Casey James Clausen (born January 9, 1981) is an

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coach and former player. He was previously the head football coach of

Bishop Alemany High School Bishop Alemany High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the San Fernando Valley community of Mission Hills in Los Angeles, California. It is within the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The schoo ...

and

Calabasas High School Calabasas High School is a four-year high school in Calabasas, California, United States. Calabasas High School, which serves Calabasas, Bell Canyon, and portions of West Hills, Los Angeles, is one of three high schools in the Las Virgenes Un ...

. Clausen played

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at the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...

and professionally in

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(NFLE). He attended Bishop Alemany. Clausen is the older brother of former quarterbacks

Jimmy Clausen James Richard Clausen (born September 21, 1987) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) from 2010 to 2015. He played college football for the Notre Dame F ...

and

Rick Clausen Richard James Clausen (born June 29, 1982) is an American football coach and former player who played college football for Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee. He is the current head coach at Westlake High School in Los An ...

College career

Clausen attended and played college football at the University of Tennessee under head coach

Phillip Fulmer Phillip Edward Fulmer Sr. (born September 1, 1950) is a former American football player, coach, and athletic director at the University of Tennessee. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling ...

from 2000 to 2003 with the nickname "Iceman." Clausen took over the starting position from A. J. Suggs on October 21, 2000, in the annual rivalry game against

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. He helped lead Tennessee to the SEC East Division title in 2001. He started 44 of 47 games at the quarterback position in his career and had a 14–1 record on the road with a 34–10 record overall.

College statistics

Professional career

Kansas City Chiefs

Clausen went undrafted in the

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and was briefly signed by the

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as a free agent.

Amsterdam Admirals

In 2005, Clausen spent some time with the

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Coaching career

Clausen was hired as the

's head football coach on December 12, 2013. On December 16, 2017, Clausen was hired as head football coach at his alma mater,

References

1981 births Living people American football quarterbacks Tennessee Volunteers football players High school football coaches in California Players of American football from Thousand Oaks, California Bishop Alemany High School alumni {{Quarterback-1980s-stub