Player Bio: Bill Diedrick

Bill Diedrick Position: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

Bill Diedrick is now in his fourth season as Stanford's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. A veteran coach of 30 years, Diedrick came to Stanford after a four-year stint at the University of Washington. He was named Stanford's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on February 27, 1998.

During his three years on The Farm, Deidrick has guided Stanford to unparalled offensive success. His offense rewrote the Stanford record books in '99 as it set school records for points in a season (409; old record, 366, 1949) and total offense in a season (5,138; old record, 4,919, 1969). The Cardinal put 30 or more points on the scoreboard nine times in 1999, and 40 or more on five occasions. Stanford also produced the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in wide receiver Troy Walters, as well as First Team All-Pac-10 quarterback Todd Husak. The Cardinal finished the regular season ranked among the top 10 in the nation in scoring offense (37.2 pg.; 6. NCAA, 1. Pac-10), total offense (467.09 pg.; 5. NCAA, 2. Pac-10) and passing offense (313.5 pg.; 10. NCAA, 1. Pac-10).

In his first season at Stanford in 1998, Diedrick's offense became the second most prolific passing attack in school history. Under his tutelage, the Cardinal threw for 3,516 yards while Husak became only the third QB in school history to throw for over 3,000 yards in a season when he totaled 3,092.

Diedrick had been a member of the Washington Huskies staff from 1994-97 prior to arriving on The Farm. He was the Huskies offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 1994 and '95 and the quarterbacks coach in '96 and '97.

During his tenure in Seattle, Diedrick was a part of three bowl teams and some of the finest quarterbacks and offenses in the Pac-10. In 1995, with Diedrick as the offensive coordinator, the Huskies offense ranked among the school's all-time top five in total offense, total yards per game and yards per play, the latter setting a new school record. All this came against the seventh toughest schedule in the nation. His team also became the first UW offense to score at least 20 points in every regular season game.

His quarterback that season, Damon Huard, became Washington's all-time leader in passing and total yards.

Diedrick developed one of the top young quarterbacks in college football in Brock Huard in 1996 and `97. Huard set records in '96 as the top freshman QB in Washington history and in 1997, he ranked seventh in the nation in passing efficiency.

Prior to his appointment at Washington, Diedrick coached in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Eskimos (1991-92), where he was the offensive coordinator. He also coached quarterbacks, receivers and running backs during his two-year stint. Diedrick's '91 team won the Western Division championship while scoring 671 points and accumulating over 8,000 yards in total offense.

Diedrick's first tour of duty in the Pac-10 was as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Washington State from 1989-90. There, he coached Drew Bledsoe, the eventual No. 1 NFL Draft pick. Diedrick's 1989 WSU offense led the Pac-10 and was 10th nationally in total offense while Bledsoe was the nation's top-rated quarterback in passing efficiency.

Diedrick coached the quarterbacks and receivers while serving as offensive coordinator at Idaho from 1986-88. During that time, he coached future NFL starter John Friesz, who was twice named the Big Sky Player of the Year and All-American. Under Diedrick, the Vandal's offense was consistently one of the best in NCAA Division 1-AA, including being ranked #2 nationally in 1987. In '88, Idaho won its second straight Big Sky championship and was ranked #1 in the nation. In 1986, Diedrick coached with current Cardinal Defensive Coordinator Kent Baer, who was the Vandals defensive coordinator.

From 1984-85, Diedrick was the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Montana State. His offenses broke 36 school records, eight league records and six NCAA 1-AA playoff records while his quarterback earned Big Sky Player of the Year honors. In 1984, Montana State won the NCAA Division 1-AA national championship.

Diedrick was the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Whitworth College in 1982-83, head coach at Rogers High School in Spokane, Wash., from 1976-81, assistant coach at Ferris High in Spokane from 1971-75 and a graduate assistant at the University of Hawaii in 1970.

Diedrick graduated from Eastern Washington in 1970 with bachelor's degrees in physical therapy and physical education. He earned a master's degree in education from Hawaii in 1971.

He was a four-year letterman at Eastern Washington on both the baseball and football teams and earned NAIA All-America honors in football in 1967 while leading Eastern to the national finals. He was also an honorable mention All-America in baseball.

Diedrick attended North Central High School in Spokane, where he was a standout quarterback.

He is the father of three sons: Mathew, Justin and Joey.

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• Full Name: William M. Diedrick, Jr.
• Hometown: Spokane, Washington
• High School: North Central (Washington)
• College: Eastern Washington, 1970
• Graduate Degree: Hawaii, 1971
• Children: Mathew, Justin, Joey
• Playing Experience: QB, Eastern Washington, 1966-69