Tom Luginbill

Tom Luginbill

Tom Luginbill is a college football analyst for ESPN. Luginbill grew up in Tempe, Arizona and San Diego, California. He is the son of the professional and college coach Al Luginbill.

Playing career

Luginbill was the starting quarterback for three colleges over his four year career. He had varying degrees of success ranging from a national championship to a one win season. He played football for Palomar College from 1992-1993 amassing 21 wins. He then transferred to Georgia Tech and started for the Yellow Jackets in 1994. In 1994, the Jackets would manage to only defeat Division I-AA Western Carolina going 1-10 on the season. Luginbill would again transfer and play his final year at Eastern Kentucky in 1995.

Luginbill went into the Arena Football League and played for the Texas Terror in 1996 and the Florida Bobcats in 1997.

Coaching career

Luginbill's short playing career lead him into coaching in four professional football leagues-- the XFL, NFL Europe, the Arena Football League and af2. Luginbill's first coaching job was as a player personnel/coaching assistant with his father for the Amsterdam Admirals in 1996 and 1997. He then joined the AFL's New York CityHawks in 1998 as QB coach and offensive coordinator. Luginbill's first head coaching job was for af2's Tennessee Valley Vipers in 2000 where he was a 25 year old head coach that lead his team to the ArenaCup championship in their inaugural season. When the XFL was formed in 2001, Luginbill again went to work with his father as assistant for the league champion Los Angeles Xtreme. He was the QB coach for league MVP Tommy Maddox prior to Maddox moving back into the National Football League. Luginbill then moved on to the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys and then the AFL's Dallas Desperados as the offensive coordinator and player personnel director. He then got a new head coaching job with the Detroit Fury in 2002 before the franchise folded in 2004. He would finish the season with the Fury before moving on to work for Scouts Inc. as an NFL personnel evaluator which has led to his current role as National Recruiting Director for ESPN's college football recruiting service Scouts Inc.


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