Dave Schramm (born July 20, 1963) is an American

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coach and former player. He is the

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for the

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, a position he has held since 2023. As a student-athlete, Schramm played

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for three colleges:

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, and

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Coaching career

Schramm has spent over 25 years as an assistant coach. Schramm got his start in coaching with Patrick Henry High School in

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, where he was an assistant coach from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, he moved to

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to coach the

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s and

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s. In 1989, he spent the season as a

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with

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then hired him as their recruiting coordinator, a position he held from 1990 to 2000. He also coached various positions with the Aztecs:

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(1992),

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(1993), tight ends (1994–1996), and running backs (1997–2001). For the 2002 season, he was the assistant head coach with Texas State. From 2003 to 2004 he was with

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as the coach of the tight ends and

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s. From 2005 to 2008, he was the running backs coach at Utah as well as the recruiting coordinator. On January 17, 2009, Dave Schramm accepted the position as Utah's

and

coach. In 2010 Schramm was switched from coaching the quarterbacks to coaching the

s when

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was added to the staff. He was also named as co-offensive coordinator along with Aaron Roderick. Schramm was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at

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on January 4, 2012. He replaced former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jeff Grady, who was let go after

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was fired by the university and

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was hired as the new head football coach. On November 30, 2015, he was let go after leading the offense to a 3–9 season.

References

External links

Weber State profile
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