Bruce Arians

Bruce Arians

Pittsburgh Steelers
Career information
Status	Active (coach)
Position(s)	QB
US college	Virginia Tech
High school	William Penn High School (York, Pennsylvania)
Career highlights and awards
3-time AFC Champion (as coach) — 2005, 2008, 2010 2-time Super Bowl winner (as coach) — XL (2005), XLIII (2008)
Awards	1974 Virginia Tech Hokies football MVP

Bruce Arians (born October 3, 1952 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA) is the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Prior to holding this position, Arians served as the wide receivers coach for the Steelers, a position that he held with the team since the 2004 season. The promotion to this position was made by head coach Mike Tomlin and announced on January 23, 2007.

Biography

College playing career

Arians attended and played college football at Virginia Tech. As a senior in 1974, Arians was the starting quarterback for the Hokies football team. That season he completed 53 of 118 passing attempts (44.9% completion pct.) for 952 yards with three passing touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also added eight more touchdowns rushing.

Coaching career

College

Arians began his coaching career in 1975 as a graduate assistant at Virginia Tech. Arians then held an assistant coaching position at Mississippi State University (running backs and wide receivers) from 1978-80 before heading to the University of Alabama to coach the running backs from 1981-82 under Paul "Bear" Bryant.

Arians was also the head coach at Temple University from 1983-88. He also held positions with Mississippi State (offensive coordinator, 1993–95) and Alabama (offensive coordinator, 1997).

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Temple Owls () (1983–1988)
1983	Temple	4-7				—	—
1984	Temple	6-5				—	—
1985	Temple	4-7				—	—
1986	Temple	0-11*				—	—
1987	Temple	3-8				—	—
1988	Temple	4-7				—	—
Temple:		21-45
Total:		21-45
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

* 1986 team was 6-5 on the field, but had to forfeit their wins due to the presence of an ineligible player on their roster.

NFL

At the end of the college football season in 1988, Arians was hired in the NFL as a running backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. It was during this time with the Chiefs that he worked with the coach who brought him to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bill Cowher. He also spent one season as the tight ends coach of the New Orleans Saints. Following this stint was when he made a name for himself when he got the job as the quarterbacks coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He was the first quarterback coach of Peyton Manning when he arrived in the NFL. Afterward, he was hired as offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. After two seasons with the Browns, he was hired by Bill Cowher as the wide receivers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. On January 23, 2007, he was promoted to the offensive coordinator job of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Personal

He and his wife Christine have a son, Jake (46), who played briefly for the Buffalo Bills, and a daughter, Kristi Anne (43). He graduated from William Penn High School in York, Pennsylvania. Earlier, he attended York Catholic High School, where he was a standout scholastic quarterback.