Brickey Joins Football Staff as Quaterbacks Coach

AMES, Iowa -- Steve Brickey, a 23-year college coaching veteran and most recently the offensive coordinator at North Texas has been named quarterbacks coach at Iowa State Monday. Brickey tutored four of the all-time career offensive leaders in Southwest Conference history during his 12-year tenure in the Lone Star state.

As an assistant coach at Texas from 1987-91, Brickey tutored quarterback Peter Gardere, who amassed 7,407 career yards of total offense. He also coached Longhorn quarterback Bret Stafford, who compiled 5,378 total offensive yards. Gardere and Stafford rank second and third all-time, respectively in Longhorn history in total offense.

As quarterbacks coach at Texas Tech in 1986, Brickey worked with Red Raider signal-caller Billy Joe Tolliver, who finished his career with 6,475 yards of total offense. Tolliver now plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. As quarterbacks coach at TCU from 1993-97, he tutored Horned Frog quarterback Max Knake, who finished his career with 7,150 total yards.

While at TCU, Brickey recruited tailback LaDainian Tomlinson, the nation's leading rusher in 1999. Tomlinson averaged 168.2 yards rushing per game last season and set a NCAA single-game rushing mark with 406 yards rushing on 43 carries and six touchdowns in the Horned Frogs' final game last season.

"Steve Brickey brings us a proven track record of successful experience working with quarterbacks whose achievements speak for themselves," Iowa State head coach Dan McCarney said. "When you look at who he has coached and recruited, it speaks louder than words. I don't think I have to underscore what a catch LaDainian Tomlinson was for TCU."

While at Indiana State from 1977-85, Brickey worked with quarterbacks Jeff Miller (7,559 yards) and Reggie Allen (6,102 yards) who finished first and third, respectively, in career total offense in the Missouri Valley Conference. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Missouri (1976-77).

Brickey has been on staffs that have been to four bowl games, including the 1986 Independence Bowl (Texas Tech), the 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl (Texas), the 1991 Cotton Bowl (Texas) and the 1994 Independence Bowl (TCU). While an assistant at Indiana State, he helped the Sycamores to their only NCAA I-AA playoff berths (1983, 1984).

At North Texas, Brickey had been in charge of an offense that saw running back Ja'Quay Wilburn become the school's all-time leading rusher last fall and the first running back to reach the 1,000-yard plateau since 1993.

Brickey was an all-metro quarterback at Affton High School in suburban St. Louis and graduated from Affton High School in 1972. He played both quarterback and defensive back at the University of Missouri and received his degree in 1976. He and his wife Patti have three sons - John (15), Mike (13) and Chris (26).

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