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| Position: | Running back coach | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1967-02-22)February 22, 1967 (age 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Manual Arts (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||
| College: | Washington St. | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1990: 1st round, 20th pick | ||||||||
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Steve Nelson Broussard (born February 22, 1967) is an Americancollege football coach and former player. He is therunning backs coach forCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a position he has held since 2024. He played professionally as arunning back in theNational Football League (NFL) for theAtlanta Falcons,Cincinnati Bengals, andSeattle Seahawks.
Broussard playedcollege football for theWashington State Cougars and was selected by Atlanta in the first round of the1990 NFL draft with the 20th overall pick. After his playing career, he has also served as a former assistant coach for several college football teams.
Born and raised inLos Angeles, and Altadena/PasadenaCalifornia, Broussard starred atManual Arts High School and graduated in 1985. He playedcollege football atWashington State University inPullman, and led thePac-10 in receiving as a sophomore (1987) and rushing as a junior (1988). In his senior year in1989, Broussard led the conference in all-purpose yards, was the MVP (offensive), and ranked ninth in the nation in rushing yards per game. He completed his college career ranked third on theCougars' all-time rushing list, fifth on the career receiving list, and owned two of the top three single-season rushing marks.[1] He was named to the Cougar Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 5 ft6+1⁄4 in (1.68 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | 28 in (0.71 m) | 8 in (0.20 m) | 4.45 s | 1.58 s | 2.63 s | 4.29 s | 31.0 in (0.79 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 15 reps |
Broussard was the 20th overall pick in the first round of the1990 NFL draft by theAtlanta Falcons.[3] He played four seasons for Atlanta (1990–1993), one inCincinnati, then four more for theSeattle Seahawks (under head coachDennis Erickson), and retired after the1998 season.
| Year | Team | GP | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ATL | 13 | 126 | 454 | 3.6 | 50 | 4 | 24 | 160 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 14 | 99 | 449 | 4.5 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 120 | 10.0 | 25 | 1 |
| 1992 | ATL | 15 | 84 | 363 | 4.3 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 96 | 8.7 | 24 | 1 |
| 1993 | ATL | 8 | 39 | 206 | 5.3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | CIN | 13 | 94 | 403 | 4.3 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 218 | 6.4 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | SEA | 15 | 46 | 222 | 4.8 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | SEA | 12 | 15 | 106 | 7.1 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | SEA | 16 | 70 | 418 | 6.0 | 77 | 5 | 24 | 143 | 6.0 | 20 | 1 |
| 1998 | SEA | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Career | 121 | 578 | 2,625 | 4.5 | 77 | 19 | 126 | 882 | 7.0 | 25 | 19 | |
After his nine-year NFL career, Broussard spent four years coaching high school football in California. He was the offensive coordinator at Don Lugo High School inChino before going toDiamond Ranch High School as offensive coordinator in 2001. He became head coach at Diamond Ranch in 2002 and coached until 2003. His first season as head coach resulted in success with the Diamond Ranch Panthers taking the Mt. Baldy League Title. For the 2003 season, the Diamond Ranch Panthers were the heavy favorites (ranked #1 in preseason Mt. Baldy League) to take the league title once again with several returning seniors on offense & defense, and a talented junior class that featured three Division I prospects. The Panthers finished 1–4 in Mt. Baldy League play for the 2003 season.
Before the 2004 season,Portland State head coach Tim Walsh hired Broussard as a running backs coach. During the 2004 season, Broussard coached a first-team All-Big Sky fullback in Allen Kennett, while running backs Joe Rubin and Ryan Fuqua combined to lead the Vikings to aBig Sky Conference best-rushing average of 204.4 yards per game. Broussard coached the receivers his last 2 years at PSU until he was hired by Washington State before the 2007 season.
On February 8, 2007, Washington State head coachBill Doba announced that Broussard would be returning to WSU to serve as the Cougars' running backs coach and special teams coordinator.[1]
In 2011, Broussard moved toArizona State University to coach receivers under head coach Dennis Erickson. ASU ranked 10th in the nation in passing offense (316.7 yds/g), and receiver Gerell Robinson ranked ninth in the nation with 107. 5 receiving yards per game. During the 2010 season, Broussard's receiving corps ranked 15th in the nation (286.4) and totaled 279 receptions for 3,437 yards and 23 touchdowns.
In his first season with theUCLA Bruins in2012, Broussard directed a running back group headed by seniorJohnathan Franklin, who set new school season (1,734 yards) and career (4,403) rushing marks on his way to earning All-America honors. Franklin, a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, also set a school record with nine 100-yard rushing games in 2012 and established new marks for both career (4,925) and season (2,062) all-purpose yardage. He went on to be selected by the Green Bay Packers in the2013 NFL draft.
In his second season with the Bruins, Broussard directed a running back group headed byMyles Jack, who won Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors in2013. Jack set a UCLA single-game scoring record with four touchdowns in the win overWashington on November 15.[4]
Broussard reconnected withSMU head coachJune Jones, the coach who had a part in drafting him in Atlanta, on the Mustangs where he coached the running backs for one season in2014. During the 2015 season, Broussard was the offensive coordinator atPasadena City College.
In April 2017, Broussard was hired as the new head coach atFort Vancouver High School inVancouver, Washington. In February 2018, Broussard was reported to be taking the head football coaching job at St. Monica Catholic High School in California.