| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Quarterbacks coach / pass game coordinator |
| Team | Notre Dame |
| Conference | Independent |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 13, 1983 Fort Thomas, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Cincinnati |
| 2005 | Tennessee Titans* |
| 2007 | Green Bay Blizzard |
| 2007–2008 | BC Lions |
| 2008–2009 | Green Bay Blizzard |
| 2010 | Milwaukee Iron |
| 2011–2012 | Milwaukee Mustangs |
| 2013 | Chicago Rush |
| 2014 | San Antonio Talons |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2012 | Central Michigan (GA) |
| 2013–2016 | Central Michigan (RB) |
| 2017 | Cincinnati (RB) |
| 2018–2019 | Cincinnati (QB) |
| 2020–2021 | Cincinnati (PGC/QB) |
| 2022 | Cincinnati (OC/QB) |
| 2023–present | Notre Dame (QB) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
As player:
| |
Gino Guidugli (born March 13, 1983) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
He is also a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was one of the backup quarterbacks with the Canadian Football League's BC Lions before being cut by the team following their 2008 training camp. He re-joined the Green Bay Blizzard of af2 for the end of the 2008 season, including the playoffs. He then played in the Arena Football League.
Early years
Guidugli played at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He led Highlands to two state championships in 1999 and 2000 and he also was a backup when Highlands won state in 1998. He still holds many Kentucky records for quarterbacks. He also excelled on the basketball court. He led his basketball team to the Kentucky sweet sixteen his senior season with a buzzer beating shot against Covington Holmes.
College career
Guidugli played collegiately at the University of Cincinnati from 2001 to 2004. He owns most of the school's passing and total offense records. He is ranked 29th for all-time yards and offense of all NCAA division I A FBS schools by a quarterback. [1] He finished his career with 11,453 yards on 880 of 1,556 passes (56.6%) and 78 touchdowns. He also rushed for 208 yards and scored five times on 235 carries. [1]
Statistics
| Cincinnati Bearcats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2001 | 11 | 10 | 6−4 | 185 | 317 | 58.4 | 2,573 | 8.1 | 16 | 9 | 137.5 | 47 | -75 | -1.6 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | 7−7 | 258 | 472 | 54.7 | 3,543 | 7.5 | 22 | 21 | 124.2 | 69 | 27 | 0.4 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 5−7 | 227 | 425 | 53.4 | 2,704 | 6.4 | 14 | 10 | 113.0 | 76 | 166 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | 6−5 | 210 | 342 | 61.4 | 2,633 | 7.7 | 26 | 8 | 146.5 | 43 | 90 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Career [2] | 47 | 47 | 24−23 | 880 | 1,556 | 56.6 | 11,453 | 7.4 | 78 | 48 | 128.8 | 235 | 208 | 0.9 | 5 | |
Professional career
Guidugli was rated the 18th best quarterback in the 2005 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. [3]
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Wonderlic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
229 lb (104 kg) |
5.07 s | 1.74 s | 2.93 s | 4.52 s | 7.41 s | 29 in (0.74 m) |
8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
30 [4] | |||
| All values from NFL Combine [3] | ||||||||||||
Guidugli went unselected in the 2005 NFL Draft. He was later signed by the Tennessee Titans, but he was ultimately released. He later joined the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2, leading the Blizzard to the af2 playoffs.
He signed a free agent contract with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on July 23, 2007, following injuries to starting quarterback Dave Dickenson and backup Buck Pierce. [1] He played in 11 games in 2007, completing 6 of 11 passes for 138 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. [5] He was released by the Lions following their 2008 training camp after losing the job as third-string quarterback to rookie Zac Champion.
Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Iron on January 2, 2010, but was placed on the "Refused to Report" list and did not play with the team.
Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Mustangs on June 10, 2011. [6] He was reunited with former Green Bay Blizzard coaches Bob Landsee, Mark Stoute, and Cedric Walker. When they signed Gino the Mustangs were 4–8, he went on to start 5 games for the Mustangs and went 3–2, but the 2 losses were by 1 point and 4 points.
