Doug Pederson
| Doug Pederson | |
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Positions: Quarterback Head Coach |
Jersey numbers: 14, 18 |
| born on January 31, 1968 in Bellingham , Washington | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1991 - today | |
| Undrafted in 1991 | |
| College : Northeast Louisiana | |
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as an assistant coach
as head coach
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| Career statistics | |
| Thrown yards | 2,762 |
| TD - INT | 12-19 |
| Quarterback rating | 62.3 |
| Play as head coach | 70 |
| G / V ( Regular Season ) | 38:26 (59.4%) |
| G / V ( play-offs ) | 4: 2 (66.7%) |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Douglas Irving Pederson (born January 31, 1968 in Bellingham , Washington ) is an American coach and former player on the position of quarterback in American football . He has been the season in 2016 head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles , with whom he in the season 2017 the Super Bowl LII won. As a substitute, he also won with the Green Bay Packers in the 1996 season to Super Bowl XXXI , which he by Mike Ditka , Tom Flores and Tony Dungy in fourth place both as a player and as a head coach Super Bowl won.
Career as a player
Pederson was in 1968 in Bellingham , Washington born and attended high school in Ferndale . There he was active as quarterback, safety and kicker and also played baseball and basketball .
He then went to Northeast Louisiana University , where he came in three years as starting quarterback to 6,445 thrown yards and 33 touchdowns and made his degree in business administration.
In 1991 the Miami Dolphins signed him as an Undrafted Free Agent . Pederson was released before he was used. He then played for the New York / New Jersey Knights in the World League of American Football in 1992 until the Dolphins signed him again. There he did not get beyond the Practice Squad at first , but was deployed after Dan Marino and Scott Mitchell lost due to injuries . In 1995 the Carolina Panthers , who had just entered the league, selected him in the Expansion Draft, but Pederson was released before the start of the season. After he played briefly with Rhein Fire in the NFL Europe , the Dolphins took him under contract again for a few weeks as a substitute. In total, he was used in seven games for the Dolphins, in which he threw eight passes.
Pederson then signed with the Green Bay Packers , where he served as a backup for Brett Favre until 1998 and won the Super Bowl XXXI in that position in the 1996 season. From 1997 he worked as a holder in addition to his role as a backup quarterback . He scored two touchdowns against the Minnesota Vikings in 1998 when he was substituted on for Favre when he was well behind.
In the 1999 season , the Philadelphia Eagles signed him. There he ran in the first nine games as a starter until he was replaced by Donovan McNabb , whom the Eagles had selected second in the 1999 draft. Pederson threw seven touchdowns in nine interceptions for Philadelphia , after the season he was fired.
He moved to the Cleveland Browns after initially considering retiring from his career. There he came to eight missions as starting quarterback, of which he lost seven times. From 2001 to 2004 he was active a second time with the Green Bay Packers , then he ended his career to work as a coach.
Career as a coach
Pederson began his career coaching high school football with the Cavalry Baptist Academy in Shreveport , Louisiana . In 2009 he moved to the Philadelphia Eagles , which hired him as an offensive quality control coach. In 2011 he became quarterback coach, and in 2013 the Kansas City Chiefs signed him as offensive coordinator . With Pederson, the Chiefs achieved their first win in a playoff game in 22 years in 2015 , after the team won eleven games in a row after one start with one win and five losses. The Philadelphia Eagles brought him back as head coach in 2016 .
In the 2017 season , Pederson led the Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory, they won Super Bowl LII against the favored New England Patriots 41:33.
In the following two years Pederson was able to reach the playoffs with the Eagles, but failed at the latest in the Divisional Round.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doug Pederson on the Philadelphia Eagles website , accessed February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Kevin Nogle: Super Bowl 2018: Former Miami Dolphins on Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots rosters on thephinsider.com, February 4, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Don Pierson: VIKINGS 37, PACKERS 24 , Chicago Tribune , October 6, 1998, accessed February 12, 2019.
- ↑ a b Rob Demovsky: Doug Pederson: From Brett Favre's 'Front Doctor' to Super Bowl coach on espn.com, February 2, 2018, accessed on February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Reuben Frank: Ghosts of brutal 1999 season don't haunt Pederson on nbcsports.com, February 2, 2018, accessed on February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Terry Pluto: Cleveland Browns brought Doug Pederson back to NFL on cleveland.com, February 2, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Roy Lang III: Calvary's 'shot in the dark' sparks Doug Pederson's coaching success , Shreveport Times, January 22, 2018, accessed on February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Eagles name Doug Pederson Head Coach on the Philadelphia Eagles website, January 18, 2016, accessed February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Barry Wilner: Eagles win first Super Bowl, holding off favored Patriots 41-33 in a game that shattered Super Bowl records , Chicago Tribune , February 4, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pederson, Doug |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pederson, Douglas Irving |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football coach and player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellingham , Washington , United States |