Player Bio: Brent Myers

Brent Myers was named Arizona State's offensive line coach and running-game coordinator in February, 2004, after one season as the assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the University of Utah. The 2006 season will be Myers' 25th as a college coach. In 2005, the Sun Devil offensive line was decimated by injuries as nine different players started with only one player, Brandon Rodd, starting all 12 games - but at two different positions. However with the adversity came perhaps the best job of any offensive line coach in the nation last season as ASU finished the season ranked No. 2 in the nation in total offense (519.1 yards per game), including a school record 773 yards in ASU's 52-21 win over Northwestern. Even more impressive is the fact that ASU rushed for 145.7 yards per game, its highest average since the 2001 season. Three ASU linemen - Grayling Love (second team), Andrew Carnahan (honorable mention) and Brandon Rodd (honorable mention) - earned All Pac-10 honors in 2005. In addition, RB Keegan Herring earned Sporting News Freshman All-America honors after rushing for a school freshman record 870 yards while scoring six touchdowns. Also contributing heavily to ASU's success on the ground was Rudy Burgess, who added 644 yards rushing and six scores. In his first season at ASU, Myers coached a successful offensive line, which helped the Sun Devils rank No. 5 in the nation in passing offense and No. 16 in total offense (435.4 yards per game). Honorable-mention All-Pac-10 selection center Drew Hodgdon was selected in the fifth round of the NFL draft by the Houston Texans. Also excelling on the line was Love, who earned both first-team All-Pac-10 and Pac-10 All-Academic honors. In 2003, Myers was part of a Utah staff that led the school to the Mountain West Conference championship, the school's first outright conference title since 1957. The Utes posted a 10-2 record, defeated Southern Mississippi in the Liberty Bowl and finished 21st in the national polls. No stranger to the Pac-10, Myers spent three seasons as the offensive line coach at Washington (2000-02). In 2000, Myers oversaw one of the nation's best blocking units that helped Washington claim the Pac-10 title and a victory over Purdue in the 2001 Rose Bowl. Elliot Silvers and Chad Ward were All-Pac-10 selections and were taken in the NFL Draft that year, while a third, Wes Call, signed a free agent contract. Ward also won the Morris Trophy, given to the Pac-10's top lineman, and was a second-team All-American. In 2001, he coached All-Pac-10 and regional Academic All-America selection Kyle Benn, while in 2002, Myers' unit's pass-blocking abilities helped quarterback Cody Pickett to set a single-season passing record with 4,458 yards. Myers rejoined Dirk Koetter's staff after working as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for two seasons (1998-99) at Boise State. In 1999, BSU led the Big West in offense with 33 points per game while posting a 10-3 record. Myers joined the BSU staff in 1998 and was promoted to offensive coordinator before the start of the 1999 season. He helped lead BSU to the 1999 Big West Conference championship and a victory over Louisville in the Humanitarian Bowl. Myers also coached at Eastern Washington (1982-83, 1985-91), Southern Illinois (1984) and Northern Arizona (1992-97). He was named associate head coach at NAU in 1994 and offensive coordinator in 1996. That year, the Lumberjacks led the nation in total offense and scoring and became the first Division I team to have a 3,000-yard passer (Travis Brown) and a 2,000-yard rusher (Archie Ammerson) in the same season. For his efforts, Myers was named the national Division I-AA Offensive Coordinator of the Year in 1996. A Seattle native, Myers earned his B.A. in education degree from Eastern Washington in 1982. He received his M.S. degree from EWU in 1986 and coached at his alma mater from 1985 to 1991 in a variety of positions including tight ends, offensive line, linebackers and defensive line. As a player, Myers was a Division II honorable mention All-American at EWU in 1981. He attended Columbia Basin Junior College from 1978-79 and helped his team to the 1978 national championship as the starting center on the offensive line. Myers and his wife, Susan, have a daughter, Morgan (9).

THE MYERS FILE Born: May of 1960 in Seattle, Wash.

High School Education: Shoreline High School (Seattle, Wash), 1978.

College Education: B.A. Eastern Washington 1982; M.S. Eastern Washington 1986.

College Football: Columbia Basin JC, 1978-79; Eastern Washington, 1980-81.

Coaching Career: Eastern Washington, 1982-83; Southern Illinois, 1984; Eastern Washington, 1985-91; Northern Arizona, 1992-97; Boise State, 1998-99; Washington, 2000-02; Utah, 2003; Arizona State, 2004-present.

Recruiting Area: Washington, Hawaii, Central California

Family: Wife, Susan, and daughter, Morgan (9).

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Brent Myers High School: Shoreline (Seattle, Wash.) '78 Position: Offensive Line/Running-Game Coordinator Experience: Third Year at ASU Alma Mater: B.A. Eastern Washington '82; M.S. Eastern Washington '86