| COACHING STAFF | JOHN HEVESY
JOHN HEVESY
Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Running Game/Offensive Line Sixth season at MSU @CoachHevesy No one can argue with the results put up by John Hevesy’s group during his first five years as the Bulldogs’ run game coordinator and offensive line coach. In 2014, Hevesy will take over co-offensive coordinator duties in addition to overseeing the running game and offensive line. The 2013 campaign was a record one for the MSU offense, breaking single-season school records for total yards (5,647), yards per game (434.4) and first downs (305). Under Hevesy’s tutelage, senior guard Gabe Jackson became a first-team All-American and a first-team All-Southeastern Conference recipient. He then was selected in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. Jackson promises to have a lengthy, successful NFL career. In 2009, the line paved the way as the offense led the SEC and finished ninth nationally in rushing, averaging better than 225 yards per game. One year later, State rushed for 214.8 yards per game and increased total offense numbers. The Bulldogs have eclipsed the 200-yard rushing mark in half of Hevesy’s 64 games coached in Starkville. Senior center Dillon Day comes into 2014 as a preseason candidate for the Rimington Trophy, given annually to the nation’s best center. It is his third-consecutive season on the watch list, after being developed into a freshman All-American at the position under the direction of Hevesy in 2011. In his first two seasons, Hevesy tutored left tackle Derek Sherrod, an All-American selection and a first round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Sherrod is now in his third NFL season with the Green Bay Packers. Hevesy has worked with head coach Dan Mullen for over a decade and came to Mississippi State after four years as a member of the University of Florida coaching staff, where he spent time working with both the tight ends and the offensive line. Hevesy has coached in four BCS bowls, including Florida’s 2006 and 2008 BCS title game victories. Hevesy assisted with a Florida offensive line which allowed only 16.0 sacks in 14 games and paved the way for a rushing attack that averaged more than 231 yards per game. In 2007, he tutored future NFL tight end Cornelius Ingram. Ingram’s seven touchdowns receiving matched Andre Caldwell’s team-leading total and Ingram’s 14.9 years per reception were the most of any Gator who had double-digit catches. That season, the Gator offensive line surrendered just 13.0 sacks in 13 games, tying for the second-lowest total in the SEC and fifth nationally. Despite entering the 2006 season with one player having started a game at his opening-day position, the UF offensive line allowed only 23 sacks on the year, and yielded one-or-less sacks seven times during the campaign. Hevesy showed a penchant for molding individual talents on the interior of the Gators’ line. Starting centers Mike Degory and Steve Rissler earned first-team All-SEC honors as seniors, and Drew Miller earned honorable mention All-SEC. As the offensive line coach at Utah in 2004, Hevesy directed the front line for one of the most prolific offenses in the country, as the Utes ranked third nationally in scoring, total offense and passing efficiency. Behind the blocking of Hevesy’s group, Utah scored on 62-of-67 trips to the red zone en route to an undefeated season and a victory in a BCS bowl game. Prior to his arrival in Salt Lake City, Hevesy coached the tackles and tight ends at Bowling Green from 2001-02. In his first year on campus, the line allowed 50 percent fewer sacks than the year before, while the 2002 unit blocked for skill players that amassed more than 5,000 yards of total offense. During a three-year stint at Brown from 1998-2000, Hevesy coached an offensive line that blocked for 13 school records and saw three of its members earn multiple All-Ivy selections.
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THE HEVESY FILE Hometown____________ Madison, Conn. College_______________________ Maine Degree___________B.A. in education, 1995 Wife____________________________Kelli Birthday__________________May 2, 1971 Coaching Career 2014- Mississippi State (Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Running Game/Offensive Line) 2009-13 Mississippi State (Running Game Coordinator/ Offensive Line) 2005-08 Florida (Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line) 2003-04 Utah (Offensive Line) 2001-02 Bowling Green (Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends) 1998-2000 Brown (Offensive Line) 1997 Syracuse (Graduate Assistant) 1996 Brown (Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends) 1994-95 Trinity (Offensive Line) Bowl Games as a Coach 2013: Liberty 2013: Gator 2011: Music City 2011: Gator 2008: Capital One 2007: BCS National Championship Game 2006: Outback 2005: Fiesta 2003: Liberty 1997: Fiesta A three-year starter on the offensive line at the University of Maine from 1991-93, Hevesy is married to the former Kelli Rogers. The couple has three children: Jack, Taylor and Madison.
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