 Milanovich with theHamilton Tiger-Cats in 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1973-01-25)January 25, 1973 (age 52) Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Butler Senior | ||||||||||
| College | Maryland | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1996: undrafted | ||||||||||
| Expansion draft | 1999: 1st round, 29th overall pick | ||||||||||
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| Regular season | CFL: 43–47 (.478) | ||||||||||
| Postseason | CFL: 3–2 (.600) | ||||||||||
| Career | CFL: 46–49 (.484) | ||||||||||
Scott Stewart Milanovich (born January 25, 1973) is an American professionalfootball coach and former player who is thehead coach for theHamilton Tiger-Cats of theCanadian Football League (CFL). He was also the head coach of theToronto Argonauts andEdmonton Football Team of the CFL. Milanovich has also held positional coaching roles in theNFL Europe and theNational Football League (NFL).
Milanovich's playing career lasted from 1996 to 2003 as aquarterback in the NFL for theTampa Bay Buccaneers andCleveland Browns, inNFL Europe for theBerlin Thunder, in theXFL for theLos Angeles Xtreme, in theArena Football League for theTampa Bay Storm, and in the CFL for theCalgary Stampeders. Milanovich playedcollege football for theMaryland Terrapins.
Milanovich playedhigh school football atButler Senior High School in Butler, Pennsylvania.[1]
Milanovich attended theUniversity of Maryland, where he playedcollege football as aquarterback and punter. Milanovich played as a true freshman, backing upJohn Kaleo and recording 1 touchdown and 1 interception across 11 games. Milanovich started to begin his sophomore year, where he recorded 26 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, in addition to three rushing touchdowns. He also led the ACC that season in passing attempts, completions, yards, and interceptions. As a junior, Milanovich recorded 20 touchdowns to 9 interceptions, leading the NCAA that season in completion percentage (68.8), leading the ACC again in completions and for the first time in touchdowns. Prior to the 1995 season, Milanovich and four other Maryland players received suspensions for betting on college football and basketball games. Milanovich received an eight-game suspension (later reduced to four[2]) during his senior year for having bet between $25 and $50 on a total of six games. The bets had no impact on the outcome of the games. Milanovich struggled upon his return, throwing for two touchdowns and seven interceptions, though his senior season was the only one in which Maryland had a winning record. Despite his senior struggles, Milanovich held several career passing records for Maryland, including attempts, completions, yards, completion percentage, and touchdowns.
Milanovich was named the MVP for the Blue squad in theBlue-Gray Classic, and completed 9 of 20 pass attempts for 175 yards and twotouchdowns.[3]
| Season | GP | Passing | ||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rtg | ||
| 1992 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 56.7 | 232 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 1 | 1 | 126.0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 279 | 431 | 64.7 | 3,499 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 26 | 18 | 144.5 |
| 1994 | 11 | 229 | 333 | 68.8 | 2,394 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 20 | 9 | 143.6 |
| 1995 | 7 | 125 | 188 | 66.5 | 1,176 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 2 | 7 | 115.1 |
| Career | 40 | 650 | 982 | 66.2 | 7,301 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 49 | 35 | 138.0 |
After going undrafted in the1996 NFL draft, Milanovich signed as a free agent with theTampa Bay Buccaneers. During his rookie campaign, he was designated as the team's third quarterback for 15 games, seeing action in one contest. In that game he completed two of three passes for nine yards.[4] In 1997, he was declared inactive before all 16 regular season games and both playoff contests.
After being left unprotected by the Buccaneers in the1999 NFL expansion draft, Milanovich was the only quarterback selected by theCleveland Browns, but he never played for the team.[5] He was released by the Browns on June 3, 1999.
On November 30, 1999, after injuries to Buccaneers' quarterbacksEric Zeier andTrent Dilfer, the Bucs signed Milanovich to serve as the backup quarterback toShaun King. Milanovich was released by the Buccaneers at the end of training camp the following summer on August 22, 2000.
