| Oregon Ducks Football News: |
| Michael Gray, who was a two-year starting defensive lineman at the University of Oregon before embarking on a 12-year coaching career in the professional and collegiate ranks, has been named the Ducks defensive line coach according to an announcement Wednesday by head coach Mike Bellotti.
Gray comes to Oregon following two years as defensive line coach on Rich Brooks staff at the University of Kentucky. "I am pleased and excited with the addition of Michael to our staff," Bellotti said. "He is a graduate of the University of Oregon and has coached in the Pac-10 as well as in the professional ranks. At each of his coaching stops, he has continually produced results on the field as a teacher and improved the performance of the defensive line in addition to proving to be an impressive recruiter. Its nice to add someone to our staff with Oregon ties who has been successful and truly wants to join our program and help us win." |
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California Golden Bears Football
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Oregon Ducks Football
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Oregon State Beavers Football
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| More Oregon Ducks Football News: |
| When I played at Oregon, we were known more for our defense. I remember a lot of 7-3 and 10-6 games and took a lot of pride in winning that type of game. Although the Pac-10 is known more for its scoring now, I want to return to the type of defenses we had then. It takes the entire defense to be successful, but up front is where it all starts. You have to be able to stop the run, have to play with an attitude and be aggressive on defense to be successful. Thats why we were successful at Oregon State. Ive continued to follow Oregon since Ive been away and think they came close to being that way a couple of years ago. And I think they have the personnel there to do that now."
At Kentucky, Gray played a role in the overall improvement of the defense in 2003 over the previous year, with Sweet Pea Burns earning first-team all-Southeastern Conference accolades while leading the league in tackles for loss, and Lamar Mills selection as a first-team Freshman All-American. In 2004, Ricky Abren was named a second-team Freshman All-American. Gray broke into the coaching ranks as an assistant for two years with British Columbia of the Canadian Football League (1993-94), where he was associated with winning a Grey Cup championship in 1994, before migrating to Weber State (1995) and the St. Louis Rams (1996) of the National Football League. Gray first joined the Ducks in 1981 as a junior college All-American from West Hills (Calif.) College before graduating from Oregon with a bachelors degree in Recreation and Park Management in 1984. Following his first season, he was the recipient of the Len Casanova Award as the programs top newcomer. He completed his Oregon career (1981-82) recording 78 tackles and recovering two fumbles. |