Eman Naghavi (born May 11, 1987) is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Houston Cougars.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive line coach |
| Team | Houston |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 11, 1987 Katy, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2005–2008 | McNeese State |
| Position(s) | Offensive line |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2011–2012 | McNeese State (OL/TE) |
| 2013–2014 | Texas (off. quality control) |
| 2015–2016 | McNeese State (OL) |
| 2017–2019 | Louisiana–Monroe (OL) |
| 2020 | Louisiana–Monroe (OC) |
| 2021 | Georgia State (OL) |
| 2022 | Tulane (OL) |
| 2023 | Houston (OC/OL) |
| 2024–present | Houston (OL) |
Playing career
editNaghavi played four years at McNeese State. In those four years he started in 36 games, racking up lots of honors being named First-team All-Southland three times, and being named an FCS All-American in 2008.[1][2]
Coaching career
editNaghavi started his coaching career at McNeese State as their offensive line and tight ends coach.[3] From there he would become an offensive quality control coach for the Texas Longhorns for two seasons.[3] He would then return to McNeese State as their offensive line coach, where he would stay for two seasons.[4] Then he would get his first FBS offensive line coaching position at Louisiana–Monroe in 2017, a position he would hold until 2019.[5] Then in 2020 he was promoted to be the offensive coordinator for Louisiana-Monroe.[6] However, after just one season as the offensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe, he left for the Georgia State Panthers to become their offensive line coach.[7] After one season with the panthers he would leave for the offensive line coaching position at Tulane.[8] In his one season at Tulane he helped lead them to a Cotton Bowl win against USC.[9] He would then be hired by the Houston Cougars to be their co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.[10]
References
edit- ^ "EMAN NAGHAVI". McNeese Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Connors Selected To Associated Press FCS All-America Team". Lions Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ a b "EMAN NAGHAVI". Houston Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "EMAN NAGHAVI NAMED NEW OFFENSIVE LINE COACH". McNeese Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Hunsucker, Adam. "Under new management: Naghavi putting stamp on ULM o-line". News Star. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Hunsucker, Adam. "ULM promotes Naghavi to OC, Viator to call plays". News Star. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Barnett, Zach. "Georgia State hires former Sun Belt offensive coordinator as O-line coach". Football Scoop. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Vanglider, Lenny. "Reports: Tulane shuffling football staff again after two departures". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Kuchar, Mike. "How Tulane football rebooted its offense in turnaround from 2-10 to Cotton Bowl". The Athletic. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Houston names Eman Naghavi co-offensive coordinator/OL coach". Head Topics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.