Milanovich was expected to be the starting quarterback for the XFL'sLos Angeles Xtreme but lost the job toTommy Maddox. Milanovich saw limited action as the Xtreme's second-string quarterback, behind Maddox. The Xtreme won the league's championship game, the Million Dollar Game in the original XFL's sole season.
Milanovich began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for theRhein Fire ofNFL Europe in the spring of 2003.
In 2003, Milanovich joined theCalgary Stampeders of theCanadian Football League where he was their quarterbacks coach.
Between the 2004 and 2005 seasons, Milanovich was the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for the now defunct Mansfield University Mountaineers football team.[6]
In 2004, he returned to the Rhein Fire where he served another season as quarterbacks coach. He was elevated to the position ofoffensive coordinator in 2005.
In 2006, Milanovich was the offensive coordinator for theCologne Centurions.
Milanovich returned to the CFL in February 2007 when he was named quarterbacks coach of theMontreal Alouettes. A year later he was promoted to offensive coordinator. In 2009, he added the title ofassistant head coach.
On December 1, 2011, Milanovich was named the 42nd head coach of theToronto Argonauts.[7] His Argonauts won theGrey Cup in his first season at the helm. Following a 9–9 regular season in 2012, Milanovich led the Toronto Argonauts to a 35–22 Grey Cup victory over the Calgary Stampeders in his debut season as a head coach, and was named the 2012CFL Coach of the Year.[8]
Milanovich's second season as Argonauts head coach was a successful one. The team battled plenty of injuries yet still managed to finish first place in the Eastern Division with an 11–7 record, the Argonauts' first division championship since the 2007 season. The Argonauts would eventually lose 36-24 in the Eastern Final playoff game to Hamilton.
Due to uncertainty over his future with the Argonauts, Milanovich resigned as the team's head coach.
On January 26, 2017, Milanovich was hired by theJacksonville Jaguars as their quarterbacks coach under head coachDoug Marrone.[9] In November 2018, with the Jaguars offense struggling, offensive coordinatorNathaniel Hackett was fired and Milanovich assumed play-calling duties.[10] Following the 2018 season, Milanovich then relinquished offensive coordinator duties to the recently hiredJohn DeFilippo.
On December 12, 2019, Milanovich was named the 22nd head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos.[11] He remained the Jaguars' quarterbacks coach until the end of the 2019 season.[12] He named his coaching staff on January 21, 2020, but the2020 CFL season was eventually cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[13][14] On January 25, 2021, Milanovich resigned as head coach in order to pursue NFL opportunities.[15]
On January 27, 2021, Milanovich was hired by theIndianapolis Colts as their quarterbacks coach under head coachFrank Reich, replacingMarcus Brady, who was promoted to offensive coordinator.[16]
On May 11, 2023, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that Milanovich had joined the organization as a senior assistant coach.[17] After the team'soffensive coordinator,Tommy Condell, was fired, Milanovich assumed play calling duties on August 7, 2023.[18]
On December 6, 2023, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that Milanovich was promoted to the role of head coach, becoming the 27th head coach in team history.[19]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
| TOR | 2012 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 2nd in East Division | 3 | 0 | Won100th Grey Cup | |
| TOR | 2013 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 1st in East Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in East Final | |
| TOR | 2014 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 4th in East Division | – | – | Failed to Qualify | |
| TOR | 2015 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 3rd in East Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in East Semi-Final | |
| TOR | 2016 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 4th in East Division | – | – | Failed to Qualify | |
| HAM | 2024 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 4th in East Division | – | – | Failed to Qualify | |
| HAM | 2025 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .556 | 1st in East Division | – | – | Lost in East Final | |
| Total | 61 | 65 | 0 | .484 | 1 Division Championship | 3 | 2 | 1Grey Cup | ||
Following his time in Tampa Bay he was charged with driving under the influence for an incident on April 11, 1998. He was pulled over by police inPinellas Park, Florida, and found to have ablood alcohol content of 0.135.[20] He pleaded no contest and received a $550 fine, probation, 50 hours of community service and six-month driver's license suspension. He was able to pay theSalvation Army in order to avoid the community service requirement.[citation needed]