Last updated on April 20, 2012

Dave Schramm enters his first season as the offensive coordinator and position coach of the quarterbacks for the Bulldogs. He was hired on Jan. 4, 2012.

Schramm came to Fresno State after spending the past seven seasons at Utah, where he assumed the roles of coaching the running backs, quarterbacks, tight ends and he also served as the recruiting coordinator and offensive coordinator throughout his tenure with the Utes.

As the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2009, Schramm tutored Jordan Wynn, then a true freshman, to MVP honors at the Poinsettia Bowl. That same year, Schramm coordinated an offensive unit that boasted first-team All-America offensive lineman Zane Beadles, who went on to become a second-round draft pick of the Denver Broncos--starting at guard his first two seasons in the NFL.

In 2009, Schramm also oversaw only the second 1,000-yard rushing-receiving tandem in school history in Eddie Wide and David Reed. Wide set a school record for consecutive 100-yard rushing games (six) and Reed broke the school record for receiving yards in a season (1,188). Reed was taken in the fifth round of the NFL Draft by Baltimore.

Schramm spent the 2010 as the co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. Utah averaged 33.1 points per game that year under his direction and 29.1 in 2009.

From 2005-08 and again in 2011, Schramm coached the Utes running backs. Utah has only had 11 players rush for 1,000 yards in a season in its 118-year history and three of them were coached directly by Schramm. In 2005, Quinton Ganther ran for 1,120 yards, in 2007 Darrell Mack posted 1,204 yards on the ground and this past season John White ran for 1,519 yards.

White's 2011 rushing total set a new Utah record for most yards gained in a season and he was a second-team All-Pac-12 honoree and honorable mention SI.com All-American.

He has 15 years of experience as a recruiting coordinator, including his first four seasons at Utah (2005-08). Schramm's 2006 and 2008 signing classes were touted as the top non-BCS conference classes in the nation by online recruiting service Rivals.com.

Schramm's term at Utah is his second-longest at any school. He spent 12 seasons at San Diego State from 1990-2001, where he was the recruiting coordinator for his first 11 years, and also coached the offensive line (1992), safeties (1993), tight ends (1994-96) and running backs (1997-2001).

With the Aztecs, Schramm coached second-team All-America running back Larry Ned and first-team all-conference safety Ricky Parker.

In 2002, Schramm went to Southwest Texas State as the assistant head coach and running backs coach. There, he coached Lee Davis, the 2002 Southland Conference scoring leader and an all-conference player.

Schramm's next stop was Montana, where he coached the offensive tackles and tight ends, and was the recruiting coordinator from 2003-04. Montana went 12-3 in 2004 and advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA championship game. His players included first-team All-America tackle Dylan McFarland, who later played for the Buffalo Bills, and offensive tackle Cory Proctor, a first-team All-American by Collegesportsreport.com.

Schramm's first coaching job was at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, where he was an assistant from 1984-87. He began his college coaching career in 1988 at Austin Peay coaching the running backs and tight ends. He spent a season as a graduate assistant at Nebraska in 1989 coaching the defensive secondary.

As a player, his undergraduate career was spent at Cornell (Iowa), Grossmont Junior College and Adams State (Colo.). As a freshman quarterback at Cornell, he led Division III in touchdown passes and helped the Rams to a No. 1 national ranking in total offense. He finished his career at Adams State.

A native of San Diego, Calif., Schramm received a bachelor's degree in physical education from San Diego State in 1988. He and his wife, Bonnie, have twin sons, D.J. and Dusty.

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