Gino Guidugli

Gino Guidugli (born March 13, 1983) is a former American football quarterback and current quarterbacks coach at the University of Cincinnati. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Cincinnati.

Gino Guidugli

Current position
Title	Quarterbacks coach
Team	Cincinnati
Conference	AAC
Biographical details
Born	(1983-03-13) March 13, 1983 Fort Thomas, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater	Cincinnati
Playing career
2001–2004	Cincinnati
2005	Tennessee Titans*
2007	Green Bay Blizzard
2007–2008	BC Lions
2008–2009	Green Bay Blizzard
2010	Milwaukee Iron
2011–2012	Milwaukee Mustangs
2013	Chicago Rush
2014	San Antonio Talons
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2010–2012	Central Michigan (GA)
2013–2016	Central Michigan (RB)
2017	Cincinnati (RB)
2018–present	Cincinnati (QB)

He is also a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was one of the backup quarterbacks with the Canadian Football League's BC Lions before being cut by the team following their 2008 training camp. He re-joined the Green Bay Blizzard of af2 for the end of the 2008 season, including the playoffs. He then played in the Arena Football League.

Early years

Guidugli played at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He led Highlands to two state championships in 1999 and 2000 and he also was a backup when Highlands won state in 1998. He still holds many Kentucky records for quarterbacks. He also excelled on the basketball court. He led his basketball team to the Kentucky sweet sixteen his senior season with a buzzer beating shot against Covington Holmes.

College career

Guidugli played collegiately at the University of Cincinnati from 2001 to 2004. He owns most of the school's passing and total offense records. He is ranked 29th for all-time yards and offense of all NCAA division I A FBS schools by a quarterback.[1] He finished his career with 11,453 yards on 880 of 1,556 passes (56.6%) and 78 touchdowns. He also rushed for 208 yards and scored five times on 235 carries.[1]

Statistics

Year	Team	Passing								Rushing
		Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2001	Cincinnati	185	317	58.4	2,573	8.1	16	9	137.5	47	-75	-1.6	1
2002	Cincinnati	258	472	54.7	3,543	7.5	22	21	124.2	69	27	0.4	3
2003	Cincinnati	227	425	53.4	2,704	6.4	14	10	113.0	76	166	2.2	0
2004	Cincinnati	210	342	61.4	2,633	7.7	26	8	146.5	43	90	2.1	1
Career		880	1,556	56.6	11,453	7.4	78	48	128.8	235	208	0.9	5

Source:[2]

Professional career

Guidugli was rated the 18th best quarterback in the 2005 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[3]

Pre-draft measurables

Height	Weight	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Three-cone drill	Vertical jump	Broad jump	Wonderlic
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	5.07 s	1.74 s	2.93 s	4.52 s	7.41 s	29 in (0.74 m)	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)	30 [4]
All values from NFL Combine[3]

Guidugli went unselected in the 2005 NFL Draft. He was later signed by the Tennessee Titans, but he was ultimately released. He later joined the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2, leading the Blizzard to the af2 playoffs.

He signed a free agent contract with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on July 23, 2007, following injuries to starting quarterback Dave Dickenson and backup Buck Pierce.[1] He played in 11 games in 2007, completing 6 of 11 passes for 138 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.[5] He was released by the Lions following their 2008 training camp after losing the job as third-string quarterback to rookie Zac Champion.

Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Iron on January 2, 2010, but was placed on the "Refused to Report" list and did not play with the team.

Guidugli signed with the Milwaukee Mustangs on June 10, 2011.[6] He was reunited with former Green Bay Blizzard coaches Bob Landsee, Mark Stoute, and Cedric Walker. When they signed Gino the Mustangs were 4–8, he went on to start 5 games for the Mustangs and went 3–2, but the 2 losses were by 1 point and 4 points.

AFL statistics

Year	Team	Passing							Rushing
		Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	TD
2011	Milwaukee	107	158	67.7	1,276	23	4	118.01	11	30	2
2012	Milwaukee	373	587	63.5	4,872	86	25	108.50	46	93	18
Career		480	745	64.4	6,148	109	29	110.52	57	123	20

Stats from ArenaFan:[7]

Coaching career

Guidugli was introduced as the running backs coach for Central Michigan University on March 11, 2013. He replaced Kort Shankweiler, who left for the tight ends and tackles coaching job at Florida International under his father, Steve, who is the new offensive line coach for FIU. In January 2017, Guidugli was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

On March 4, 2017 Cincinnati officially announced that Guidugli was hired as running backs coach.[8] For the 2018 season, Guidugli was named the Quarterbacks coach for the Bearcats.

Personal

Guidugli has three brothers, former NFL and University of Cincinnati player Ben, Tony, who played at Georgia Military College, and Jeff, who played at Southeastern Louisiana University.[9][10][11]

See also

• List of Division I FBS passing yardage leaders

Notes

1. "Lions Add Quarterback Gino Guidugli". BCLions.com. 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
2. "Gino Guidugli". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
3. "Gino Guidugli". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
4. "Historical NFL Wonderlic Scores". wonderlictestsample.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
5. "Gino Guidugli". .statscrew.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
6. http://www.arenafootball.com/transactions/2011/6
7. "Gino Guidugli". arenafan.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
8. "Football Names Gino Guidugli Running Backs Coach". GoBearcats.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
9. "BEN GUIDUGLI". gobearcats.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
10. "Tony Guidugli". njcaa.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
11. Thomas, Bill (2008). Fort Thomas Highlands Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27.

External links

• Green Bay Blizzard alumni roster page
• Profile at ArenaFan