Doug Nussmeier
Douglas Keith Nussmeier is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Nussmeier played college football for the Idaho Vandals football, winning the Walter Payton Award as the most outstanding offensive player in NCAA Division I-AA. He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL draft. He finished his playing career with the CFL's BC Lions. Prior to joining the Saints’ coaching staff, he served as the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Nussmeier previously served as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators, the Michigan Wolverines, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Washington Huskies, the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Michigan State Spartans. Nussmeier has also previously served as quarterbacks coach for the St. Louis Rams, the Dallas Cowboys, the Ottawa Renegades, and the BC Lions. Nussmeier is the father of quarterback Garrett Nussmeier.
Early years
Born in Portland, Oregon, Nussmeier is a 1989 graduate of Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, a suburb south of Portland. He did not start at quarterback for the Pacers football team until his senior season.Playing career
College
Though he followed Pac-10 quarterbacks Erik Wilhelm and Jason Palumbis at Lakeridge, the left-handed Nussmeier was not recruited by the He played college football for the Idaho Vandals under John L. Smith, and won the 1993 Walter Payton Award, presented annually to the Division I-AA player of the year. That year, Nussmeier threw a school-record 33 touchdown passes, leading the Vandals to an record and the national A four-year starter at quarterback, Nussmeier succeeded John Friesz, another Walter Payton Award winner in 1989, Nussmeier's redshirt season.As a fifth-year senior in 1993, Nussmeier had a QB rating of 172.2 - completing 185-of-304 throws for 2,960 yards and a school-record 33 touchdowns. Nussmeier still ranks among the NCAA I-AA all-time leaders in passing and total offense. He is one of only five quarterbacks in NCAA history to throw for at least 10,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards, joining Alcorn State's Steve McNair, Central Florida's Daunte Culpepper, Central Michigan's Dan LeFevour, and Nevada's Colin Kaepernick. Nussmeier set Vandal career records for passing yards, TD passes, passing efficiency, completion percentage and total offense.
Nussmeier earned his bachelor's degree in business from the University of Idaho in 1994.
National Football League
Nussmeier was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL draft, 116th overall. He was the fourth quarterback selected, behind first round selections Heath Shuler and Trent Dilfer.Nussmeier was a reserve quarterback in the NFL for five seasons in the mid-1990s, spending four years with the New Orleans Saints and one with the Indianapolis Colts. Over his NFL career, he saw playing time in eight regular-season games, throwing for 455 yards, with one touchdown and four interceptions. In , Nussmeier spent part of training camp with the Denver Broncos, but was released prior to the regular season and picked up by the Colts. He is one of only 32 left-handed quarterbacks to play in the NFL.