AFL statistics
| Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2011 | Milwaukee | 107 | 158 | 67.7 | 1,276 | 23 | 4 | 118.01 | 11 | 30 | 2 |
| 2012 | Milwaukee | 373 | 587 | 63.5 | 4,872 | 86 | 25 | 108.50 | 46 | 93 | 18 |
| Career | 480 | 745 | 64.4 | 6,148 | 109 | 29 | 110.52 | 57 | 123 | 20 | |
Stats from ArenaFan: [7]
Coaching career
Guidugli was introduced as the running backs coach for Central Michigan University on March 11, 2013. He replaced Kort Shankweiler, who left for the tight ends and tackles coaching job at Florida International under his father, Steve, who is the new offensive line coach for FIU. In January 2017, Guidugli was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
On March 4, 2017 Cincinnati officially announced that Guidugli was hired as running backs coach. [8] For the 2018 season, Guidugli was named the quarterbacks coach for the Bearcats. For the 2020 season, Guidugli was named the Passing Game Coordinator. [9]
On January 17, 2022 The Athletic reported that Guidugli would be promoted to offensive coordinator, after Mike Denbrock left for LSU. [10]
After Luke Fickell left Cincinnati to become the head coach at Wisconsin, Guidugli followed Fickell to Madison as the passing game coordinator and tight ends coach. [11] However, in February 2023 Guidugli would be named the quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame after Tommy Rees left for Alabama. [12]
Personal
Guidugli has three brothers, former NFL and University of Cincinnati player Ben, Tony, who played at Georgia Military College, and Bay, who played at Southeastern Louisiana University. [13] [14] [15]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "Lions Add Quarterback Gino Guidugli". BCLions.com. 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Gino Guidugli". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "Gino Guidugli". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
-
^
"Historical NFL Wonderlic Scores". wonderlictestsample.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) - ^ "Gino Guidugli". .statscrew.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
-
^
"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ "Gino Guidugli". arenafan.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Football Names Gino Guidugli Running Backs Coach". GoBearcats.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Football Names Gino Guidugli Coaching Bio". GoBearcats.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Williams, Justin (January 17, 2022). "Cincinnati's Gino Guidugli to be promoted to OC, will hire familiar face as O-line coach: Sources". The Athletic. The Athletic. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Badgers add to offensive staff". www.uwbadgers.com. Wisconsin Athletics. 6 Jan 2023. Retrieved 15 Feb 2023.
- ^ @@PeteThamel (February 15, 2023). "Source: Wisconsin assistant Gino Guidugli is expected to be the next quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame. Guidugli spent the last two years as Cincinnati's play caller, including the CFP bid and win at Notre Dame in 2021. He's recruited the Midwest extensively" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "BEN GUIDUGLI". gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Tony Guidugli". njcaa.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Bill (2008). Fort Thomas Highlands Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 9780738553917.
External links
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Cincinnati
- Players of Canadian football from Cincinnati
- American football quarterbacks
- Canadian football quarterbacks
- Cincinnati Bearcats football players
- Highlands High School (Fort Thomas, Kentucky) alumni
- Tennessee Titans players
- Green Bay Blizzard players
- BC Lions players
- Milwaukee Iron players
- Milwaukee Mustangs (2009–2012) players
- Chicago Rush players
- San Antonio Talons players
- Central Michigan Chippewas football coaches
- Cincinnati Bearcats football coaches
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Quarterbacks coach / pass game coordinator |
| Team | Notre Dame |
| Conference | Independent |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 13, 1983 Fort Thomas, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Cincinnati |
| 2005 | Tennessee Titans* |
| 2007 | Green Bay Blizzard |
| 2007–2008 | BC Lions |
| 2008–2009 | Green Bay Blizzard |
| 2010 | Milwaukee Iron |
| 2011–2012 | Milwaukee Mustangs |
| 2013 | Chicago Rush |
| 2014 | San Antonio Talons |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
| 2010–2012 | Central Michigan (GA) |
| 2013–2016 | Central Michigan (RB) |
| 2017 | Cincinnati (RB) |
| 2018–2019 | Cincinnati (QB) |
| 2020–2021 | Cincinnati (PGC/QB) |
| 2022 | Cincinnati (OC/QB) |
| 2023–present | Notre Dame (QB) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
As player:
| |
Gino Guidugli (born March 13, 1983) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
He is also a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was one of the backup quarterbacks with the Canadian Football League's BC Lions before being cut by the team following their 2008 training camp. He re-joined the Green Bay Blizzard of af2 for the end of the 2008 season, including the playoffs. He then played in the Arena Football League.
Early years
Guidugli played at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He led Highlands to two state championships in 1999 and 2000 and he also was a backup when Highlands won state in 1998. He still holds many Kentucky records for quarterbacks. He also excelled on the basketball court. He led his basketball team to the Kentucky sweet sixteen his senior season with a buzzer beating shot against Covington Holmes.
College career
Guidugli played collegiately at the University of Cincinnati from 2001 to 2004. He owns most of the school's passing and total offense records. He is ranked 29th for all-time yards and offense of all NCAA division I A FBS schools by a quarterback. [1] He finished his career with 11,453 yards on 880 of 1,556 passes (56.6%) and 78 touchdowns. He also rushed for 208 yards and scored five times on 235 carries. [1]
Statistics
| Cincinnati Bearcats | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2001 | 11 | 10 | 6−4 | 185 | 317 | 58.4 | 2,573 | 8.1 | 16 | 9 | 137.5 | 47 | -75 | -1.6 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | 7−7 | 258 | 472 | 54.7 | 3,543 | 7.5 | 22 | 21 | 124.2 | 69 | 27 | 0.4 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 5−7 | 227 | 425 | 53.4 | 2,704 | 6.4 | 14 | 10 | 113.0 | 76 | 166 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | 6−5 | 210 | 342 | 61.4 | 2,633 | 7.7 | 26 | 8 | 146.5 | 43 | 90 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Career [2] | 47 | 47 | 24−23 | 880 | 1,556 | 56.6 | 11,453 | 7.4 | 78 | 48 | 128.8 | 235 | 208 | 0.9 | 5 | |
Professional career
Guidugli was rated the 18th best quarterback in the 2005 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. [3]
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Wonderlic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
229 lb (104 kg) |
5.07 s | 1.74 s | 2.93 s | 4.52 s | 7.41 s | 29 in (0.74 m) |
8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
30 [4] | |||
| All values from NFL Combine [3] | ||||||||||||
Guidugli went unselected in the 2005 NFL Draft. He was later signed by the Tennessee Titans, but he was ultimately released. He later joined the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2, leading the Blizzard to the af2 playoffs.
