2009 Boise State Football Coaching Experience
Peter Kwiatkowski Defensive Line
2006 -
Boise State Defensive Line
1999-2005
Montana State Defensive Coordinator
1997-1998
Eastern Washington Defensive Line
1997
Snow College Defensive Co-Coordinator/Defensive Line
1988-1996 1996 1995 1993-1994 1992 1988-1991
Boise State Assistant Secondary Outside Linebackers Defensive Ends Defense Defensive Line
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Bowl Experience 2006 2007 2008
(2007) Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
A standout on Boise State’s defensive line from 1984-1987, Kwiatkowski earned four first-team All-America awards in 1987 and honorable mention All-America recognition from the Associated Press in 1986. He was named the Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year in 1987, received first-team All-Big Sky honors in 1986 and 1987, and honorable mention honors as a sophomore in 1985. Kwiatkowski was inducted into the Boise State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. Kwiatkowski graduated from Boise State in 1990. He and his wife, Lara, have three daughters, Shelby (14), Riley (7) and Olivia (4).
Coaching Staff
efensive line coach Peter Kwiatkowski, a member of the Boise State Athletic Hall of Fame, is in the fourth season of his second coaching stint with his alma mater. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Boise State led the Western Athletic Conference in total defense and scoring defense. Last season the Broncos led the WAC in total defense (308.2 yards per game), pass efficiency defense (94.4 rating) and scoring defense (12.6 points per game). Nationally, the Broncos finished 2008 ranked No. 2 in pass defense, No. 3 in scoring defense and No. 20 in total defense. Defensive ends Ryan Winterswyk and Mike T. Williams led the charge for Boise State, as Winterswyk was a first-team All-WAC selection and Williams was named second-team all-conference. In 2006 the Broncos were nationally ranked in total defense (12th) and scoring defense (25th), sacks (26th), and rushing defense (35th). In addition, defensive lineman Nick Schlekeway was a firstteam All-WAC selection in 2007. Nationally in 2006, Boise State was eighth in rushing defense, 14th in total defense, 20th in scoring defense, and 28th in sacks. Before returning to Boise State, Kwiatkowski spent six seasons as Montana State’s defensive coordinator. Under Kwiatkowski, the Bobcats’ defense allowed a league-best 332.2 yards per game in 2005 while also leading the Big Sky Conference in passing defense, allowing just 165.6 yards per game. The Bobcats were second in scoring, giving up only 22.8 points per game. MSU also led the Big Sky in total defense three other times – in 2001 allowing 358.0 yards, in 2002 giving up 306.8 yards, and in 2003 with 298.4 yards per game. With Kwiatkowski as defensive coordinator, Montana State qualified for the I-AA playoffs in 2002 and 2003, the team’s first postseason appearances since 1984. The Bobcats also beat instate rival Montana in three of his last four seasons at the school. Kwiatkowski began his coaching career as an assistant at Boise State after an All-America and Hall-ofFame playing career with the Broncos. He coached for eight years (1988-96) under three different head coaches in his first stint at BSU. During that time he coached defensive backs, outside linebackers and the defensive line. Following the 1996 season Kwiatkowski moved to Snow Junior College in Utah where he was the defensive cocoordinator and defensive line coach for one season, and then coached at Eastern Washington for two seasons where he coached Dario Romero, a firstteam All-Big Sky pick who went on to play for the Miami Dolphins.
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