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Steve Mooshagian:

Was Hired In August 2009 as the Third Head Football Coach of the Feather River College Golden Eagles.

This Past Season The Golden Eagles played for the Conference Championship in the season Finale. FRC was Ranked # 15 in the final poll in NorCal. They also had 12 Players selected First Team All-Conference and had Two Players make the All-State team. FRC also sent 22 Student-Athletes from the 2009 team on to Four Year Programs.

Prior to FRC he served as the Assistant Head Coach and Wide Receivers Coach at the University of San Diego. he guided a talented wide receivers group that re-wrote the record book during his two year tenure. In 2008 John Matthews (Indianapolis Colts) set a new single season mark with 20 touchdowns and career mark with 50 Td's as he led the nation in every receiving catagory he caught 121 balls for 1,476 yards both new single season records. In 2007 WR Wes Doyle tied USD's single season mark with 73 receptions. USD also Led the Nation (NCAA FCS) in scoring 44.3 pts per game.

Mooshagian came to USD with an extensive coaching background, including four years as the head coach at Sacramento State (2003-2006). In his four years at Sacramento State, Mooshagian coached five Division I-AA All-Americans, three Division I-AA Freshmen All-Americans and 54 players who earned all-Big Sky Conference honors. During his last season the team's 4-4 Big Sky conference record was the 2nd best record in the school's 11-year Division I history. In his four seasons he played a direct role in the development of All-America wide receiver Fred Amey who played for the San Francisco 49ers in 2005. Mooshagian coached the receivers in his first two seasons, including 2004 when Amey caught a school-record 72 passes and was named first team all-Big Sky for the third straight year.

A native Californian, Mooshagian has coached at the high school, junior college, college and professional levels. Prior to his post at Sacramento State, he served as the wide receivers coach with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1999-2002. In 2002, he guided the only receiving corps in the NFL to have four players with at least 40 catches. With the Bengals, he coached some of the best young receivers in the league, including all-pros Chad Johnson, TJ Houshmenzadeh, Darnay Scott, Carl Pickens, and Peter Warrick.

Prior to working with the Bengals, Mooshagian was the offensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh for two years (1997-98) where they led the Big East in Passing Offense and played in the Liberty Bowl. He was offensive coordinator/QB coach at Nevada (1996) That year the Wolf Pack led the nation in total offense with an average of 527.3 yards of total offense and posted a 9-3 overall record while winning the Big West title and Las Vegas Bowl. He also had coaching stops at Fresno City College (head coach, 1995), Fresno State (1985-1994) Where he had coached 10 NFL Wide Receivers and coached in 6 Bowl Games, Won 6 Conference Titles. He also coached at Washington Union HS (1983-84), Where he spent one year as head coach and one as Offensive Coordinator, Winning the CIF Central Section Championship.

Mooshagian graduated with a degree in physical education (1983) and later added his master's degree in 1984. He played two seasons at Cerritos College (1978-79) and for the Fresno State Bulldogs (1980-81) as a wide receiver, and following graduation signed as a free-agent wide receiver with the Los Angeles Express of the USFL (1983). He is the father of three adult children - Janaye (25), Robert (23) and Danielle (19).

NFL Pro Bowl Players coached

Carl Pickens- Cincinnati Bengals 1999

Chad Johnson- Cincinnati Bengals 2001-2002

T.J. Houshmenzadeh- Cincinnati Bengals 2001-2002

Super Bowl Participants coached and or Recruited.

Stephen Baker- Wr New York Giants (XXV)

JD Williams- CB- Buffalo Bills (XXV,XXVI)

Ron Cox-LB- Green Bay Packers (XXXI)

Marquez Pope- DB- San Francisco 49ers (XXIX)

Lorenzo Neal-FB-Tennessee Titans (XXXIV)

Trent Dilfer-QB-Baltimore Ravens (XXXV)

Omar Stoutmire- SS- New York Giants (XXXV)

Hank Poteat-CB- New England Patriots (XXXVIII)

Peter Warrick-WR-Seattle Seahawks (XXXX)

DJ Dinkins-TE-New Orleans Saints (XLIV)

John Matthews-WR-Indianapolis Colts (XLIV)

Bowl Games Coached in.

1985 California Bowl Champions vs. Bowling Green

1988 California Bowl Champions vs. Western Michigan

1989 California Rasin Bowl Champions vs. Ball State

1991 California Rasin Bowl Participants vs. Bowling Green

1992 Freedom Bowl Champions vs. USC

1993 Aloha Bowl Participants vs. Colorado

1994 Disneyland Pigskin Classic Participants vs. Ohio State

1997 Liberty Bowl Participants vs. Southern Mississippi