Stan Drayton
Allegheny | |
Position(s) | Allegheny (RB) |
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1994 | Eastern Michigan (RB) |
1995 | Penn (RB) |
1996–1999 | Villanova (RB) |
2000 | Bowling Green (RB) |
2001–2003 | Green Bay Packers (OQC/ST) |
2004 | Mississippi State (RB) |
2005–2007 | Florida (RB) |
2008 | Tennessee (RB) |
2009 | Syracuse (RB) |
2010 | Florida (RB) |
2012–2014 | Ohio State (RB) |
2015–2016 | Chicago Bears (RB) |
2017–2021 | Texas (AHC/RB/RGC) |
2022–present | Temple |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–18 |
Stanley Drayton (born March 11, 1971) is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at Temple University. He formerly served as the associate head coach, running backs coach, and run game coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin and also coached running backs for the Chicago Bears and Ohio State.
Biography
Drayton was born on March 11, 1971, in
Career
Early career
Drayton held running back coaching positions with the Eastern Michigan Eagles (1994), Penn Quakers (1995), Villanova Wildcats (1996–1999), and Bowling Green Falcons (2000), before being hired by the Green Bay Packers as Assistant Offensive Quality Control and Special Teams Coach from 2001 to 2003.
Following his time with the Packers he worked as a running backs coach with the Mississippi State Bulldogs (2004), Florida Gators (2005–2007), Tennessee Volunteers (2008), and Syracuse Orange (2009). He returned to the Gators for the 2010 campaign.
In January 2011, Drayton was hired as a wide receivers coach by the Ohio State Buckeyes. Following the 2011 season, he was reassigned to the role of running backs coach, under new head coach Urban Meyer (his former boss and mentor at Florida). He also served as assistant head coach in 2013 and 2014. Under Drayton's tutelage, Buckeye running back Carlos Hyde recorded 1,521 yards and 15 touchdowns, while also recording the eighth-highest yardage per game in the nation with 126.8. In 2014, Drayton guided Ezekiel Elliott to 1,878 yards, third-most in the country and the second-most in Ohio State history.[2]
Chicago Bears
In February 2015, Drayton was hired as a running backs coach for the
Texas
Drayton returned to the college ranks in 2017, joining the Texas Longhorns.[7]
Temple
On December 15, 2021, Drayton and Temple agreed to terms for him to become the next head football coach of the Owls.[8] On September 10, 2022, Drayton won his first game as the head coach of the Owls against the Lafayette Leopards.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Temple Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Temple | 3–9 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
2023 | Temple | 3–9 | 1–7 | T–13th | |||||
Temple: | 6–18 | 2–14 | |||||||
Total: | 6–18 |
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Mayer, Larry (July 8, 2015). "Coaches Corner: Meet Stan Drayton". Chicago Bears. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- Profootballtalk.com. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c Stoltz, Jeremy (January 8, 2016). "Bears 2015 Season Review: Running Back". Scout.com. Retrieved January 11, 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ Mayer, Larry (January 22, 2016). "Bears offense in NFL Rankings". Chicago Bears. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Mayer, Larry (February 2, 2016). "Sharing workload helped backs thrive". Chicago Bears. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ a b Biggs, Brad (January 3, 2017). "Bears coaching staff will have at least one change: Running backs coach Stan Drayton won't return". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Stan Drayton Named Head Coach of Temple Football". Temple University Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2021.