Bart Andrus
Encyclopedia
Bart Andrus is the current Offensive Coordinator for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League
.
He is the former head coach
of the Toronto Argonauts
of the Canadian Football League
. Previously, he was the offensive assistant for the Tennessee Titans
of the National Football League
in the 2008 season and the head coach of the Amsterdam Admirals
of NFL Europe
from 2001 until 2007, when the NFL Europa ceased operations.
for four years from 1978 to 1981. One of Andrus' earliest experiences with coaching was when he served for three years as head coach at St. Patrick High School in Vallejo, California
. After this, in 1984, he went to work as graduate assistant at Brigham Young University
, followed by serving as offensive coordinator at three different schools: Humboldt State (1986–1989), Montana State
(1990–1991) and Southern Utah University
(1993–1995).
After this Bart Andrus continued his — now 25 year running — coaching career and advanced to coaching at collegiate level when he served as head coach at Rocky Mountain College
for one season in 1996. For this he received the 1996 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) Coach of the Year Award because of his efforts in restructuring a struggling program that had not managed to win a game in four years. With Andrus at the helm, Rocky Mountain ended the season at 6–4 with their offense ranking first in the nation.
Andrus moved on to spend three seasons in the NFL with the Tennessee Oilers as an offensive assistant from 1997–1998 and as the quarterbacks coach (tutoring NFL star Steve McNair
) in 1999 when the team had been renamed to Tennessee Titans
. He was a member of the Titans coaching staff during Super Bowl XXXIV
following the 1999 NFL season.
In the new millennium, Andrus changed the United States for Europe, when he took the position as offensive coordinator for the NFL Europe team Rhein Fire
, located in Düsseldorf
, Germany. Here he won his first World Bowl
ring with his new team. Fire's offense topped the league in total yards gained and total points scored that year with Andrus as offensive coordinator.
One year later, Bart Andrus switched to the NFLE team the Amsterdam Admirals
when the position of head coach became available there. During this year Andrus lead the Admirals to a 4–6 season, only just missing out on clinching a berth in World Bowl IX
with a loss in week 10 (the final week). Three years later, in 2004, Andrus guided the Admirals to their first non-losing season since 1998 by establishing a 5–5 record.
Probably due to his own history as quarterback and later on as quarterback coach, Andrus has traditionally provided the Admirals with strong offensive teams. This is shown by the fact that the Admirals ranked number one in total offense in 2005, averaging 357.4 yards per game. After posting a 6–4 mark that year and leading his team to victory for the first time in World Bowl XIII
against three-time World Bowl winner Berlin Thunder
, he was named NFL Europa League Coach of the Year and earned his second World Bowl ring. While guiding the Admirals to a league-best 7–3 regular season record in 2006, Andrus was once again coaching one of NFL Europe's most potent offenses, with his men averaging 332.3 yards per game. However, his team did not manage to deliver him his third World Bowl ring after he lost his starting quarterback.
On January 20, 2006, the Atlanta Falcons
interviewed Andrus for their vacancy at quarterback coach but Andrus continued as head coach for the Admirals in 2006. Georgia Tech also interviewed Andrus in 2007 but he decided to stay with the Admirals another season, the final season of NFL Europa.
On July 27, 2008, the Tennessee Titans added Bart Andrus to their coaching staff as an offensive assistant coach.
On January 16, 2009, the Toronto Argonauts
of the Canadian Football League announced that Andrus had been hired as head coach. The 53rd head coach in the team's 136-year history and his first experience in Canadian football
. In his first season as the Argonauts head coach, the team finished last in the CFL with a 3–15–0 record.
On December 14, 2009, it was announced that the Toronto Argonauts fired Andrus as head coach after a 3–15 season.
On January 18, 2011 he was announced as the new Offensive Coordinator for the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL.
United Football League
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.
He is the former head coach
Head coach
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of the Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
of the Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
. Previously, he was the offensive assistant for the Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
of the National Football League
National Football League
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in the 2008 season and the head coach of the Amsterdam Admirals
Amsterdam Admirals
The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional American football team in NFL Europe based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-History:The Admirals were formed in 1995 as part of the NFL's plan to restart the World League of American Football, to be based entirely in Europe...
of NFL Europe
NFL Europe
NFL Europe was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. Backed by the National Football League , the largest professional American football league in the United States, it was founded as the World League of American Football to serve as a type of spring league...
from 2001 until 2007, when the NFL Europa ceased operations.
History
Andrus graduated from the University of Montana, where he played quarterbackQuarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
for four years from 1978 to 1981. One of Andrus' earliest experiences with coaching was when he served for three years as head coach at St. Patrick High School in Vallejo, California
Vallejo, California
Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay...
. After this, in 1984, he went to work as graduate assistant at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
, followed by serving as offensive coordinator at three different schools: Humboldt State (1986–1989), Montana State
Montana State University - Bozeman
Montana State University – Bozeman is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's land-grant university and primary campus in the Montana State University System, which is part of the Montana University System...
(1990–1991) and Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University, or SUU, is located in Cedar City, Utah. It was founded in 1897 as an extension of the Agricultural College of Utah, by the citizens of Cedar City.During its history, the school has been known as:...
