Scott Isphording
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1971)}}
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| current_title = Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach
| current_team = Ohio
| current_conference = Mid-American
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|9|2}}
| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, US
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| alma_mater = {{ubl|Hanover College (BA)|Fort Hays State University (MS)}}
| player_years1 = 1990–1993
| player_team1 = Hanover
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years1 = 1994–1996
| coach_team1 = Fort Hays State (QB)
| coach_years2 = 1996–1998
| coach_team2 = Colorado Mines (QB/WR)
| coach_years3 = 1998–2003
| coach_team3 = Wittenberg (OC/QB)
| coach_years4 = 2004–2006
| coach_team4 = Eastern Michigan (QB)
| coach_years5 = 2007–2008
| coach_team5 = Eastern Michigan (OC)
| coach_years6 = 2009
| coach_years7 = 2010–2011
| coach_team7 = Toledo (QB)
| coach_years8 = 2012–2013
| coach_team8 = Toledo (QB/PGC/RC)
| coach_years9 = 2014–2020
| coach_team9 = Ohio (QB)
| coach_years10 = 2021–2024
| coach_team10 = Ohio (co-OC/QB)
| coach_years11 = 2024–present
| coach_team11 = Ohio (PGC/OC/QB)
| coach_sport12 = Golf
| coach_years12 = 2002–2003
| coach_team12 = Wittenberg
| coach_sport13 = Baseball
| coach_years13 = 1998–2002
| coach_team13 = Wittenberg (asst.)
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Scott R. Isphording (born September 2, 1971){{cite web |title=2008 EMU Coaching Staff |url=https://static.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2008/3-coaches.pdf |website=Eastern Michigan University |access-date=October 22, 2021}} is an American college football coach and former player. He currently serves as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Ohio Bobcats.
Playing career
Isphording was a four-year letterwinner as a quarterback at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, playing from 1990 to 1993.{{cite web |title=Scott Isphording - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks - Biography |url=https://ohiobobcats.com/staff-directory/scott-isphording/33 |website=Ohio University |access-date=October 22, 2021 |language=en}} He finished the 1992 season with 3,098 yards of passing, which stood as sixth-most in NCAA Division III history.
Coaching career
Isphording began his coaching career as a graduate student at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, serving as the Tigers' quarterbacks coach from 1994 to 1996. After leaving Fort Hays State, he was the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at the Colorado School of Mines for three years. Isphording spent the following six years, from 1998 to 2003, on the staff at Wittenberg University as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, in addition to serving as the head men's golf coach in his final year there.{{cite web |title=2002-03 Men's Golf Roster |url=https://www.wittenbergtigers.com/sports/mgolf/2002-03/roster |website=Wittenberg University |access-date=October 22, 2021 |language=en}} From 1998 to 2002, he also served as an assistant coach on the Wittenberg baseball staff.
He took his first Division I job in 2004 when he was hired as the quarterbacks coach on Jeff Genyk's staff at Eastern Michigan University. After three years in this position, Isphording was promoted to offensive coordinator.{{cite web |title=Scott Isphording - Football Coach |url=https://emueagles.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/scott-isphording/67 |website=Eastern Michigan University Athletics |access-date=October 25, 2021 |language=en}} In 2009, Isphording departed Eastern Michigan for Ohio University, where he served as the Bobcats' tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator for one year. Isphording then accepted a position as the quarterbacks coach at Toledo University; he held this position for two years before adding the roles of passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator for his final two years.{{cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Al |title=Ohio Lures Quarterbacks Coach Scott Isphording Away From Rivals Toledo |url=https://saturdayblitz.com/2014/01/31/ohio-lure-quartebacks-coach-scott-isphording-away-rivals-ohio/ |website=Saturday Blitz |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=October 25, 2021}}
Before the 2014 season, Isphording returned to Ohio to take the position of quarterbacks coach. He held this position for seven seasons before being promoted to co-offensive coordinator alongside Allen Rudolph, after Tim Albin was promoted to head coach upon the retirement of Frank Solich, while still holding his previous position.{{cite web |last1=Feazell |first1=Eli |title=Football: Scott Isphording and Allen Rudolph promoted to offensive coordinator positions |url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2021/08/ohio-football-isphording-rudolph-promotions |website=The Post |access-date=October 25, 2021 |date=August 13, 2021}} During a ten win 2022 season his offense was ranked number one in the MAC and quarterback Kurtis Rourke was named MAC Player of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/_/view/team/season/2022/group/15|title=MAC College Football Stat Leaders 2022|website=ESPN|access-date=29 November 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2022/11/29/mac-announces-2022-postseason-football-awards-all-conference-teams.aspx|title=MAC Announces 2022 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams|website=Mid-American Conference|date=29 November 2022 |language=en}} Prior or the 2024 season he and new offensive coordinator Brian Smith swapped positions and he took over as passing game coordinator.{{Cite web |title=Mattix Named Defensive Ends Coach, Albin Announces 2024 Staff Updates |url=https://ohiobobcats.com/news/2024/4/30/football-mattix-named-defensive-ends-coach-albin-announces-2024-staff-updates.aspx |access-date=2024-05-13|date=2024-04-30|publisher=Ohio University Athletics|website=ohiobobcats.com |language=en}}
Personal life
Isphording is from Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended La Salle High School.{{cite web |title=Assistant Head Football Coach Scott Isphording |url=https://www.wittenbergtigers.com/sports/fball/coaches/bios/Scott_Isphording?view=bio |website=Wittenberg University |access-date=October 22, 2021 |language=en}} He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Hanover College and a Master of Science in physical education from Fort Hays State University.{{cite web |title=Colorado School of Mines employees: Isphording, Scott |url=https://bearsofficialsstore.com/company/colorado_school_of_mines/page25 |website=US Staff |access-date=October 22, 2021}} He is married to his wife, Shelly, with whom he has two children.
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Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Fort Hays State Tigers football coaches
Category:Colorado Mines Orediggers football coaches
Category:Wittenberg Tigers football coaches
Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles football coaches
Category:Toledo Rockets football coaches
Category:Ohio Bobcats football coaches
Category:Wittenberg Tigers baseball coaches
Category:Hanover Panthers football players
Category:College golf coaches in the United States
Category:Players of American football from Cincinnati
Category:Fort Hays State University alumni
Category:21st-century American sportsmen