He signed a free agent contract with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on July 23, 2007, following injuries to starting quarterback Dave Dickenson and backup Buck Pierce. [1] He played in 11 games in 2007, completing 6 of 11 passes for 138 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. [5] He was released by the Lions following their 2008 training camp after losing the job as third-string quarterback to rookie Zac Champion.
Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Iron on January 2, 2010, but was placed on the "Refused to Report" list and did not play with the team.
Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Mustangs on June 10, 2011. [6] He was reunited with former Green Bay Blizzard coaches Bob Landsee, Mark Stoute, and Cedric Walker. When they signed Gino the Mustangs were 4–8, he went on to start 5 games for the Mustangs and went 3–2, but the 2 losses were by 1 point and 4 points.
AFL statistics
| Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2011 | Milwaukee | 107 | 158 | 67.7 | 1,276 | 23 | 4 | 118.01 | 11 | 30 | 2 |
| 2012 | Milwaukee | 373 | 587 | 63.5 | 4,872 | 86 | 25 | 108.50 | 46 | 93 | 18 |
| Career | 480 | 745 | 64.4 | 6,148 | 109 | 29 | 110.52 | 57 | 123 | 20 | |
Stats from ArenaFan: [7]
Coaching career
Guidugli was introduced as the running backs coach for Central Michigan University on March 11, 2013. He replaced Kort Shankweiler, who left for the tight ends and tackles coaching job at Florida International under his father, Steve, who is the new offensive line coach for FIU. In January 2017, Guidugli was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
On March 4, 2017 Cincinnati officially announced that Guidugli was hired as running backs coach. [8] For the 2018 season, Guidugli was named the quarterbacks coach for the Bearcats. For the 2020 season, Guidugli was named the Passing Game Coordinator. [9]
On January 17, 2022 The Athletic reported that Guidugli would be promoted to offensive coordinator, after Mike Denbrock left for LSU. [10]
After Luke Fickell left Cincinnati to become the head coach at Wisconsin, Guidugli followed Fickell to Madison as the passing game coordinator and tight ends coach. [11] However, in February 2023 Guidugli would be named the quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame after Tommy Rees left for Alabama. [12]
Personal
Guidugli has three brothers, former NFL and University of Cincinnati player Ben, Tony, who played at Georgia Military College, and Bay, who played at Southeastern Louisiana University. [13] [14] [15]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "Lions Add Quarterback Gino Guidugli". BCLions.com. 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Gino Guidugli". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "Gino Guidugli". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
-
^
"Historical NFL Wonderlic Scores". wonderlictestsample.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) - ^ "Gino Guidugli". .statscrew.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
-
^
"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ "Gino Guidugli". arenafan.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Football Names Gino Guidugli Running Backs Coach". GoBearcats.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Football Names Gino Guidugli Coaching Bio". GoBearcats.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Williams, Justin (January 17, 2022). "Cincinnati's Gino Guidugli to be promoted to OC, will hire familiar face as O-line coach: Sources". The Athletic. The Athletic. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Badgers add to offensive staff". www.uwbadgers.com. Wisconsin Athletics. 6 Jan 2023. Retrieved 15 Feb 2023.
- ^ @@PeteThamel (February 15, 2023). "Source: Wisconsin assistant Gino Guidugli is expected to be the next quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame. Guidugli spent the last two years as Cincinnati's play caller, including the CFP bid and win at Notre Dame in 2021. He's recruited the Midwest extensively" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "BEN GUIDUGLI". gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Tony Guidugli". njcaa.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Bill (2008). Fort Thomas Highlands Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 9780738553917.
External links
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Cincinnati
- Players of Canadian football from Cincinnati
- American football quarterbacks
- Canadian football quarterbacks
- Cincinnati Bearcats football players
- Highlands High School (Fort Thomas, Kentucky) alumni
- Tennessee Titans players
- Green Bay Blizzard players
- BC Lions players
- Milwaukee Iron players
- Milwaukee Mustangs (2009–2012) players
- Chicago Rush players
- San Antonio Talons players
- Central Michigan Chippewas football coaches
- Cincinnati Bearcats football coaches