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Gino Guidugli
Current position
TitleQuarterbacks coach / pass game coordinator
TeamNotre Dame
ConferenceIndependent
Biographical details
Born (1983-03-13) March 13, 1983 (age 41)
Fort Thomas, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma materCincinnati
Playing career
2001–2004Cincinnati
2005Tennessee Titans*
2007Green Bay Blizzard
2007–2008BC Lions
2008–2009Green Bay Blizzard
2010Milwaukee Iron
2011–2012Milwaukee Mustangs
2013Chicago Rush
2014San Antonio Talons
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2012Central Michigan (GA)
2013–2016Central Michigan (RB)
2017Cincinnati (RB)
2018–2019Cincinnati (QB)
2020–2021Cincinnati (PGC/QB)
2022Cincinnati (OC/QB)
2023–presentNotre Dame (QB)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
As player:
  • Second-team All-C-USA (2002)

Gino Guidugli (born March 13, 1983) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats.

He is also a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was one of the backup quarterbacks with the Canadian Football League's BC Lions before being cut by the team following their 2008 training camp. He re-joined the Green Bay Blizzard of af2 for the end of the 2008 season, including the playoffs. He then played in the Arena Football League.

Early years

Guidugli played at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He led Highlands to two state championships in 1999 and 2000 and he also was a backup when Highlands won state in 1998. He still holds many Kentucky records for quarterbacks. He also excelled on the basketball court. He led his basketball team to the Kentucky sweet sixteen his senior season with a buzzer beating shot against Covington Holmes.

College career

Guidugli played collegiately at the University of Cincinnati from 2001 to 2004. He owns most of the school's passing and total offense records. He is ranked 29th for all-time yards and offense of all NCAA division I A FBS schools by a quarterback.[1] He finished his career with 11,453 yards on 880 of 1,556 passes (56.6%) and 78 touchdowns. He also rushed for 208 yards and scored five times on 235 carries.[1]

Statistics

Cincinnati Bearcats
Season Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2001 11 10 6−4 185 317 58.4 2,573 8.1 16 9 137.5 47 -75 -1.6 1
2002 14 14 7−7 258 472 54.7 3,543 7.5 22 21 124.2 69 27 0.4 3
2003 12 12 5−7 227 425 53.4 2,704 6.4 14 10 113.0 76 166 2.2 0
2004 11 11 6−5 210 342 61.4 2,633 7.7 26 8 146.5 43 90 2.1 1
Career[2] 47 47 24−23 880 1,556 56.6 11,453 7.4 78 48 128.8 235 208 0.9 5

Professional career

Guidugli was rated the 18th best quarterback in the 2005 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[3]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Wonderlic
6 ft 4 in
(1.93 m) 		229 lb
(104 kg) 		5.07 s 1.74 s 2.93 s 4.52 s 7.41 s 29 in
(0.74 m)		 8 ft 7 in
(2.62 m)		 30 [4]
All values from NFL Combine[3]

Guidugli went unselected in the 2005 NFL Draft. He was later signed by the Tennessee Titans, but he was ultimately released. He later joined the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2, leading the Blizzard to the af2 playoffs.

He signed a free agent contract with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on July 23, 2007, following injuries to starting quarterback Dave Dickenson and backup Buck Pierce.[1] He played in 11 games in 2007, completing 6 of 11 passes for 138 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.[5] He was released by the Lions following their 2008 training camp after losing the job as third-string quarterback to rookie Zac Champion.

Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Iron on January 2, 2010, but was placed on the "Refused to Report" list and did not play with the team.

Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Mustangs on June 10, 2011.[6] He was reunited with former Green Bay Blizzard coaches Bob Landsee, Mark Stoute, and Cedric Walker. When they signed Gino the Mustangs were 4–8, he went on to start 5 games for the Mustangs and went 3–2, but the 2 losses were by 1 point and 4 points.

AFL statistics

Year Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Int Rtg Att Yds TD
2011 Milwaukee 107 158 67.7 1,276 23 4 118.01 11 30 2
2012 Milwaukee 373 587 63.5 4,872 86 25 108.50 46 93 18
Career 480 745 64.4 6,148 109 29 110.52 57 123 20

Stats from ArenaFan:[7]

Coaching career

Guidugli was introduced as the running backs coach for Central Michigan University on March 11, 2013. He replaced Kort Shankweiler, who left for the tight ends and tackles coaching job at Florida International under his father, Steve, who is the new offensive line coach for FIU. In January 2017, Guidugli was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

On March 4, 2017, Cincinnati officially announced that Guidugli was hired as running backs coach.[8] For the 2018 season, Guidugli was named the quarterbacks coach for the Bearcats. For the 2020 season, Guidugli was named the Passing Game Coordinator.[9]

On January 17, 2022 The Athletic reported that Guidugli would be promoted to offensive coordinator, after Mike Denbrock left for LSU.[10]

After Luke Fickell left Cincinnati to become the head coach at Wisconsin, Guidugli followed Fickell to Madison as the passing game coordinator and tight ends coach.[11] However, in February 2023 Guidugli would be named the quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame after Tommy Rees left for Alabama.[12]

Personal

Guidugli has three brothers, former NFL and University of Cincinnati player Ben, Tony, who played at Georgia Military College, and Bay, who played at Southeastern Louisiana University.[13][14][15]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Lions Add Quarterback Gino Guidugli". BCLions.com. July 23, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "Gino Guidugli". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Gino Guidugli". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "Historical NFL Wonderlic Scores". wonderlictestsample.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Gino Guidugli". .statscrew.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Gino Guidugli". arenafan.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  8. ^ "Football Names Gino Guidugli Running Backs Coach". GoBearcats.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  9. ^ "Football Names Gino Guidugli Coaching Bio". GoBearcats.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  10. ^ Williams, Justin (January 17, 2022). "Cincinnati's Gino Guidugli to be promoted to OC, will hire familiar face as O-line coach: Sources". The Athletic. The Athletic. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "Badgers add to offensive staff". www.uwbadgers.com. Wisconsin Athletics. January 6, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  12. ^ @@PeteThamel (February 15, 2023). "Source: Wisconsin assistant Gino Guidugli is expected to be the next quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame. Guidugli spent the last two years as Cincinnati's play caller, including the CFP bid and win at Notre Dame in 2021. He's recruited the Midwest extensively" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "BEN GUIDUGLI". gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  14. ^ "Tony Guidugli". njcaa.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  15. ^ Thomas, Bill (2008). Fort Thomas Highlands Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 9780738553917.
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