Danny Langsdorf

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Danny Langsdorf
Biographical details
Born (1972-06-28) June 28, 1972 (age 52)
Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1993 Boise State
1994–1995 Linfield
1996 Deggendorf Black Hawks
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996 Cal Lutheran (GA)
1997–1998 Oregon State (TE)
1999 Edmonton Eskimos (WR)
2000–2001Edmonton Eskimos (OC/QB)
2002 New Orleans Saints (OA/QC)
2003–2004New Orleans Saints (asst. WR/ST)
2005–2013Oregon State (OC/QB)
2014 New York Giants (QB)
2015–2017 Nebraska (OC/QB)
2018 Oregon (OA)
2019 Fresno State (QB)
2020–2021 Colorado (PGC/QB)
2022-2024 Temple (OC/QB)

Daniel Edward Langsdorf (born June 28, 1972) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Temple Owls. He was previously the offensive coordinator for the Oregon State Beavers and for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, as well formerly the quarterbacks coach for the University of Colorado.

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Early life

Langsdorf grew up in McMinnville, Oregon and played quarterback for McMinnville High School. Upon graduating from high school, Langsdorf chose to play football at Boise State University. In his time there, from 1991 to 1993, he lettered one season and earned Big Sky Conference All-Academic honors as a sophomore.

After three seasons at Boise State, he transferred to Linfield College in McMinnville and became the Wildcats' starting quarterback in 1994 and 1995. At Linfield, playing for his father Ed Langsdorf, he was selected to the All-Northwest Conference Team as a junior after passing for 2,055 yards and 24 touchdowns. Langsdorf also set a then-school record with 493 passing yards against Southern Oregon on Nov. 12, 1994. After battling with injuries his senior season, Langsdorf concluded his two-year career at Linfield with 2,724 yards, completing 195 of 356 pass attempts. He graduated from Linfield in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science.

Germany

For the 1996 season, Langsdorf signed and played quarterback overseas for the Deggendorf Black Hawks in the Regionalliga Süd (Regional League South 3rd division/tier) in Germany.

Coaching career

Early Start

Langsdorf began his college coaching career in 1996 at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. In 1997, Langsdorf came to Oregon State as a graduate assistant. During these first two years at Oregon State he worked with the offense, particularly focusing on the tight ends. He was part of the coaching team that transformed the offense from the wishbone to a multiple set.

Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)

After completing his two years as a graduate assistant, Langsdorf coached with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Langsdorf was the wide receivers coach in 1999 before becoming the Eskimos' quarterbacks coach from 2000 to 2001. His guidance helped the Eskimos lead the CFL in total yards in 2001 with 6,606.

New Orleans Saints (NFL)

In 2002, Langsdorf went to coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). With the Saints, he was the offensive assistant/quality control coach in 2002 and the assistant wide receivers/special teams coach in 2003 and 2004.'

Oregon State

Langsdorf's second tenure at Oregon State began in 2005 when he was hired by Mike Riley to become the offensive coordinator for the Oregon State Beavers.

New York Giants (NFL)

On January 24, 2014, Langsdorf was hired by the New York Giants as their quarterbacks coach. Under his watch, quarterback Eli Manning completed a career-best 63.1 percent of his passes that season, as well as the second-highest passer rating and yardage of his career. [1]

Nebraska

On January 15, 2015, Langsdorf was hired by the Nebraska Cornhuskers as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. [2]

Oregon

Langsdorf spent the 2018 season as an offensive analyst for the Oregon Ducks football program [3] before joining Jeff Tedford's staff as their quarterbacks coach.

UNLV

On January 9, 2020, Langsdorf was hired by former Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator and current UNLV head coach Marcus Arroyo to serve as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Rebels. [4]

Colorado

On March 4, almost two months after being hired by UNLV, Langsdorf departed the Rebels coaching staff to join Karl Dorrell's staff at Colorado. [5]

Temple

In January 2022, Langsdorf was hired to be Stan Drayton's offensive coordinator at Temple.

Personal life

Langsdorf is married to the former Michele Bertrand, a softball standout at Linfield who still appears in the school record books for her pitching prowess.

In May 2007, Langsdorf underwent surgery to donate a kidney to Laurie Cavanaugh. Laurie is the wife of offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh, who coached with Langsdorf at Oregon State at the time. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Quarterback Coach Danny Langsdorf Departing". December 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ Danny Langsdorf [@CoachLangsdorf] (January 15, 2015). "Fired up to be at Nebraska! #GBR" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Danny Langsdorf - Football Coach".
  4. ↑ "Danny Langsdorf one of seven assistants hired to Marcus Arroyo's first UNLV coaching staff". January 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ "UNLV loses QBs coach Danny Langsdorf to Colorado". Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Coach's gift is a lifesaver". Portland Tribune, By Kerry Eggers, Jun 1, 2007. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
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