Chris Casey (American football)
{{Short description|American football coach (born c. 1958–1959)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Chris Casey
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| birth_date = {{Circa|{{Birth based on age as of date|53|2012|2|29}}}}
| birth_place = Newberg, Oregon, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1977–1978
| player_team1 = Mt. Hood
| player_years2 = 1979–1981
| player_team2 = Linfield
| player_positions = Linebacker
| coach_years1 = 1982–1984
| coach_team1 = Dalles Wahtonka HS (OR) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1985–1991
| coach_team2 = Linfield (LB)
| coach_years3 = 1992–1993
| coach_team3 = Linfield (LB/DL)
| coach_years4 = 1994–2003
| coach_team4 = Whitworth (DC)
| coach_years5 = 2004–2012
| coach_team5 = Aloha HS (OR)
| coach_years6 = 2013–2024
| coach_team6 = George Fox
| overall_record = 51–48 (college)
49–43 (high school)
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Christopher Casey (born {{Circa|1958 or 1959}}) is a former American college football coach.{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2025 |title=Iconic Northwest Football Coach Chris Casey Retires After 43 Seasons |url=https://athletics.georgefox.edu/news/2025/1/14/iconic-northwest-football-coach-chris-casey-retires-after-43-seasons.aspx |access-date=January 16, 2025 |website=George Fox University}}
Casey played college football as a linebacker for Mt. Hood Community College (1977–1978) and Linfield College (1979–1981). He began his coaching career from 1982 to 1984 at The Dalles Wahtonka High School—now known as The Dalles High School. He returned to Linfield as an assistant coach from 1985 to 1994.{{Cite news |last=English |first=Reid |date=July 18, 1992 |title=Willamette coach moves to Linfield |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-willamette-coach-moves/139916432/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |work=Statesman Journal |pages=3}}{{Cite news |last=Blocker |first=Kevin |date=September 2, 1994 |title=Bennett steps down, Casey steps in as Whitworth football coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-bennett-steps-down/139916087/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |pages=9}} From 1994 to 2004, he was an assistant coach at Whitworth.
Casey was the head football coach for Aloha High School from 2004 to 2012.{{Cite web |last=Ulmer |first=Jerry |date=2012-02-28 |title=Prep football: Aloha coach Chris Casey to start up program at George Fox |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/highschoolsports/article/prep-football-aloha-coach-chris-casey-to-start-up-program-at-george-fox/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=oregonlive |language=en}} He led Aloha to the OSAA Class 6A championship in 2010.
In February 2012, Casey was hired as head football coach at George Fox, though on the condition that he would remain at Aloha for the 2012 season and then join George Fox in 2013 and restart the football program for the 2014 season.{{cite news|title=George Fox hires football coach|newspaper=Statesman Journal|author=James Day|date=February 29, 2012|page=3B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-george-fox-hires-footb/139982014/|via=Newspapers.com}} Casey would be the head football coach for George Fox University until his retirement from coaching at the end of the 2024 season.{{Cite web |title=Chris Casey - Head Coach (2013- ) - Staff Directory |url=https://athletics.georgefox.edu/staff-directory/chris-casey/25 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=George Fox University |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Eggers |first=Kerry |date=2014-06-05 |title=Casey prepares to breathe new life into George Fox gridiron |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/casey-prepares-to-breathe-new-life-into-george-fox-gridiron/article_aa78f1b0-3628-5ec8-a1be-26e09d39add4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328015018/https://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/casey-prepares-to-breathe-new-life-into-george-fox-gridiron/article_aa78f1b0-3628-5ec8-a1be-26e09d39add4.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=PortlandTribune.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-06-05 |title=Casey prepares to breathe new life into George Fox gridiron |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/casey-prepares-to-breathe-new-life-into-george-fox-gridiron/image_4aa57a85-3c8e-5766-8969-1c6f5b5f727e.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130221148/https://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/casey-prepares-to-breathe-new-life-into-george-fox-gridiron/image_4aa57a85-3c8e-5766-8969-1c6f5b5f727e.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 30, 2024 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=PortlandTribune.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=George Fox's game at Whitworth will create Tully reunion |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/oct/02/george-foxs-game-at-whitworth-will-create-tully/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=www.spokesman.com}}{{Cite news |last=Day |first=James |date=February 29, 2012 |title=George Fox hires football coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-george-fox-hires-footb/139916605/ |access-date=January 30, 2024 |work=Statesman Journal |pages=13}}
Personal life
Casey's brother, Pat, was the head baseball coach for George Fox University and Oregon State University.{{Cite web |last=Samuels |first=Doug |date=2012-03-02 |title=New coach at George Fox has has[sic] deep ties |url=https://footballscoop.com/archive-news/new-coach-at-george-fox-has-has-deep-ties |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Footballscoop |language=en}}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = George Fox Bruins
| conf = Northwest Conference
| startyear = 2014
| endyear =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2014
| name = George Fox
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = George Fox
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = George Fox
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2017
| name = George Fox
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2018
| name = George Fox
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = George Fox
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = George Fox
| overall = 1–1
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = George Fox
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = George Fox
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = George Fox
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = George Fox
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = George Fox
| overall = 51–48
| confrecord = 38–34
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 51–48
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
=High school=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Aloha Warriors
| conf =
| startyear = 2004
| endyear = 2012
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Aloha
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Aloha
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Aloha
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2007
| name = Aloha
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = Aloha
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Aloha
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 2010
| name = Aloha
| overall = 13–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = Aloha
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = Aloha
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Aloha
| overall = 49–43
| confrecord = 19–34
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 49–43
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- [https://athletics.georgefox.edu/staff-directory/chris-casey/25 George Fox profile]
{{George Fox Bruins football coach navbox}}
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