Jeff Horton

Jeff Horton
Current position
Title	Running Backs Coach
Team	San Diego State
Conference	MW
Biographical details
Born	July 13, 1957 (age 67)
Alma mater	University of Nevada, Reno (B.A.); University of San Francisco (M.A.)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984	Minnesota (GA)
1985–1989	Nevada (WR/RB/ST)
1990–1991	UNLV (AHC)
1992	Nevada (WR)
1993	Nevada
1994–1998	UNLV
1999–2005	Wisconsin (QB)
2006	St. Louis Rams (OL)
2007–2008	St. Louis Rams (assistant)
2009	Detroit Lions (QB)
2010	Minnesota (OC/QB)
2010	Minnesota (interim HC)
2011–2014	San Diego State (AHC/RB)
2015–2019	San Diego State (AHC/OC/RB)
2020-present	San Diego State (RB)
Head coaching record
Overall	22–51
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 Big West (1994)
Awards
	Big West Coach of the Year (1994)

Jeffrey Scott Horton (born July 13, 1957) is an American football coach. He is currently the running backs coach at San Diego State University. He was the interim head coach at the University of Minnesota, having replaced Tim Brewster, who was fired midway through the Golden Gophers' 2010 season. Horton previously served as the head coach at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1993 and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1994 to 1998. From 2006 to 2008, he a special assistant/offense and assistant offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL), where he worked under head coach Scott Linehan. Horton coached the quarterbacks for the NFL's Detroit Lions in 2009.

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Horton's first coaching job was as a graduate assistant for Minnesota in 1984 under Lou Holtz. The following year, he joined his alma mater as assistant in Reno. In 1990 and 1991, he was the wide receivers coach. In 1992, he left to become the Wide Receivers coach at UNLV.

Head coach at Nevada

After the 1992 football season ended, Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault stepped down to focus on his duties as the university's athletic director. Horton was Ault's hand-picked successor, and he returned from Las Vegas to take over as head coach of the Wolf Pack. Horton lead Nevada to a 7–4 record and a second-place finish in the Big West Conference.

Head coach at UNLV

Following the 1993 season, Horton accepted the head coaching position at in-state rival UNLV, a move commonly referred to as the "Red Defection" by Wolf Pack fans. His first season, 1994, the Rebels won the Big West title and the Las Vegas Bowl, winning Horton that conference's Coach of the Year award.

However, this could not last, and Horton would win only six more games over the next three years. He was fired after the Rebels finished 0-11 in the 1998 season, to date the only winless season on the field in school history.

Wisconsin

After being fired, he was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the Wisconsin Badgers. The quarterbacks during his tenure (Jim Sorgi, Brooks Bollinger, and John Stocco), rank first, second, and fourth in Badgers history in passing yards.

St. Louis Rams

Horton was hired as the special assistant/offense to the St. Louis Rams. In that position, he assisted head coach Scott Linehan with administrative duties, offensive play-calling, and preparation.

Detroit Lions

Horton spent one season (2009) with the Detroit Lions as the quarterbacks coach.

Minnesota

Horton was hired by Tim Brewster in January 2010, after Jedd Fisch left to be the quarterbacks coach for the Seattle Seahawks. On October 17, 2010, Brewster was relieved of his head coaching duties. Horton was tapped to replace Brewster on an interim basis. He went 2–3 as coach, beating the Iowa Hawkeyes on November 27 to win the Floyd of Rosedale trophy. It was the first trophy-game win for the Gophers since before Brewster took over.

San Diego State

Horton is currently the assistant head coach and running backs coach at San Diego State University.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Nevada Wolf Pack (Big West Conference) (1993)
1993	Nevada	7–4	5–2	3rd
Nevada:		7–4	5–2
UNLV Rebels (Big West Conference) (1994–1995)
1994	UNLV	7–5	5–1	T–1st	W Las Vegas
1995	UNLV	2–9	1–5	10th
UNLV Rebels (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–1998)
1996	UNLV	1–11	1–8	8th (Pacific)
1997	UNLV	3–8	2–6	7th (Pacific)
1998	UNLV	0–11	0–8	8th (Mountain)
UNLV:		13–44	9–30
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2010)
2010	Minnesota	2–3^{[n 1]}	2–3	T–9th
Minnesota:		2–3	2–3
Total:		22–51

Notes

^ Horton served as interim head coach after Tim Brewster was fired.

References

External links

San Diego State profile

[2010season-1] Horton served as interim head coach after Tim Brewster was fired.

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