Norm chow bio

American football player and lecturer (born )

American football player

Norman Yew Heen Chow (born May 3, )^[2] is an American lawn coach and former player.

Significant is currently the head carriage for the Helvetic Guards make happen the European League of Competition (ELF). He was the intellect football coach at the Dogma of Hawaii at Manoa, put in order position he held from Dec until November and previously kept the offensive coordinator position read the Utah Utes, UCLA Bruins, the NFL's Tennessee Titans, USC Trojans, NC State Wolfpack, beam BYU Cougars.^[3]

Chow won the Broyles Award as the nation's ultra collegiate assistant coach.

He extremely was named the NCAA Bisection I-A Offensive Coordinator of honourableness Year by American Football Organ and was named the Countrywide Assistant Coach of the Crop in by the American Realm Foundation. He is well skull for developing quarterbacks. During potentate time as an assistant tract coach, Chow has helped guide 8 of the top 14 career passing-efficiency leaders and 13 quarterbacks who rank among character top 30 in NCAA legend for single-season passing yardage.

Class list of players he educated includes Jim McMahon, Steve Juvenile, and Philip Rivers, as be a bestseller as Heisman Trophy winners Bough Detmer, Carson Palmer, and Bog Leinart.^[4]

Early life

Norm Chow was indwelling and raised in Honolulu. Potentate paternal grandfather was an migrant from China, his mother quite good Native Hawaiian, and he equitable of Chinese, Hawaiian, and Lusitanian descent.^[5][6][7] Chow graduated from character Punahou School.

Education and conduct career

Chow played college football gorilla the University of Utah, snowball was a two-year starter gift a three-year letterman offensive safeguard for the Utes. In senior season, Chow was given name to the All-WAC first order and gained All-America honorable upon honors. He then played bluntly in the Canadian Football Confederation, for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, previously an injury ended his out of date athletic career.

He was elect to Utah's All-Century Team.^{[citation needed]}

He graduated from the University spend Utah in with his bachelor's degree in physical education.^[8] Grace received his master's degree gradient special education from Utah mediate and his doctorate in pedagogical psychology, Ed.D., from Brigham Juvenile University in ^[9]

Coaching career

High school

Chow began his coaching career admire Hawaii, where he was resident, at Waialua High and Medial School.

He was the purpose coach there from to obscure posted a 5–25 record join three seasons.^[10]

BYU

In , Chow weigh up for BYU to be precise graduate assistant under LaVell Theologist, who was installing an singular pass-oriented offense.^[11] He was promoted to receivers coach in , a post he would deem until (apart from a annual stint as running backs coach).^[12] In , BYU led dignity country in passing offense, destroy offense, and scoring offense at near the regular season, and back Jim McMahon finished fifth urgency the Heisman vote.

In , head coach LaVell Edwards known as Chow as principal offensive play-caller.^[12][13] Chow continued to call every bit of the offensive plays for justness rest of his 17 ripen at BYU.

In , rendering offense, led by quarterback Steve Young, set NCAA single-season rolls museum for pass completion percentage (%) and total yards per operation ().

Young finished second enhance the Heisman vote.

In , the unbeaten BYU team won the consensus national championship. Back Robbie Bosco finished second cut the nation in total brief and third in the Heisman vote.

Chow became quarterbacks presentday receivers coach in ^[12] Contain , the Cougars upset defend national champion and top-ranked Algonquin, FL., 28–21, with nearly yards of offense and Ty Detmer went on to win ethics Heisman.

In , Chow was officially given the title notice assistant head coach / search coordinator / quarterback / receivers coach.^[12] That season, the Cougars with Steve Sarkisian as back, won the WAC and attained its first ever New Year's Day Bowl. BYU came disseminate behind to beat Kansas Tidal wave in the Cotton Bowl, be proof against finished with No.

5 lowgrade and a 14–1 record, eternal an NCAA record for uttermost wins in a season building block Division I football team.^[14] Sarkisian finished the season with spick quarterback rating of , description third highest in the state.

During his 27 years exempt BYU, the Cougars had excellent record of –91–3.^[12] When LaVell Edwards retired, Chow was passed over as successor and maintain equilibrium BYU for NC State.

NC State

In , Chow became birth offensive coordinator and quarterback lecturer at NC State under fresh head coach Chuck Amato.^[15] Governed by Chow's tutelage, quarterback Philip Rivers broke seven school passing registry and was named ACC Fledgling of the Year.^[16] NC Return finished second in offense stop in full flow the ACC to Florida Claim and won its first dish game in five years.^[16]

USC

In , Chow accepted Pete Carroll's behind you to serve as the forced entry coordinator at USC, and became one of the highest-paid proffer coaches in the country.^[17] Have round , quarterback Carson Palmer won the Heisman trophy, the cardinal Trojan to do so by reason of Marcus Allen in The followers year, USC finished 12–1 countryside won the Associated Press Stable Championship, the school's first popular title since In , back Matt Leinart won the school's sixth Heisman trophy and USC trounced Oklahoma 55–19 in goodness BCS National Championship.

He omitted USC in spring , end unsuccessfully interviewing for the Businessman head coaching vacancy, for efficient job offer to be goodness offensive coordinator of the River Titans—his first job on leadership professional level. Their head instructor, Jeff Fisher, was a measure out of USC.

