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| Born: | (1974-01-03)January 3, 1974 (age 51) | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Torrey Pines (San Diego, California) | ||||||||
| College: | Palomar JC (1992–1993) Georgia Tech (1994) Eastern Kentucky (1995) | ||||||||
| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1996 | ||||||||
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| Career: | AFL: 5–11 (.313) AF2: 10–6 (.625) | ||||||||
| Stats at ArenaFan.com | |||||||||
Tom Luginbill (born January 3, 1974) is a former professionalAmerican footballquarterback and coach. He is currently acollege footballanalyst forESPN.
Luginbill was thestartingquarterback for three colleges over his four-year career. He had varying degrees of success ranging from a national championship to a one-win season. He played football forPalomar College, ajunior college, from 1992 to 1993, where he amassed 21 wins. In 1993, he led Palomar to the National Junior College championship and a perfect 11–0 record, and was named a first-team All-American by the Junior College Athletic Bureau.[1] Luginbill also set the all-time national junior college record for passing while playing for Palomar, becoming the most highly recruited junior college player in the nation.[2] He still owns numerous team records at Palomar (as of January 26, 2010).[3]
He then transferred toGeorgia Tech and won the starting quarterback position in 1994 fromDonnie Davis, who had started all 11 games the previous year.[1] In 1994, despite Luginbill turning in performances that would earn him ACC Rookie of the Year honors, the Jackets, purportedly embroiled in controversy over the decision to demote Davis and start Luginbill,[4] would manage to only defeatDivision I-AAWestern Carolina going 1–10 on the season.[5] With the departure ofBill Lewis and instatement ofGeorge O'Leary as the head coach at Georgia Tech, a change in offensive scheme prompted Luginbill to consider another transfer.[6] Luginbill transferred and played his final year atEastern Kentucky in 1995.[2]
Luginbill went into theArena Football League and played for theTexas Terror in 1996 and theFlorida Bobcats in 1997.[2]
Luginbill's short playing career led him into coaching in four professional football leagues—theXFL,NFL Europe, theArena Football League, andaf2. Luginbill's first coaching job was as a player personnel/coaching assistant with his father for theAmsterdam Admirals in 1996 and 1997. He then joined the AFL'sNew York CityHawks in 1998 as QB coach andoffensive coordinator. Luginbill's firsthead coaching job was foraf2'sTennessee Valley Vipers in 2000 where he was a 25-year-old head coach that lead his team to theArenaCup championship game in their inaugural season.
When theXFL was formed in 2001, Luginbill again went to work with his father as assistant for the league championLos Angeles Xtreme. He was the QB coach for league MVPTommy Maddox prior to Maddox moving back into theNational Football League. Luginbill then moved on to the NFL with theDallas Cowboys and then the AFL'sDallas Desperados as the offensive coordinator and player personnel director. He then got a new head coaching job with theDetroit Fury in 2002 before the franchise folded in 2004. He would finish the season with the Fury before moving on to work for Scouts Inc. as an NFL personnel evaluator which has led to his current role as National Recruiting Director for ESPN's college football recruiting service Scouts Inc.[2] He is also asideline reporter for ESPN college football games.
Luginbill grew up inTempe, Arizona andSan Diego. He is the son of the professional and college coachAl Luginbill.
He has a bachelors degree in sociology fromEastern Kentucky University and a masters degree fromMarshall University.[7]