What former quaterback in college at Iowa and porfessiona Detroit Lions player coached the 2008 San Diego State Aztecs football team?
Chuck Long Charles Franklin Long Jr. (born February 18, 1963) is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. After his professional career, Chuck became the head football coach of San Diego State University, but was fired on November 23, 2008. Long also held a position as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks under head coach Turner Gill before Gill was fired in 2011. Later, Chuck became an analyst for the Big Ten Network. On September 11, 2014 Chuck was named the CEO and Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, the organization that runs the Iowa Games, the Senior Games and the Live Healthy Iowa challenge.
2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team The 2008 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The previous year's team finished first (of nine) in the Gateway Football Conference. The Gateway Football Conference was renamed the Missouri Valley Football League in June 2008. The team is coached by Mark Farley and play their home games in the UNI-Dome. On November 14, 2008 Northern Iowa won its first back-to-back conference championships since the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Northern Iowa was awarded the third seed in the 2008 FCS playoffs.