Steve Addazio - Football Coach - Colorado State Athletics

Steve Addazio

Title:
Head Coach
Phone:
(970) 491-7818

Steve Addazio, a two-time BCS National Champion with nine years of head coaching experience at two universities prior to coming to Fort Collins, was named the 23rd head football coach at Colorado State on Dec. 12, 2019, the 127th anniversary of the founding of the football program. He spent two seasons at Colorado State, including a COVID-19 shortened four-game campaign in 2020.

Addazio went 4-12 as Colorado State's head coach until his dismissal on December 2, 2021.

In his first season with the Rams, Addazio was welcomed with a once-in-a-century worldwide pandemic that brought spring practices to a close halfway through, saw the season get canceled only to return weeks later, and a four-week preseason camp that resulted in just four games. All totaled, three games were lost due to COVID-19 complications at opposing schools, and the Rams played just one game at home in Addazio’s initial season.

But what a game it was. The Rams defeated Wyoming in convincing fashion to bring the Bronze Boot back to Fort Collins for the first time since 2015.

His 2019 Eagles led the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing offense and ranked No. 6 nationally at 267.8 yards per game while also protecting the quarterback at an ACC-best clip of 0.92 sacks allowed per game – third-best nationally. Not content to simply churn up clock, Addazio's up-tempo Eagles ranked No. 6 nationally in plays per game (76.4) and ranked No. 2 within the ACC in that category behind national leader Wake Forest.

Known as hard-nosed teams with powerful rushing attacks, the Eagles had a 1,000-yard rusher in five of seven years under Addazio, highlighted by Heisman Trophy finalist and Doak Walker Award Winner Andre Williams' 2,177 yards in 2013. Defensively, Boston College allowed 26 points or less the last six years of his tenure, ranking fourth nationally in scoring defense in 2015 by allowing just 15.3 points per game. The Eagles spent four weeks in the 2018 AP Top 25 (hitting a peak of No. 17) and appeared in the College Football Playoff rankings for the first time in 2018, the first time the program had been ranked since 2007.

Addazio's first opportunity as a head coach came at Temple where he spent two season, leading the Owls to a 9-4 mark in his inaugural season of 2011. That season, the Owls won their first bowl game in 32 years, capturing the New Mexico Bowl with a 37-15 victory over Wyoming. Addazio's nine wins are still the most-ever by a first-year head coach in the program's history. Addazio's offense set school records for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. During his time at Temple, Addazio also helped direct the Owls' through the program's transition from the Mid-American Conference to the BIG EAST.

An offensive line coach by trade, Addazio is considered one of the top teachers nationally at the position and one of the nation's top recruiters. In 2010, Addazio was honored by ESPN.com as the nation's No. 1 recruiter as he helped put together a pair of recruiting classes in 2009 and 2010 that ranked in the top 5 nationally including the nation's best class in 2010. He spent three years as an offensive coordinator, two at Florida under coach Urban Meyer when the Gators won two BCS national championships. He served as Indiana's offensive coordinator in 2004.

He began his coaching career at Western Connecticut State as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator from 1985-87. He then stepped back to coach Cheshire High School from 1988-1994, with that team winning three state championships, 49 consecutive games and sending 20 players to college programs.

He returned to college coaching in 1995, the first of four seasons at Syracuse working with tight ends and the offensive line. In 1999, he spent the first of two seasons at Notre Dame, coaching tackles, tight ends and special teams.

That was followed by three years at Indiana (2002-04), the first two as the offensive line coach. He was with Florida from 2005-10 as the Gators won a pair of national championships, first coaching tackles and tight ends before being promoted to assistant head coach in 2007, still working with the offensive line. In 2009-10, he added the duties as the Gators' offensive coordinator. In 2010, Florida ranked 10th nationally in scoring offense, sixth in total offense.

Addazio and his wife, Kathleen, have three children: Nicole, Jessica and Louie.

THE ADDAZIO FILE
Birthday: June 1, 1959
Hometown: Farmington, Conn.
Education: Central Connecticut State (B.A. Physical Education, 1981; M.A. Physical Education, 1985)
Wife: Kathleen
Children: Nicole, Jessica, Louie

Coaching Career:
1985-87 – Western Connecticut State (Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator)
1988-94 – Cheshire (Conn.) HS (Head Coach)
1995-96 – Syracuse (Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line)
1997-98 – Syracuse (Offensive Line)
1999-2001 – Notre Dame (Offensive Line (Tackles & Tight Ends)/Special Teams)
2002-03 – Indiana (Offensive Line)
2004 – Indiana (Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line)
2005-06 – Florida (Offensive Line (Tackles & Tight Ends))
2007 – Florida (Offensive Line)
2008 – Florida (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line)
2009-10 – Florida (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line)
2011-12 – Temple (Head Coach)
2013-19 – Boston College (Head Coach)
2020-21 – Colorado State (Head Coach)