(1993–1995).
After this Bart Andrus continued his — now 25 year running — coaching career and advanced to coaching at collegiate level when he served as head coach at Rocky Mountain College
Rocky Mountain College
Rocky Mountain College , located in Billings, Montana, is a private comprehensive college offering more than 25 liberal arts- and professionally oriented majors. In fall 2009, the college had 894 enrolled students...
for one season in 1996. For this he received the 1996 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
(NAIA) Coach of the Year Award because of his efforts in restructuring a struggling program that had not managed to win a game in four years. With Andrus at the helm, Rocky Mountain ended the season at 6–4 with their offense ranking first in the nation.
Andrus moved on to spend three seasons in the NFL with the Tennessee Oilers as an offensive assistant from 1997–1998 and as the quarterbacks coach (tutoring NFL star Steve McNair
Steve McNair
Stephen LaTreal McNair was an American football quarterback who spent the majority of his NFL career with the Tennessee Titans....
) in 1999 when the team had been renamed to Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
. He was a member of the Titans coaching staff during Super Bowl XXXIV
Super Bowl XXXIV
Super Bowl XXXIV featured the National Football Conference champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference champion Tennessee Titans in an American football game to decide the National Football League champion for the 1999 regular season...
following the 1999 NFL season.
In the new millennium, Andrus changed the United States for Europe, when he took the position as offensive coordinator for the NFL Europe team Rhein Fire
Rhein Fire
The Rhein Fire was a professional American football team in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Germany in 1995, the franchise resurrected the name of the former Birmingham Fire team which was active during the 1991-1992 WLAF seasons.-History:The team was...
, located in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany. Here he won his first World Bowl
World Bowl
The World Bowl was the American football Championship game of NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the National Football League.The World Bowl trophy itself was a globe made of glass measuring 35.5 cm in diameter and weighing 18.6 kg .-World League of American Football:When NFL Europe was...
ring with his new team. Fire's offense topped the league in total yards gained and total points scored that year with Andrus as offensive coordinator.
One year later, Bart Andrus switched to the NFLE team the Amsterdam Admirals
Amsterdam Admirals
The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional American football team in NFL Europe based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-History:The Admirals were formed in 1995 as part of the NFL's plan to restart the World League of American Football, to be based entirely in Europe...
when the position of head coach became available there. During this year Andrus lead the Admirals to a 4–6 season, only just missing out on clinching a berth in World Bowl IX
World Bowl IX
World Bowl IX was the first World Bowl that didn't have the year that it was played in the title. It was the 2001 edition of NFL Europe's championship game. The site was the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. On June 30, 2001, the 6-4 Berlin Thunder took on the 8-2 Barcelona Dragons...
with a loss in week 10 (the final week). Three years later, in 2004, Andrus guided the Admirals to their first non-losing season since 1998 by establishing a 5–5 record.
Probably due to his own history as quarterback and later on as quarterback coach, Andrus has traditionally provided the Admirals with strong offensive teams. This is shown by the fact that the Admirals ranked number one in total offense in 2005, averaging 357.4 yards per game. After posting a 6–4 mark that year and leading his team to victory for the first time in World Bowl XIII
World Bowl XIII
World Bowl XIII was NFL Europe's 2005 championship game. It was played at the LTU arena in Düsseldorf, Germany on June 11, 2005. In this match-up, the 6-4 Amsterdam Admirals managed to get back to the World Bowl after losing in World Bowl III and spending nearly a decade being on the outside. ...
against three-time World Bowl winner Berlin Thunder
Berlin Thunder
The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe, which was a springtime American football league serving primarily as a developmental league for the National Football League. Most of the players were young American professional players assigned by NFL teams to receive...
, he was named NFL Europa League Coach of the Year and earned his second World Bowl ring. While guiding the Admirals to a league-best 7–3 regular season record in 2006, Andrus was once again coaching one of NFL Europe's most potent offenses, with his men averaging 332.3 yards per game. However, his team did not manage to deliver him his third World Bowl ring after he lost his starting quarterback.
On January 20, 2006, the Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
interviewed Andrus for their vacancy at quarterback coach but Andrus continued as head coach for the Admirals in 2006. Georgia Tech also interviewed Andrus in 2007 but he decided to stay with the Admirals another season, the final season of NFL Europa.
On July 27, 2008, the Tennessee Titans added Bart Andrus to their coaching staff as an offensive assistant coach.
On January 16, 2009, the Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
of the Canadian Football League announced that Andrus had been hired as head coach. The 53rd head coach in the team's 136-year history and his first experience in Canadian football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
. In his first season as the Argonauts head coach, the team finished last in the CFL with a 3–15–0 record.
On December 14, 2009, it was announced that the Toronto Argonauts fired Andrus as head coach after a 3–15 season.
On January 18, 2011 he was announced as the new Offensive Coordinator for the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL.
CFL coaching record
| Team | |Regular Season | TOR Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta... |
2009 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .167 | 4th in East Division | – | – | Missed Playoffs |
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