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Long Beach, Calif.
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| Last College:
Nevada
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Linebackers Coach
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Nevada
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Greg Newhouse is in his 15th season at Oregon State, the longest tenure of any football coach in the program and one of the longest in the entire Pac-12 Conference. He has experience at OSU coaching the linebackers, his current position, the defensive line and as defensive coordinator.
Newhouse started his OSU career in 1997 and has played a significant role in the rebirth of the program. He has coached in all of the Beavers' nine recent bowl games, winning six. His players have earned 34 Pac-12 All-Conference honors and overall he has mentored some of the conference's best defensive players in modern-day history.
OSU has become known as one of the premier schools in the country for developing linebackers, and that should continue with a wealth of experienced players returning for the 2011 season.
In 2010 Beaver backers Keith Pankey and Dwight Roberson earned postseason league honors with Roberson averaging the fifth-most tackles in the conference at eight per game. In 2009 Keaton Kristick, one of the best linebackers in OSU history, earned first team honors and has gone on to play for the San Francisco 49ers. Kristick also earned postseason honors in 2008 while anchoring a unit that finished 23rd in the nation for defense.
His 2007 group featured all three starters, Derrick Doggett, Alan Darlin and Joey LaRocque, earning Pac-10 Conference second team honors. His unit helped Oregon State lead the nation for rush defense (70.6), finish fourth for quarterback sacks and sixth for tackles-for-loss. Overall the defense was eighth nationally. LaRocque was drafted by the Chicago Bears.
His 2006 team included the same trio of linebackers who formed one of the top units in the nation in '07. The threesome combined for 257 tackles, with Doggett and Darlin ranking among the top 10 in the conference for tackles-for-loss. The Beaver defense finished fourth for quarterback sacks, first in the conference for red-zone defense and first in the nation for tackles-for-loss yardage with 528.
In 2005 as the defensive line coach, Newhouse helped the program finish first in the Pac-10 and 17th in the nation for rush defense (108.0), and finish first in the conference for fewest first downs allowed (219). The 2004 team finished second in the Pac-10 and 18th in the nation for total defense, allowing 313.3 yards per game. The unit also ranked second in the league for pass defense (117.3), first (8th in NCAA) for pass efficiency defense (100.9) and second for red zone defense and third down conversion defense. He also helped the 2003 team rank among the top 20 defensive units in several categories, including seventh for total defense.
Newhouse began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Nevada in 1975, but then was promoted to full-time prior to the season with the assignment of coaching the defensive backs. He also coached at Nevada in 1977, working with the secondary, after a one-year stint at Chaffey Junior College as special teams and defensive backs coach. From 1978-79 he was on the staff at UNLV, coaching linebackers, kickers and punters, and from 1980-82 he worked at Cal State-Fullerton with the secondary and punters.
Newhouse moved to the professional ranks in 1983 with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, working as the secondary coach his first season. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1984, a role he served through the '87 season.
He returned to college football in 1988 at the University of Hawai'i, where he spent two seasons coaching the secondary and punters. In 1990 he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at New Mexico.
Newhouse joined Riley for the first time at San Antonio (1991-92) in the World League of American Football, serving as the club's defensive coordinator and secondary coach. He remained in pro football after the World League disbanded, working as the defensive line and linebackers coach with the Edmonton Eskimos (1993-94) of the CFL. In 1995 he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach with the Birmingham Barracudas of the CFL, and in '96 he had the same role with Edmonton.
Newhouse is a 1976 graduate of the University of Nevada with a bachelor's degree in education. While at Nevada he lettered two seasons as a cornerback. He also attended Golden West College in Huntington, Calif., for two years, where he was a two-year letterman as a cornerback and safety.
Greg and his wife, Catherine, have one son, Jesse.