Head Coaching Record:
2011 – Temple – 9-4 (5-3 MAC); First bowl victory for Temple in 32 years
2012 – Temple – 4-7 (2-5)
2013 – Boston College – 7-6 (4-4); AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
2014 – Boston College – 7-6 (4-4); New Era Pinstripe Bowl
2015 – Boston College – 3-9 (0-8)
2016 – Boston College – 7-6 (2-6); Quick Lane Bowl champions, First BC bowl win since '07
2017 – Boston College – 7-6 (4-4); New Era Pinstripe Bowl
2018 – Boston College – 7-5 (4-4); SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
2019 – Boston College – 6-6 (4-4); Birmingham Bowl
2020 – Colorado State – 1-3 (1-3); COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 – Colorado State – 3-9 (2-6)

Bowl Coaching Experience:
1995 – Gator: Jan. 1, 1996: Syracuse 41, Clemson 0
1996 – Liberty: Dec. 27, 1996: Syracuse 30, Houston 17
1997 – Fiesta: Dec. 31, 1997: Kansas State 35, Syracuse 18
1998 – Orange: Jan. 2, 1999: Florida 31, Syracuse 10
2000 – Fiesta: Jan. 1, 2001: Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9
2005 – Outback: Jan. 2, 2006: Florida 31, Iowa 24
2006 – BCS National Championship: Jan. 8, 2007: Florida 41, Ohio State 14
2007 – Capital One: Jan. 1, 2008: Michigan 41, Florida 35
2008 – BCS National Championship: Jan. 8, 2009: Florida 24, Oklahoma 14
2009 – Sugar: Jan. 1, 2010: Florida 51, Cincinnati 24
2010 – Outback: Jan. 1, 2011: Florida 37, Penn State 24
2011 – Gildan New Mexico: Dec. 17, 2011: Temple 37, Wyoming 15
2013 – AdvoCare V100: Dec. 31, 2013: Arizona 42, Boston College 19
2014 – New Era Pinstripe: Dec. 26, 2014: Penn State 31, Boston College 30 OT
2016 – Quick Lane Bowl: Dec. 26, 2016: Boston College 36, Maryland 30
2017 – New Era Pinstripe: Dec. 27, 2017: Iowa 27, Boston College 20
2018 – First Responder (game suspended)

NFL Draft Selections as Head Coach (alphabetical order):
Zach Allen, DE, Arizona (2019, Rd. 3, 65)
Steven Daniels, LB, Washington (2016, Rd. 7, 232)
A.J. Dillon, RB, Green Bay (2020, Rd. 2, 62)
Nate Freese, K, Detroit (2014, Rd. 7, 229)
Andy Gallik, C, Tennessee, (2015, Rd. 6, 208)
Will Harris, DB, Detroit (2019, Rd. 3, 81)
John Johnson, DB, Los Angeles Rams (2017, Rd. 3, 91)
Harold Landry, DE, Tennessee (2018, Rd. 2, 41)
Chris Lindstrom, G, Atlanta, (2019, Rd. 1, 14)
Hunter Long, TE, Miami (2021, Rd. 3, 81)
Brian Mihalik, DE, Philadelphia (2016, Rd. 7, 237)
Matt Milano, LB, Buffalo (2017, Rd. 5, 163)
Kamrin Moore, DB, New Orleans (2018, Rd. 6, 189)
Trey McBride, TE, Arizona (2022, Rd. 2, 55)
Isaiah McDuffie, LB, Green Bay (2021, Rd. 6, 220)
Bernard Pierce, RB, Baltimore (2012, Rd. 3, 84)
Kevin Pierre-Louis, Seattle, (2014, Rd 4, 132)
Kaleb Ramsey, DE, San Francisco, (2014, Rd. 7, 243)
Evan Rodriguez, RB, Chicago, (2012, Rd. 4, 111)
Ian Silberman, G, San Francisco (2015, Rd. 6, 190)
Justin Simmons, DB, Denver (2016, Rd. 3, 91)
Tommy Sweeney, TE, Buffalo, (2019, Rd. 7, 228)
Tahir Whitehead, LB, Detroit, (2012, Rd. 5, 138)
Andre Williams, RB, New York Giants, (2014, Rd. 4, 113)
Isaac Yiadom, DB, Denver (2018, Rd. 3, 99)