Nathan Scheelhaase

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Nathan Scheelhaase
Los Angeles Rams
Position:Offensive assistant/passing game specialist
Personal information
Born: (1990-11-08) November 8, 1990 (age 33)
Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Career information
High school: Rockhurst (Kansas City, Missouri
College: Illinois
Career history
As a coach:
  • Illinois (2015)
    Football operations
  • Illinois (2015)
    Running backs coach
  • Illinois (2016–2017)
    Offensive assistant
  • Iowa State (2018)
    Running backs coach
  • Iowa State (2019–2020)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Iowa State (2021–2022)
    Running game coordinator/running backs and wide receivers coach
  • Iowa State (2023)
    Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
  • Los Angeles Rams (2024–present)
    Offensive assistant and passing game specialist
Career highlights and awards

Nathan Scheelhaase (born November 8, 1990) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive assistant and passing game specialist for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Iowa State University in 2023.

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Scheelhasse played college football at Illinois from 2010 to 2013. While playing at Rockhurst High School, he won the 2008 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year.

High school career

Scheelhaase attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. While at Rockhurst, Scheelhaase was a good student as well as a ten-time varsity letterman in football, track, and basketball. He was a four-star prospect on both Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was ranked as the seventh best dual-threat quarterback on Rivals.com. In football, Scheelhaase won the Thomas A. Simone Award, which is given to the most outstanding high school football player in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, his junior season. [1] He was the fifth player from Rockhurst to have won the award, and the first since Brandon Shelby in 1999. Scheelhaase also was the recipient of the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year for football his junior year. His junior year, he led Rockhurst to a 13-0 season, and a Missouri Class-6 state championship passing for 1861 yards, 20 touchdowns and only five interceptions. On the ground he also rushed 120 times for 917 yards and 14 scores. He is 6’2” weighing 190 lb., and he runs a 4.5 40-yard dash.

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeight40‡Commit date
Nathan Scheelhaase
QB 		Kansas City, Missouri Rockhurst High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)184 lb (83 kg)4.53Jul 16, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 4 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 20 (QB)   Rivals: 7 (QB), 3 (MO)
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.

Scheelhaase committed to the University of Illinois on July 16, 2008. [2] Scheelhaase was recruited by the University of Oklahoma, the University of Missouri, the University of Iowa, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Kansas among others before signing with Illinois. [3] Scheelhaase played safety as a sophomore and said some schools had talked to him about the possibility of playing on defense, but under center is where he wanted to be. "Most everybody is recruiting me at quarterback and that's what I think I'm gonna play."

College career

Scheelhaase was redshirted his freshman year; Illinois started QBs Juice Williams and Eddie McGee.

Scheelhaase became the starting quarterback for the 2010 season. [4] Nathan led Illinois to a 6-6 season; completing 137 passes on 241 attempts for 1,583 yards in the regular season, along with 17 touchdown passes and 8 interceptions. Scheelhaase also ran for 806 yards on 175 carries and 4 touchdowns, and was an excellent complement to Illini RB Mikel Leshoure in the running game.

In the 2010 Texas Bowl against Baylor, Scheelhaase completed 18 passes on 23 attempts for 242 yards with no interceptions. [5] Scheelhaase had a 55-yard touchdown run late in the game, and which helped secure Illinois's first bowl victory in more than a decade, winning 38-14.

Statistics

Scheelhaase's college stats at the completion of the 2013 season. Source: [6]

PassingRushingReceiving
SeasonTeamRatingAttCompPctYdsTDINTAttYdsTDRecYdsTD
2009 Illinois Redshirted------------
2010 Illinois132.026415558.71,82517818586851230
2011 Illinois133.429118463.22,1101381916246190
2012 Illinois105.924614960.61,361481253034000
2013 Illinois140.743028766.73,27221131132714000
Totals130.21,23177563.08,56855376142,066192320

Records

Scheelhaase holds the Illinois Fighting Illini football record for career total offensive yards with 10,634. Other records held by Scheelhaase are the third most career passing yards with 8,568, the highest season completion percentage with 66.74% (287-430), and the second most career rushing yards by a quarterback with 2,066.

Coaching career

Illinois

On May 19, 2015, the University of Illinois announced it had hired Sheelhaase as Assistant Director of Football Operations. [7] He had been offered the same position the year previous, but declined it because of a previous commitment to a youth ministry in Louisville, Kentucky. On August 29, 2015, after the firing of Scheelhaase's head coach from his playing days, Tim Beckman, Illinois offensive coordinator Bill Cubit was promoted to interim head coach, which opened up a slot on the Illinois coaching staff, and Scheelhaase was promoted to running backs coach. [8]

Iowa State

On January 25, 2018, it was announced Scheelhaase was hired as the running backs coach under Matt Campbell at Iowa State. [9] In 2019, he became the wide receivers coach for Iowa State. In 2021, in addition to coaching the wide receivers, he was given the additional titles of running game coordinator and running backs coach. [10] Prior to the 2023 season, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, replacing Tom Manning. [11]

Los Angeles Rams

On February 19, 2024, Scheelhaase was hired as pass game specialist by the Los Angeles Rams. “Nate is going and will do a great job. Honestly, an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. Love him and will miss him, but truly a great opportunity for him!” said Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell upon Scheelhaase's departure. [12]

Personal information

Scheelhaase's father, Nate Creer, started at defensive back for the University of Iowa, and started for the 1985 team that lost to UCLA in the Rose Bowl to finish 10-2, and be ranked No. 10 at the end of the season AP Poll. He was named as one of Iowa’s all-time team MVPs.

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References

  1. ↑ "Nathan Scheelhaase". UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DIVISION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nathan Scheelhaase". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Nathan Scheelhaase". Scout.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Ron Zook named redshirt freshman Nathan Scheelhaase the Illini's 2010 starting quarterback". 2 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Illinois vs. Baylor - Box Score - December 29, 2010 - ESPN".
  6. ↑ "Nathan Scheelhaase Statistics". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Source: Illini hiring Scheelhaase". Champaign News-Gazette. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  8. ↑ "Illinois expected to promote Nathan Scheelhaase to running backs coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  9. ↑ "Iowa State hires offensive analyst Nathan Scheelhaase as assistant coach" . Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  10. ↑ Peterson, Randy. "Campbell promotes Nate Scheelhaase to Iowa State football running game coordinator". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  11. ↑ "Scheelhaase Named Cyclones' Offensive Coordinator". Iowa State University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  12. ↑ "Iowa State offensive coordinator Nate Scheelhaase is headed to the Los Angeles Rams". DesMoinesRegister.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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