NEWHOUSE PROFILE
Assignment:Linebackers Recruiting Area: Nevada, San Joaquin Valley Year at OSU 15th Age: 59 Hometown Long Beach, California Education Bachelor's in Education from the Nevada (1976), Westminster High School (1970) Wife: Catherine Children:Jesse
OSU HIGHLIGHTS
2010 Dwight Roberson & Keith Pankey Pac-10 honorable mention; 2009 Keaton Kristick - 1st team All-Pac-10; Dwight Roberson, Keith Pankey, David Pa'aluhi - Pac-10 honorable mention. 2008 Keaton Kristick - 2nd team All-Pac-10 Conference; Total Defense - 2nd in Pac-10 (312.2); Pass Defense - 3rd in Pac-10 (180.9); Sun Bowl champions 2007 Derrick Doggett - 2nd team All-Pac-10 Conference; Alan Darlin - 2nd team All-Pac-10 Conference; Joey LaRocque - 2nd team All-Pac-10 Conference/7th round Draft pick of Chicago; Total Defense - 8th in NCAA (306.2); Rush Defense - 1st in NCAA (70.6); QB Sacks - 4th in NCAA (3.4 p/g); Emerald Bowl champions 2006 Derrick Doggett - 2nd team All-Pac-10; Derrick Doggett - Pac-10 Player of the Week; Red Zone Defense - 1st in Pac-10 (68.9%); Tackles For Loss - 1st in nation for yards (528); Sun Bowl Champions 2005 Rush Defense (108.0)--1st in Pac-10/17th in nation; Sir Henry Anderson (DT) - 2nd team All-Pac-10/Hula Bowl invitee; Alvin Smith (DT) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10/Las Vegas Classic invitee 2004 Total Defense (313.3) - 2nd in Pac-10/18th in NCAA; Pass Defense (196.0) - 2nd in Pac-10; Rush Defense (117.3) - 3rd in Pac-10; Pass Efficiency (100.9) - 1st in Pac-10/8th in NCAA; Third Down Conversion (29.4%) - 2nd in Pac-10; Red Zone Defense (71.7%) - 2nd in Pac-10; Bill Swancutt (DE) - Pat Tillman co-Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, Morris Trophy recipient (top Pac-10 defensive lineman),6th round Draft pick of Detroit; Insight Bowl Champions 2003 Rushing Defense (84.4) - 2nd in Pac-10/4th in NCAA/OSU record; Total Defense (288.7) - 1st in Pac-10/7th in NCAA; Dwan Edwards (DT) - 2nd team All-Pac-10/2nd round Draft pick of Baltimore; Bill Swancutt (DE) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10; Ben Siegert (DT) - Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (The Sporting News); Las Vegas Bowl Champions 2002 Total Defense (293.5) - 2nd in Pac-10; Pass Eff. Defense (94.9) - 1st in Pac-10; Scoring Defense (20.5) - 1st in Pac-10; Nick Barnett (SLB) - 1st Team All-Pac-10/1st round Draft pick of Green Bay; Richard Seigler (MLB) - 1st team All-Pac-10; Team played in the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. 2001 Total Defense (330.8) - 3rd in Pac-10; Pass Defense (173.9) - 1st in Pac-10; Pass Eff. Defense (106.7) - 4th in Pac-10; Opp. First Downs (195) - 3rd in Pac-10; James Allen (WLB) - HM All-Pac-10/3rd Round NFL Draft pick of New Orleans; Nick Barnett (SLB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 2000 Team won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl over Notre Dame (41-9)/No. 4 in nation; Total Defense (411.5) - 1st in Pac-10/20th in NCAA; Scoring Defense (18.5) - 1st in Pac-10/16th in NCAA; Rushing Defense (93.1) - 2nd in Pac-10/10th in NCAA; Pass Eff. Defense (103.5) - 2nd in Pac-10/18th in NCAA; Darnell Robinson (LB) - 2nd team All-Pac-10 1999 Total Defense (355.5) - 2nd in Pac-10; Scoring Defense (23.1) - T1st in Pac-10; Pass Eff. Defense (98.9) - 1st in Pac-10/9th in NCAA; Jonathan Jackson (MLB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10; Darnell Robinson (OLB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10; Team played in the Oahu Bowl 1998 Rushing Defense (135.9) - 4th in Pac-10; Scoring Defense (26.5) - 5th in Pac-10; Sacks by OSU (36) - 4th in Pac-10; Inoke Breckterfield (LB) - 1st team All-Pac-10/Honorable Mention All-American; Jamil Braithwaite (DE) - 2nd team All-Pac-10; Armon Hatcher (SS) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10/6th Round NFL Draft pick of Buffalo; Andrae Holland (CB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10/5th Round NFL Draft pick of Miami; Bryan Jones (LB) - 2nd Team All-Pac-10; Brian Rogers (LB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 1997 Inoke Breckterfield (LB) - 2nd team All-Pac-10; Andrae Holland (CB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10; Bryan Jones (OLB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10; Brian Rogers (OLB) - Honorable Mention All-Pac-10
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oregon State, 1997-present; Edmonton (CFL); 1996, Birmingham (CFL), 1995; Edmonton (CFL), 1993-94; San Antonio (WLAF), 1991-92; New Mexico, 1990; Hawai'i, 1988-89; British Columbia (CFL), 1983-87; Cal State-Fullerton, 1980-82; UNLV, 1978-79; Nevada, 1977; Chaffey Junior College, 1976; Nevada, 1975
