Alex Van Pelt

Alex Van Pelt

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Van Pelt at Packers training camp in 2014.
Green Bay Packers
Position: Quarterbacks coach
Personal information
Date of birth: (1970-05-01) May 1, 1970
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: San Antonio (TX) Churchill
College: Pittsburgh
NFL Draft: 1993 / Round: 8 / Pick: 216
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT: 16–24
Passing yards: 2,985
Passer rating: 64.1
Player stats at NFL.com
Coaching stats at PFR

Gregory Alexander Van Pelt (born May 1, 1970) is an American football coach and former player who is the current quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).

Playing career

College

Van Pelt attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a star college quarterback for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team. When Van Pelt left Pittsburgh, he held school passing records that he had taken from Dan Marino. His single season mark of 3,163 passing yards was broken in 2003 by Rod Rutherford.

Professional

Van Pelt was an eighth round draft pick of his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, but failed to make the opening game roster. After spending six months as the Kansas City Chiefs fourth-string quarterback in 1994, he spent the remainder of his career as a Buffalo Bill. Van Pelt was a career backup in the National Football League, where he had career totals of 16 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in 477 pass attempts.

Van Pelt's first NFL win as a starter would come on November 2, 1997, against Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins. In 2001, he started 8 games, going 2-6, and playing well enough to justify a contract extension that would allow the Bills to release failed Doug Flutie successor Rob Johnson. Van Pelt would never start a game after 2001 due to a Bills trade with the New England Patriots for Drew Bledsoe, who became the full-time starting quarterback. Van Pelt remained with the team as Bledsoe's backup for the next two seasons before retiring.

Broadcasting career

After retiring from football in 2004, Van Pelt was John Murphy's partner on Bills Radio Network broadcasts. He did color commentary for the radio broadcast of all Bills games until the 2005 season.

Coaching career

University at Buffalo

Van Pelt was a volunteer winter quarterbacks coach for the University at Buffalo in 2005.

Frankfurt Galaxy

Van Pelt was the quarterbacks coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe, the NFL's developmental league, in 2005, where he was responsible for all offensive play calling.

Buffalo Bills

On February 13, 2006, Van Pelt was hired to Dick Jauron's coaching staff as Offensive Quality Control Coach for the Buffalo Bills. On January 16, 2008 the Bills promoted him from offensive quality control coach to quarterbacks coach. On September 4, 2009, the Bills promoted Van Pelt to offensive coordinator after Turk Schonert was fired.

On January 4, 2010, Van Pelt, along with the rest of the Bills coaching staff, was fired following a disappointing 6–10 2009 season.[1]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Van Pelt was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the quarterbacks coach on February 1, 2010.[2] When Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris was fired on January 2, 2012, the whole staff was let go as well.

Green Bay Packers

Van Pelt was hired by the Packers as the Running Backs Coach on February 13, 2012. On February 7, 2014 Van Pelt was promoted to Quarterbacks Coach.[3]

Personal

Van Pelt lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin with his wife Brooke and their three children.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/04/bills-fire-entire-coaching-staff/
  2. ↑ Clayton, John (February 1, 2010). "Source: Bucs hire Van Pelt to coach QBs". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ↑ Demovsky, Rob. "Ron Zook joins Pack's coaching staff". ESPN. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Packers official bio". Green Bay Packers. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

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