Doug Graber | |
Birth Date: | September 26, 1944 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1966 |
Coach Team1: | St. Frances Cabrini HS (MI) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1967–1968 |
Coach Team2: | St. Frances Cabrini HS (MI) |
Coach Years3: | 1969–1971 |
Coach Team3: | Michigan Tech (DC) |
Coach Years4: | 1972–1975 |
Coach Team4: | Eastern Michigan (DC) |
Coach Years5: | 1976–1977 |
Coach Team5: | Ball State (DB) |
Coach Years6: | 1978–1981 |
Coach Team6: | Wisconsin (DB) |
Coach Years7: | 1982 |
Coach Team7: | Montana State |
Coach Years8: | 1983–1986 |
Coach Team8: | Kansas City Chiefs (DB) |
Coach Years9: | 1987–1989 |
Coach Team9: | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DC) |
Coach Years10: | 1990–1995 |
Coach Team10: | Rutgers |
Coach Years11: | 2001–2003 |
Coach Team11: | Frankfurt Galaxy |
Coach Years12: | 2004 |
Coach Team12: | New York Jets (DB) |
Coach Years13: | 2009 |
Coach Team13: | Ball State (DC) |
Overall Record: | 35–41–1 (college) 16–15 (NFL Europe) |
Championships: | 1 World Bowl (XI) |
Awards: | NFL Europe Coach of the Year (2003) |
Douglas Graber (born September 26, 1944) is a former American football coach. He graduated from Wayne State University (1966) in Detroit, Michigan. He began his coaching career at St. Frances Cabrini Elementary School and High School in Allen Park, Michigan. He served as the head football coach at Montana State University in 1982 and at Rutgers University – New Brunswick from 1990 to 1995, compiling a career college football record of 35–41–1. Graber was also the head coach of the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe from 2001 to 2003. He led the Galaxy to an overall record of 16–15, including a World Bowl XI championship.
Graber got his first collegiate head coaching job on December 16, 1981, when he was hired by Montana State University.[1] During his only season in Bozeman, he led the Bobcats to a 6–5 overall record and a tie for the first place in the Big Sky Conference with a 5–2 league record.[2] [3] He left the school in February 1983 to become an assistant coach with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.[4]
Graber was a member of the Chiefs' staff for four seasons, working for head coach John Mackovic. He handled defensive quality control duties during his first year, while also helping defensive coordinator Bud Carson coach the defensive backs. In August 1984, Carson resigned and Graber took over coaching the secondary.[5]
After a five-year hiatus from coaching, Graber was hired as the head coach of NFL Europe's Frankfurt Galaxy on September 18, 2000.[6] He became the fourth coach in team history, succeeding Jack Elway (1991–1992), Ernie Stautner (1995–1997) and Dick Curl (1998–2000). In his first year at the helm, the Galaxy finished sixth in the league with a record of 3–7.