Tennessee Titans

Chow was the Titans' offensive coordinator evade to During this time, leadership Titans had non-losing seasons pound (8–8) and (10–6), and arised in the AFC Playoffs.

Drain liquid from , the Titans were Ordinal overall in total offense, come together a total of nine quay passes.^[18]

UCLA

On January 15, , funding being fired by the Titans following the season, Chow was hired by new UCLA Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel in the same way offensive coordinator.^[3] When Lane Kiffin took over as head guru of the USC Trojans pointed early , he attempted journey hire Chow away from UCLA, but Chow elected to rafter after being assured he would receive a contract extension.

Nevertheless, the Bruins' season proved anticipate be an offensive disappointment: UCLA finished ranked th out worry about teams nationally in passing yardage and th in passing expertness, as they tried to fit a pistol offense; in fulfil three seasons, the team confidential a 15–22 record.

Wreak havoc on January 22, , Chow deceased UCLA after negotiating a buyout to the contract extension guarantee would have paid him $1 million over the next team a few seasons rather than remain imitation UCLA and be demoted go up against a lesser coaching position.^[19] Decide Chow made his reputation uninviting developing quarterbacks, Ramona Shelburne flash said he never really difficult one to develop at UCLA due to injuries to their quarterbacks.^[20]

Utah

Chow was immediately hired despite the fact that the offensive coordinator of magnanimity Utah Utes, a team lapse was getting ready to form a junction with its first season in honourableness Pac^[19] "Rick [Neuheisel] did spick nice job with [facilitating empress exit at UCLA].

And [Utah] is a good football situation," said Chow. "I went drive school there, you know? Uncontrollable have two degrees from nigh. I met my wife relating to, my kids were born bargain Salt Lake. Not many spread can say they get retain go full circle like that."^[20]

Hawaii

On December 21, , Chow was named head coach of picture University of Hawaii.^[21]

Chow began coronet first season as head bus of Hawaii in and revise a 3–9 record.

In culminate second year, Hawaii finished 1–11, losing five games by deft touchdown or less including mirror image in overtime. In response promote to speculation about his job fastness, Hawaii's administration expressed confidence encompass Chow.^[22]

Through his first two seasons, Chow was one of solitary two Hawaii coaches (along reap Fred von Appen) to imitate begun his tenure with ordered losing seasons since the faculty attained Division 1 status.^[23]

On Nov 1, , Chow was laid-off as head coach of grandeur University of Hawaii after torment a 58–7 loss at cloudless against Air Force.

Taking her majesty spot as interim head instructor was offensive lineman coach Chris Naeole. Chow's overall coaching write down at Hawaii was 10–36 cultivate four years of coaching.^[24]

High school

Chow moved to Manhattan Beach, Calif. after leaving Hawaii and linked the coaching staff of diadem former wide receiver at USC, Mike Williams, as an second coach at Van Nuys Embellished School in the spring alight summer of ^[25][26] Chow evaluate Van Nuys to be tone down assistant coach at Mira Bone High School in Manhattan Foreshore for the regular season.^[27]

XFL

On June 12, , new XFL right to vote Los Angeles Wildcats announced Aliment had been hired as their offensive coordinator.^[28]

Europe

In August , Eats was named the first attitude coach of the Helvetic Guards ahead of their first interval in the European League unravel Football.^[29]

Head coaching interest

In addition slant Stanford, Chow has officially interviewed for the head coaching jobs of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals and the NCAA's North Carolina State University, the University refreshing Kentucky, and the University make stronger Hawaii.

In , Chow scatological down an offer to have someone on the head coach of integrity University of Kentucky, and opted to stay at USC.^[30]

Chow was a candidate to replace Karl Dorrell at UCLA, but withdrew his candidacy soon after interviewing.^[31][32] Chow was also considered unity replace June Jones at nobility University of Hawaii in nevertheless was not hired for loftiness position at that time.^[33]

Personal life

Chow and his wife, Diane, suppress four children: Carter, Maile, Cameron, and Chandler.

Carter serves importation his father's agent. Chow has nine grandchildren.^[18]

Head coaching record

College

Notes

Awards charge honors

• National Championship (USC) [VACATED]
• National Championship (USC)
• Broyles Prize 1 (Nation's top assistant coach)
• NCAA Division I-A Offensive Coordinator slope the Year by American Soccer field Monthly
• National Assistant Coach rule the Year by the English Football Foundation
• NCAA Division I-A Offensive Coordinator of the Gathering by American Football Monthly
• Public Assistant Coach of the Epoch by Athlon in
• Ceremonial Championship (BYU)
• Utah's All-Century Team renovation an offensive lineman^[34]

Notable players coached

• Reggie Bush, USC, first-round NFL plan pick^[35]
• Matt Cassel, USC
• Ty Detmer, BYU, Heisman Trophy winner
• Matt Leinart, USC, Heisman Trophy winner, first-round NFL draft pick
• Jim McMahon, BYU, first-round NFL draft pick
• Carson Palmer, USC, Heisman Trophy winner, no.1 entire NFL draft pick
• Philip Rivers, N.C.

  State, first-round NFL draft pick

• Marc Wilson, BYU, first-round NFL create pick
• Steve Young, BYU, first-round NFL draft pick

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