Stephen Sarkisian is the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama. He played college football as a quarterback at Brigham Young University. He also played professionally for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He is a member of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl XLVIII coaching staff. Sarkisan is a graduate of El Camino College in Torrance, California.
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Stephen Sarkisian is the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama. He played college football as a quarterback at Brigham Young University. He also played professionally for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He has also served as the head coach of the University of Washington from 2009 to 2013 and the University of Southern California from 2014 to 2015. Sarkisan is a graduate of El Camino College in Torrance, California. He is a member of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl XLVIII coaching staff. He received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from BYU in 1994 after receiving his general studies in general studies. He was a standout baseball and football player at West High School in Torrence, California, but did not attract any college football offers because of his size. He then played baseball for the USC Trojans baseball team in 1992 and 1993. As a redshirt freshman in 1993, he earned All-Mission Conference honors. In his sophomore season, he was named a junior college All-American after setting a national junior college record by completing 72. 4 percent of his passes. He transferred to Brigham Young for the 1995 season and was named WAC Offensive Player of the Year and a second-team All- American. He passed for 3,437 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior, earning All-Western Athletic Conference honors, and was the seventh BYU quarterback to win the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation’s top passer.
In 1999, he played for three seasons in the CFL, finishing with 16 touchdown passes and 21 interceptions, prompting a dismal 3–15 team record. He joined his former offensive coordinator, Norm Chow, at USC as its quarterbacks coach in 2000. In 2003, he became USC’s offensive coordinator after Chow was hired as offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons. He left USC after the 2004 season to become the offensive coach at Georgia Tech. In 2008, he joined the coaching staff of the Georgia Tech football team as its offensive coordinator. In 2009, he took over as the Offensive Coordinator of the Falcons. In 2010, he helped the Falcons win the Super Bowl, the first time the Falcons had done so in the NFL. In 2011, he led the Falcons to a 10-2 record and the NFC Championship Game. In 2012, he also helped the team to a 13-1 record, defeating Wyoming, 28–25, in the WAC Championship game. In 2013, he coached the Falcons’ offense to a 9-3 record and a win over the New York Jets. In 2014, he served as offensive coach of the Washington Huskies. In 2015, he coached the Washington Huskies to a 7-4 record and an NFC Division I-A Championship Game win. In 2016, he returned to the Washington Huskers to be the Offensive coordinator of the Washington State Cougars. In 2017, he worked as the quarterbacks coach at The University of Washington.
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