Jim McElwain:
CLASS OF 1980
Sentinel High SchoolClass of 1980
Missoula, MT
Jim's Story
Jim is from Gainesville, Florida. Jim is married. Jim's schools include Sentinel High School. Jim later attended Eastern Washington University. Jim works(ed) at University of Florida.
More about Jim:"Upon graduating from Eastern Washington, Jim McElwain received a position as the quarterback and receiver coach for Eastern. He helped the team all the way to the NCAA division 1-AA playoffs twice and assisted their win in the Big Sky Championship for 1992. Jim then took a position with Montana State in 1995 as offensive coordinator. The team became the number one scoring offense for the Big Sky Conference in 1998 with an average of 31.6 points per game. McElwain then received his first division 1-A coaching job at the University of Louisville where he coached special teams. In the 2000-2001 season, the special teams set the school record of 9 blocked kicks under his coaching. In light of his success, he then became assistant head coach at Michigan State where he helped lead the team to the Alamo Bowl his first season. Then, in 2007 he was offered the position of offensive coordinator at Fresno State. As a team they were ranked 38th in the country for offense and 32nd in the nation for scoring with an average of 419.5 yard...Expand for more
s 32.9 points per game. Fresno State beat Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl that year and had a 9-4 record for the season.
Even in light of all prior achievements, the highlight of McElwain’s career has been his position of offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama. For his first term as coach in 2008, the team finished the regular season with a 12-0 record. In 2009 the team went into post season undefeated and beat the number one ranked team in the country, the Florida Gators, in the SEC Championship game. During the game the team reached 490 yards of offense which is more than twice what the Gator’s defense had given up all year. The University of Alabama then went on to win 2 national championships; the first against the Texas Longhorns in the 2010 BCS National Championship and the second against the LSU Tigers in the 2012 BCS National Championship (21-0). During his time at the University of Alabama, McElwain also sent two players the Heisman Trophy ceremony. Mark Ingram took the trophy in 2009 and Trent Richardson was a finalist in 2011.
As of December 2011, Jim McElwain is the new head coach for Colorado State University where he hopes to lead the Rams to a winning 2012-2013 season.".
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