburn Tigers, he coached the Boise State Univ ...

as the Broncos' offensive coordinator. Following the 2011 season, Pease was hired by

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as their new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Following the 2013 season, and a 37-7 loss to Florida State, Pease and UF parted ways. On December 17, 2013, Pease was hired by Chris Petersen at the

to be the wide receivers coach. Pease was fired on December 4, 2015. On January 14, 2016, Pease was named offensive coordinator at UTEP. During his first season, the Miners went 4–8, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. In the first 3 games of the 2017 season, UTEP's offense ranked 128th out of 129 teams in the FBS in total offense, 124th in scoring offense, 129th in rushing offense and 129th in first downs per game. On September 17, 2017, Pease was fired after an 0-3 start to the season.

References

External links

Montana profile

Boise State profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pease, Brent 1964 births Living people American football quarterbacks Baylor Bears football coaches Birmingham Fire players Boise State Broncos football coaches Chicago Bears players Cincinnati Rockers players Florida Gators football coaches Houston Oilers players Kentucky Wildcats football coaches Miami Dolphins players Minnesota Vikings players Montana Grizzlies football coaches Montana Grizzlies football players National Football League replacement players New York/New Jersey Knights players Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football coaches Washington Huskies football coaches People from Moscow, Idaho Players of American football from Idaho People from Mountain Home, Idaho