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Notre Dame Footall News
January 19, 2007
Notre Dame Names Ron Powlus Quarterbacks Coach
The University of Notre Dame has named Ron Powlus its new quarterbacks
coach, head coach Charlie Weis announced Friday.
After working the last two years as the director of personnel development
for the Notre Dame football team, Powlus moves to the coaching staff as
quarterbacks coach in 2007. One of the more decorated quarterbacks in school
history, Powlus will be able to impart the knowledge he gained as a
four-year starter at Notre Dame and his three-year stint in professional
football to a talented, young crop of Irish signal-callers.
Powlus played an integral role in helping last year's recruiting class rank
in the top-ten in the nation and has been instrumental again this season as
Notre Dame appears to have a second-straight top-ten recruiting class.
Formerly Notre Dame's career leader in football passing yardage, pass
attempts, completions and touchdown passes, Powlus rejoined the University
in his previous position in March of 2005. He worked closely with recruiting
coordinator Rob Ianello as he helped direct the administrative aspects of
Irish recruiting.
A four-year starter at quarterback for the Irish from 1994-97, Powlus
returned to Notre Dame after spending three years in the business world,
working in the healthcare and home mortgage industries. Immediately before
returning to Notre Dame, Powlus worked as a wholesale account executive for
First Horizon Home Loans in Pittsburgh. He previously spent a year each as a
loan consultant for Seattle-based Washington Mutual Home Loans/American Home
Mortgage, and as a healthcare representative for Pfizer Inc.
A native of Berwick, Pa., Powlus was a two-time Irish captain who set 20
school records at Notre Dame. He started all 44 regular-season games (plus
two bowl games) in which he played for the Irish and finished with 558
career completions on 969 attempts for 7,602 yards and 52 touchdowns. He set
the Irish single-game mark for touchdown passes in a game with four (three
times) and at one point completed 14 straight passes. He set single-season
marks in 1997 as a senior with his 182 completions and 298 attempts. Powlus
rebounded from a broken collarbone suffered in the preseason of what would
have been his freshman season in 1993 and then broke a bone in his upper
left arm late in the 1995 season.
Powlus originally signed as a free agent in 1998 with the NFL's Tennessee
Oilers and then was on the Detroit Lions' preseason roster in '99 and the
Philadelphia Eagles' roster in 2000. He played with the NFL Europe Amsterdam
Admirals in the spring of 2000. A high school standout at Berwick High
School, Powlus was the Parade prep player of the year in '92 and the USA
Today offensive prep player of the year.
Born July 16, 1974, Powlus received his Notre Dame degree from the Mendoza
College of Business Administration in 1997 with a major in Marketing. He
also took graduate coursework during his final season with the Irish. Powlus
and his wife, the former Sara Ivanina, are parents of two sons, Ronnie and
Tommy. They were married prior to his final season at Notre Dame in 1997.
Source: Notre Dame Sports Information Office
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