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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | (1958-10-05)October 5, 1958 (age 67) Fountain Valley, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Fountain Valley (CA) | ||||||||
| College | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1981: 3rd round, 67th overall pick | ||||||||
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Kenneth Margerum (born October 5, 1958) is an American former professionalfootball player who was awide receiver in theNational Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. Margerum playedcollege football forStanford University, and earned consensusAll-American honors twice. He played professionally for theChicago Bears andSan Francisco 49ers of the NFL.
He has also coached in several capacities at the college level, as head football coach atMenlo College, wide receivers coach at Stanford and the University of Hawaii, and through the 2009 season as an assistant coach for San Jose State University. Margerum also served asoffensive coordinator for theScottish Claymores inNFL Europe.
Margerum attendedFountain Valley High School and Stanford University, where he played for theStanford Cardinal football team from 1977 to 1980. A consensus first-team All-Americanwide receiver in 1979 and 1980, Margerum was known for his acrobatic catches and sure hands. Margerum was a favorite target of Stanford quarterbackJohn Elway. He held thePac-10 record for career touchdowns with 32 until 2006 whenDwayne Jarrett broke it and held theStanford record for receiving yards (2,430) until that mark was broken in 1999 byTroy Walters.
| Legend | |
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| Led the Pac-10 | |
| Pac-10 record | |
| Led the NCAA | |
| NCAA Record | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Season | School | Games | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
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| Team | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||
| 1977 | Stanford | 11 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 1978 | Stanford | 11 | 53 | 942 | 17.8 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 1979 | Stanford | 11 | 41 | 733 | 17.9 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| 1980 | Stanford | 11 | 44 | 691 | 15.7 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Career | Stanford | 44 | 141 | 2,430 | 17.2 | 30 | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | |
* Includes bowl games.
On April 30, 2009, The National Football Foundation &College Football Hall of Fame announced that Margerum was one of sixteen players and two coaches selected to the 2009 Class of the College Hall of Fame.
Margerum was a third round draft choice of theChicago Bears in the1981 NFL draft and earned first-team All-Rookie honors that year.[2] He was a member of the Bears victoriousSuper Bowl XX team.[3] Margerum served primarily as a third-down receiver and special teams player for the Bears that year, after successfully recuperating from atorn ACL suffered the prior season.Sports Illustrated published a small article (with photo) on Margerum, detailing his use of unorthodox activities -wind surfing andmountain biking - as he rehabbed his knee. During his time with the Bears, critics of Margerum, including thenOffensive coordinatorGreg Landry, suggested he often "left his feet" after catching the ball and had limited run-after-the catch ability after returning from his knee injury. Margerum was also closely associated with his friend and fellow Bears teammateJim McMahon. After a regular season touchdown from McMahon to Margerum, the two players celebrated by oddly wiggling and shaking their arms at one another while butting heads. Margerum was also known to wear "floppy" black high top cleats as a means to deceive defensive backs into thinking he was slow. After five years with the Bears, Margerum finished up the1986 and1987 seasons with theSan Francisco 49ers. He later went to camp with theGreen Bay Packers, but did not play in any regular season games for the club.
Margerum began his coaching career as offensive coordinator atHawaii Preparatory Academy in 1993. After three seasons there, he became wide receivers coach at theUniversity of Hawaii in 1996 underFred von Appen. He was then head coach atMenlo College, an NCAA Division III independent school, from 1997 to 1999.[4]
After two seasons at California onTom Holmoe's staff as wide receivers coach, Margerum moved to the junior college level in 2002 as tight ends coach atLaney College. He then became offensive coordinator for theNFL Europe'sScottish Claymores in 2003. The following year, Margerum returned to the collegiate ranks as wide receivers coach atStanford underBuddy Teevens.[5]
In 2005, Margerum joinedDick Tomey's staff atSan Jose State as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He became co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach in 2006 and helped the Spartans win the2006 New Mexico Bowl. He was then wide receivers coach from 2007 to 2009.[6]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Menlo Oaks(NCAA Division III independent)(1997–1999) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Menlo | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1998 | Menlo | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1999 | Menlo | 5–4 | |||||||
| Menlo: | 12–17 | ||||||||
| Total: | 12–17 | ||||||||