Brett Elliott

Brett Elliott
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
TeamLinfield
ConferenceNWC
Biographical details
Born (1982-06-11) June 11, 1982 (age 42)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Playing career
2002–2003Utah
2004–2005Linfield
2006San Diego Chargers
2007Rhein Fire
2008San Jose SaberCats
2010Utah Blaze
2011Georgia Force
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012Mississippi State (GA)
2013–2014Mississippi State (OQC)
2015James Madison (co-OC/QB)
2016Texas State (OC/QB)
2017Mississippi State (QB)
2018Texas State (QB)
2019–presentLinfield (OC/QB)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Gagliardi Trophy (2005)
Melberger Award (2005)
D3Football.com Offensive Player of the Year (2005)

Brett Elliott (born June 11, 1982) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Linfield University, positions he has held since 2019. He was previously the quarterbacks coach at Texas State University.

Playing career

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College

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Elliott was the starter for the 2002 Utah Utes football team and began the season as the starter for the 2003 team before breaking his wrist in the second game of the season and being replaced by Heisman finalist and future #1 NFL draft pick Alex Smith.

After Alex Smith took over the starting job, Brett transferred to Linfield University where he led the 2004 Linfield Wildcats football team to an NCAA Division III Football Championship, and set national college football records including the season record for touchdowns thrown in a season (61). In 2005, he won both the Gagliardi Trophy and the Melberger Award.

College statistics

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    Passing   Rushing
Season Team GP Comp Att Pct Yds TD INT Att Yds TD
2002 Utah 8 130 221 58.82 1,529 10 8 28 31 2
2003 Utah 2 29 59 49.2 304 2 2 25 73 1
2004 Linfield 13 290 437 66.4 4,595 61 11
2005 Linfield 11 277 396 69.9 4,019 49 9
Totals 34 726 1113 65.2 10,441 122 30

Professional

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Elliot was on the San Diego Chargers roster in 2006. He served as a backup on the San Jose SaberCats in 2008, behind Mark Grieb. He did not throw a pass, but the SaberCats reached ArenaBowl XXII before losing to the Philadelphia Soul.

In 2010, Elliot became the starter for the Utah Blaze. He was 249-of-432 (57.6%) for 2,674 yards, 59 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. But the Blaze finished the 2010 season with a 2–14 record. In 2011, he joined the Georgia Force. Through three games, he led the AFL with a 126.06 quarterback rating.

Coaching career

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In 2012, Elliott was hired as the graduate assistant for the offense at Mississippi State University.[1] In 2015, Elliott is served as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterback's coach for James Madison University. In 2016, Elliott went to Texas State University where he served as offensive coordinator and QB coach.[2] On February 7, 2017, news broke that he would be returning to Mississippi State as the quarterbacks coach replacing Brian Johnson who left MSU to become offensive coordinator at Houston.[3] In March 2018, it was announced that Elliot would be rejoining the coaching staff of Texas State football as the quarterbacks coach.[4] Since 2019, Elliott has been the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Linfield Wildcats.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Stopczynski, Elliott join football support staff, Maroon Memo, March 26, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Texas State Athletics - Staff Directory". Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Mississippi State Hires Brett Elliott to be Quarterback's Coach
  4. ^ "Elliott rejoins Bobcat coaching staff". San Marcos Daily Record. March 6, 2018. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Brett Elliott". golinfieldwildcats.com. Linfield University SID. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
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