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Mike Moroski

Mike Moroski

AT COLLEGE OF IDAHO: Mike Moroski became head coach at the College in 2014. Was named head coach in January of 2013 and led the Yotes through their "zero year" program, prior to the return to the field in September of 2014. His 2018 squad closed the season with a six-game win streak and ended the campaign ranked No. 22 in the NAIA, while his 2019 team completed a perfect 10-0 league record, winning the Frontier Conference title, reaching the NAIA Football Championship Series quarterfinals, ending the season 11-1 and ranked No. 5 in the NAIA postseason national poll. The 17-game win streak spanning the 2018 and 2019 season is a school record. In 2020, his team finished the COVID-19 shortened season 3-1, claiming a share of the Frontier Conference championship.

HONORS: Moroski was honored as the 2019 Frontier Conference Coach of the Year. He has coached six NAIA All-Americans (Dorian Hardin Nate Moore, Darius-James Peterson, Josh Brown, Kyle Mitchell, Taeson Hardin), two Preseason All-Americans (Moore, Marcus Lenhardt), 47 All-Frontier Conference selections, 44 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 35 Academic All-District selections and 172 Frontier Conference All-Academic Team selections.

PRIOR TO C OF I: Moroski came to the College after three decades at UC-Davis – both as a player and a coach.  As offensive coordinator from 1993-2010, his schemes helped the Aggies to eight NCAA Division II postseason appearances, including three trips to the national quarterfinals and trips to the national semifinals in 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001. In 2000, his offense averaged 47 points per game, ranking second in Division II, while in 2001, his offense averaged 41 points and 511 yards per game, helping Moroski earn Division II National Assistant Coach of the Year honors. With Moroski serving as offensive coordinator, UC-Davis posted an overall record of 148-80, including a 98-32 record as a Division II school. Moroski coached every offensive group during his tenure at UC-Davis – quarterbacks (1987-88), wide receivers (1992-97), offensive line (1998-2009), tight ends (2010-11), and running backs (2012), while serving as the junior varsity head coach from 1989-91. He helped the Aggies in their move from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision in 2003, with UC-Davis transitioning to the Great West Conference and and the Big West Conference.

2560PERSONAL: A native of Novato, Calif., Moroski played quarterback at UC-Davis from 1975-78, earning Far West Conference Player of the Year honors in both 1977 and 1978, and leading the Aggies to the 1977 Division II national semifinals.  He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth-round of the 1979 NFL Draft, spending eight years as a backup quarterback with the Falcons (1979-84), the Houston Oilers (1985) and the San Francisco 49ers (1986). Moroski played in 69 career games,  completing 57 percent of his passes for 2,864 yards and eight touchdowns. Moroski graduated from UC-Davis with a degree in managerial economics and has a master’s in educational psychology.  He and his wife, Cathie, have four children – sons Nate, Will and Ben, and daughter Emilie.