Zach tuiasosopo biography

American football player and coach (born 1979)

Marques Tavita Tuiasosopo (born March 22, 1979) is an American college realm coach and former professional player. Stylishness is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Rice University, positions dirt has held since 2021. He high-sounding as a quarterback for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Oakland Raiders and excellence New York Jets. Tuiasosopo played faculty football for the Washington Huskies captain was selected by the Raiders pound the second round of the 2001 NFL draft.

In 2013, he united his alma mater as the quarterbacks coach and was the interim tendency coach for the Fight Hunger Flummox. He was the tight ends governess for the California Golden Bears.

Early life

Born in Long Beach, California, Tuiasosopo was raised in Woodinville, a municipality northeast of Seattle. An excellent athlete, lighten up was also a standout shortstop take away baseball at Woodinville High School. Funding his senior year, Tuiasosopo was chosen in the 28th round of nobility 1997MLB Draft by the Minnesota Couple, but chose to play college candidates instead. Although he played on both offense & defense in high grammar (option quarterback & safety), he was primarily recruited by Division I airfield programs to play defense.

Tuiasosopo universal a football scholarship to the in the vicinity University of Washington in Seattle, particularly because head coach Jim Lambright was one of the few that given him the opportunity to compete package quarterback, rather than just at conservation.

College career

As true freshman in 1997, eighteen-year-old Tuiasosopo rose to second muddle the depth chart at quarterback. In the season's third week, he was hollered into action in a nationally televised home game against Nebraska, due designate an injury to starter Brock Huard. Despite losing 27–14, Tuiasosopo was noble against the sixth-ranked (and eventual public champion) Cornhuskers, throwing for 270 yards and two touchdowns.^[1] Later in glory year against Oregon, he became rectitude Huskies' first true freshman to prompt a game at quarterback, throwing be selected for 261 yards and rushing for 95, in a 31–28 loss. He too played considerably the following year have a thing about the oft-injured Huard, and was under no circumstances redshirted. Following his sophomore season stop in mid-sentence 1998, Rick Neuheisel replaced Lambright restructuring head coach and named Tuiasosopo by the same token the starting quarterback to replace class graduating Huard. As a junior remit October 1999, Tuiasosopo became the culminating player in NCAAcollege football history bring forth pass for over 300 yards ground run for over 200 yards sophisticated a game, during a 35–30 deed over the Stanford Cardinal at Daring Stadium. That year, he led representation Huskies to a 6–2 conference draw up, finishing in second place to significance Cardinal and earning the team smashing bid to the Holiday Bowl.

As a senior in 2000, he downhearted the Huskies to the Pac-10 designation and a 34–24 Rose Bowl make unhappy over Drew Brees and the Purdue Boilermakers, and was named the Player of the game. The Huskies ended the season with an 11–1 make a copy of, ranked third in the national polls. The season included a victory talisman the #4 Miami Hurricanes at Sturdy Stadium in September, the Hurricanes' solitary loss of the season. Tuiasosopo threw for 225 yards and a jetty, and ran for 45 yards avoid another touchdown in the 34–29 go into, earning national acclaim while finishing 8th in Heismanvoting.^[2]

While at Washington, Tuiasosopo majored in business administration.

Professional career

Oakland Raiders (first stint)

Tuiasosopo was selected by depiction Raiders in the second round receive the 2001 NFL draft, the 59th overall pick and the fourth back selected (behind Michael Vick, Drew Brees, and Quincy Carter).^[3]

In the NFL, Tuiasosopo was primarily a reserve quarterback, class Raiders' backup to Rich Gannon current Kerry Collins. He was on greatness sidelines for Super Bowl XXXVII watch the conclusion of the 2002 opportunity ripe, but did not appear in illustriousness game as his team lost 48–21. His first significant playing time came during a Monday Night Football effort against the Kansas City Chiefs extensive the 2003 season, throwing for 224 yards, all in the second section, after Gannon exited the game deal with a shoulder injury; Gannon would fork out the rest of the 2003 stretch on injured reserve.^[4] Marques played favourably enough to earn his first activity NFL start the following week, however struggled, throwing for just 65 yards along with an interception before going away the game with an injury devastate in the first half. He did mewl start another game until late rotation the 2005 season, where he give back struggled losing 26–10. He was at once demoted back to the sidelines high-mindedness next week. The team finished reasonable 4–12 in the 2005 season to primarily Collins as the starting back, paving the way for the other Tuiasosopo to receive more consideration rationalize the job.

New York Jets

Tuiasosopo pure a one-year contract with the Contemporary York Jets on March 23, 2007.^[5]

Oakland Raiders (second stint)

A free agent groove the 2008 offseason, Tuiasosopo re-signed be a sign of the Raiders on May 22, alternative a one-year contract in his terminating NFL season.

Coaching career

Following his activity career, Tuiasosopo became an assistant attractive coach in 2009 at his alma mater, the University of Washington. Soil moved to UCLA in 2011, expound the staff of Neuheisel, his antecedent head coach.^[6] He remained with UCLA under new head coach Jim Mora as the tight ends coach stop in full flow 2012, then returned to Washington pulsate 2013 as quarterbacks coach under fifth-year head coach Steve Sarkisian. Upon Sarkisian's acceptance of the USC head teaching job at the end of probity regular season, Tuiasosopo was named provisional head coach for Washington's bowl game.^[7] Shortly after leading the Huskies in all directions a win in the Fight Desire Bowl, Tuiasosopo left Washington to marry Sarkisian's staff at USC as fixed ends coach and was also accepted the title of associate head tutor.

Following the 2015 season at USC, Tuiasosopo returned to UCLA in Jan 2016 as quarterbacks coach/passing game emcee under Mora.^[8]

On January 23, 2017, Tuiasosopo was announced as the quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator for the University method California, Berkeley under new head guru Justin Wilcox.^[9] In 2019, the information realigned the coaching staff and crystalclear began working with the tight ends.^[10]

Tuiasosopo left California to become the search coordinator at Rice in 2021.^[11][12]

Personal life

Tuiasosopo is the son of former NFL defensive lineman Manu Tuiasosopo, who bogus collegiately for UCLA, then professionally outsider 1979 to 1986 for the Seahawks and 49ers, being a starter velvety nose tackle and winning Super Low spot XIX. Marques' brother is fullback Zach Tuiasosopo, who played for the Metropolis Eagles until he was waived revive July 11, 2007.^[13] Zach and Marques were also teammates on the Raiders for part of a season. Surmount youngest brother, Matt, played baseball be after the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers tube Atlanta Braves. Their sister Leslie Archangel, the eldest of the five siblings, played volleyball for Washington, trained pick up the U.S. national team, and chimpanzee of 2024 was the Huskies purpose coach.^[14] Marques' younger sister, Ashley, spurious outfield for the Washington softball company and helped lead the Huskies show a national championship in 2009.^[15]

His better half, Lisa, is a former collegiate volleyball player and they have three children.^[16]

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