Jeff Stoutland (born February 10, 1962) is an American football coach who is the run game coordinator and offensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He served as the interim head football coach for the University of Miami in 2010.
 Stoutland in 2019 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
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| Position: | Offensive line coach Run game coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 10, 1962 Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Port Richmond (Staten Island, New York) |
| College: | Southern Connecticut |
| Career history | |
| As a coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Career: | 0–1 (.000) |
Playing career
editStoutland was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at inside linebacker for head coach Kevin Gilbride at Southern Connecticut State, where he earned Little All-America honors as a senior while acting as team captain. He graduated in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.[1]
Coaching career
editEarly career
editStoutland begin his coaching career at his alma mater, Southern Connecticut State, and coached inside linebackers for two seasons.[1] He then served as a graduate assistant for Dick MacPherson for two years at Syracuse. He then returned to Southern Connecticut where he served as offensive coordinator until 1992. Stoutland then coached the offensive line at Cornell and Syracuse, before moving to Michigan State from 2000 until 2006. During his tenure at Michigan State, Stoutland helped develop six All-Big Ten selections, and led the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed.[1]
Miami
editStoutland spent the next four seasons at Miami as the offensive line coach. In 2010, the Hurricanes led the ACC in total offense and were third in rushing. On November 28, 2010, after Miami's head coach Randy Shannon was fired, Stoutland was named interim head coach for the team's bowl game.[2] Miami lost 33-17 to Notre Dame in Stoutland's only game as head coach.[3]
Alabama
editOn January 14, 2011, Stoutland was named Alabama's offensive line coach, after Joe Pendry retired.[4] During his brief tenure as OL coach at Alabama, the Crimson Tide won consecutive BCS national championships over the LSU Tigers (2011) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2012) respectively.
Philadelphia Eagles
editOn February 7, 2013, Stoutland was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as the offensive line coach under head coach Chip Kelly.[5] In 2016, Stoutland was retained under new Eagles head coach Doug Pederson. Stoutland won his first Super Bowl ring when the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.[6] On March 7, 2018, Stoutland was given an additional role as run game coordinator.[7] In 2021, Stoutland was retained under the Eagles new head coach Nick Sirianni. On February 5, 2023, Stoutland and the Eagles agreed to a contract extension.[8]
Stoutland is considered by some sportswriters to be among the best offensive line coaches in the NFL.[9][10]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Hurricanes (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2010) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Miami | 0–1[n 1] | L Sun Bowl | ||||||
| Miami: | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Served as interim head coach after Randy Shannon was fired at the end of the regular season..
References
edit- ^ a b c "Miami Hurricanes - Jeff Stoutland". Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ Miami fires coach Randy Shannon
- ^ Tommy Rees, Michael Floyd help Notre Dame dominate Miami
- ^ Stoutland Named Offensive Line Coach
- ^ "Hayes: Eagles' o-line coach a miracle worker".
- ^ Jones, Lindsay H. (February 5, 2018). "Super Bowl 2018: Eagles dethrone Tom Brady, Patriots in stunner". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- ^ Berman, Zach (March 7, 2018). "Eagles make coaching changes official; two assistants added, six earn new titles/responsibilities". Inquirer.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Eagles, Jeff Stoutland agree to contract extension". bleedinggreennation.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Sielski, Mike (February 9, 2023). "M&M's, baby powder, and blessings: How the Eagles' Jeff Stoutland became the best O-line coach in football". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ Kerr, Jeff (January 18, 2019). "Report: Nick Saban tried to pry Jeff Stoutland away from Eagles". 247Sports.