VANDALS he also ranked ran n in the top five of the school’s list for season receptions, season 100-yard receiving games, receptions, career receiving yardage, career receiving touchdowns and career 100-yard receiving career rece e games. • In 2 2010, Petrino guided an Illini offense that broke school records for total points (423) and points per game (32.54) (32.54 4 and featured running back Mikel Leshoure, who broke the single-season school rushing record with 1,697 yards. y Illinois averaged 42.1 points and 448.9 total yards over the last seven games of the season and notched d a 38-14 win over Baylor in the 2010 Texas Bowl •
In 20 0 2009, Petrino was the offensive coordinator at Arkansas as the team averaged 37 points per game, which ran n ranked eighth in the NCAA, while also posting top-15 rankings in passing offense at No. 10 (303.3 yards per p game) and total offense at No. 14 (439.3 yards per game). Quarterback Ryan Mallett was the nation’s sixth-rated passer, averaging 285 yards per contest and throwing 29 touchdowns. The Razorbacks broke the school record for passing yards with 3,640, eclipsing the previous record tthat was set under Petrino in 2008 • In 2007, he was with the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. He was the receivers coach in Atlanta a after working the four previous years as offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Louisville. P Playing for Petrino, Roddy White posted then-career-highs with 83 catches and 1,202 yards • From m 2003-06, Petrino coached at Louisville where his teams averaged 41.1 points per game from 20032003-06; 34.6 in 2003; 49.8 in 2004; 43.3 in 2005 and 37.8 in 2006. Texas Tech was the only other schoo o to rank in the top 10 nationally in total offense during those years. In 50 games over that fourschool year sspan at Louisville, Petrino’s teams went 41-9 and scored 40 or more points 28 times and 60 or more seven times.
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• In 2 0 2006, the Cardinals went 12-1, won the Big East title and finished the year ranked No. 6 in the nation. Louisville was second in the country in total offense (475.3 yards per game), seventh in passing (290 . yards per game) and fourth in scoring (37.8 points per game). In 2005, Louisville was ninth in (290.0 th h nation in offense (482.1 yards per game) and third in scoring (43.4 points per game) with six the o offensive players earning first-team All-Big East Conference honors. Running back Michael Bush
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Coached 12 bowl teams (Arkansas, twice; Illinois, once; Louisville (six times); Southern Mississippi (twice); Utah State (once) • 152-93 record as a Division I coach • Coached five conference championship teams (Idaho, Utah State and Louisville) • Teams ranked as high as sixth nationally twice (Louisville) and 19th once (also Louisville) • Idaho as a I-AA team was ranked fifth (1992), sixth (1994) and 11th (1993) during his tenure
led the nation with 24 touchdowns, while receiver Mario Urrutia was second in the nation in yards per catch. • The 2004 team won the Conference USA title, beat No. 10 Boise State in the Liberty Bowl to end the season 11-1, finished ranked No. 7 in the nation, and led the country in total offense (539.0 yards per game) and scoring offense (49.8 points per game). The Cardinals set school records for total yards, rushing yards and points in a season (597), also scoring 50-plus points seven times. Russell earned All-Conference USA honors for the second straight season after catching 73 passes. He had 75 catches for a school-record 1,213 yards in 2003. • Petrino coached three wide receivers who set single-season yardage records at Louisville. Arnold Jackson totaled 1,209 yards in 1999, J.R. Russell broke the record in 2003 with 1,213 yards and Harry Douglas had 1,265 yards in 2006. • From 2000-02, he was the quarterbacks coach at Southern Mississippi. In his three seasons, the Golden Eagles went 8-4, 6-5 and 7-6 with two bowl bids. • In 1998, Petrino left Utah State for his first stint at Louisville. In 1998, UL set records for points, scoring average, touchdowns, passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass attempts, pass completions and total offense. In 1998, the Cardinals ranked No. 1 in the nation in passing offense and ranked second in 1999. • From 1995-97, Petrino was at Utah State as receivers coach and special teams coordinator. In 1995, Aggies’ receiver Kevin Alexander was second in the nation in receptions and third in yards.