Gerry Gdowski

Gerry Gdowski (born August 9, 1967) is an American former college football quarterback for the University of Nebraska, and later a college football coach.

Gerry Gdowski
Personal information
Born: (1967-08-09) August 9, 1967
Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Fremont (NE)
College:Nebraska
NFL draft:1990 / Round: 8 / Pick: 207
Career history
As a player:
  • New Orleans Saints (1990)*
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Nebraska (1991–1993)
    Graduate assistant
  • South Dakota State (1994–1995)
    Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach
  • South Dakota State (1996–1997)
    Offensive coordinator
  • New Mexico State (1998–2002)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • New Mexico State (2003–2004)
    Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator
  • Ohio (2005–2007)
    Quarterbacks Coach
  • Ohio (2010–2013)
    Assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
  • Vanderbilt (2014–2015)
    Tight ends coach
  • Vanderbilt (2016–2018)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • Vanderbilt (2019)
    Offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks coach
Career highlights and awards
As player

A relative unknown from a national perspective coming into the 1989 season, Gdowski put together a seasons that earned him numerous accolades. His performance running the Cornhusker offense led to multiple awards, including being named the Big Eight football conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Gdowski broke or tied 11 school records at Nebraska. His NCAA passer rating was 177.3 points, a school record, and was better than the Jim McMahon’s 1980 NCAA record of 176.9 at that time, except that Gdowski averaged 12.4 attempts per game and the NCAA minimum was 15.

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