Coe Hired as Missouri Baptist Offensive Coordinator

Coach Charles Coe

ST. LOUIS, Missouri  --  The Missouri Baptist football program has hired its first offensive coordinator on Wednesday as the newly-created program continued its growth. The University announced the hiring of Charles Coe, who has been at the high school, collegiate and professional ranks throughout his 40 years of coaching.

Coe was an All-American shortstop at Kansas State University, which led him to be drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the first-round of the 1971 draft. He spent two seasons in the Tigers organization before joining the St. Louis Football Cardinals in 1974.

Since then, Coe has portrayed a very extensive resume, one that requires mentioning every coaching accomplishment. He began at Central High School in St. Louis in 1973. He was the Defensive Coordinator for three years before becoming the Linebackers coach at the University of Iowa in 1976. After spending one season as a Hawkeye, he moved on to the University of Cincinnati, taking over the running backs and special teams for two seasons. He coached freshman Allen Harvin, who rushed for over 1,200 yards. Coe spent four years at Normandy High School before coaching the defensive line at Ball State in 1982 and 1983.

The University of Louisville gave coach Coe reigns over the wide receivers from 1983-85. Ernest Givens was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the second-round during Coe's tenure. He spent four seasons at the University of Missouri-Columbia from 1985-1989 and coached the running backs and special teams. During his time as a Tiger, he tutored Robert Delpino, who was a fourth-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Rams. The Kansas State Wildcats hired Coe as the running backs coach from 1989-90. At the University of Tennessee from 1989-93, Coe coached two first-round draft choices, two second-round draft picks and two fourth-round picks. The University of Pittsburgh hired Coe as assistant head coach and running backs coach from 1993-96. Running back Curtis Martin, a third-round draft pick, rushed for over 1,000 yards under the guidance of Coe.

From 1997-98, Coe was hired as the running backs coach at the University of Memphis. During this time, Memphis produced the first 1,000-yard rusher in over 20 years at the university. Coe was promoted to assistant head coach and special teams coordinator from 2000-2002.

Coe's coaching career took a major turn when he was named head coach at Alabama State University in 2003. There, he earned numerous awards. In 2003, the Hornets won the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Eastern Division and produced second-round draft pick, quarterback Tavaris Jackson. Coe was an Eddie Robinson Award Finalist, which honors the top coach in Division I Football Championship Subdivision. In 2004, Alabama State again won the Eastern Division of the SWAC and Coe was again named an Eddie Robinson Award finalist. Coach Coe was named SWAC Coach of the Year after the Hornets went 10-2 and won the SWAC Championship. The Hornets finished 29-18 in Coe's four seasons as the head man.

An opportunity in the National Football League was the next stop in Coe's coaching career. From 2007-08, Coe was the wide receivers coach for the Oakland Raiders. Following that season, Coe was invited to be the wide receivers coach at the Senior Bowl All-Star Game in Mobile, Alabama in 2008. Following the Raiders stint, Coe was the head football coach at Gateway High School in St. Louis from 2009-11. His most recent coaching position was the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for Texas Southern University from 2011-12.

Coe is ready to get things started at Missouri Baptist.

"I am excited and pleased to become a part of the Missouri Baptist University family," said Coe. "I look forward to working with Head Coach Burianek, as well as with the other coaches and the administration and consider myself fortunate to be identified with such a fine and promising Christian institution as Missouri Baptist."

Head Coach Jason Burianak is extremely excited to begin talking 'x's and o's' with Coe. "He has the same offensive philosophy that I have, which has already helped smooth out the transition," said Burianak. Coe not only has a strong passion for playing the game of football, but to be successful in the classroom as well. Coe's son Michael, earned his degree in three years at the University of Arkansas and then transferred to Alabama State for his final year to play for his father. Michael Coe became a fifth-round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts. He earned a Super Bowl rung in 2011 with the New York Giants.

Coe's grandson, Rodney, was a standout running back at Edwardsville High School in Edwardsville, Ill. and a US Army All-American.

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