Chris Wiesehan - Football Coach

Chris Wiesehan

Title:
Offensive Line Coach / Run Game Coordinator
Email:
wiesehan@temple.edu
Phone:
215-204-4694

CHRIS WIESEHAN
Hometown	St. Louis, Mo.
College	Wabach, 1994
Family	Wife: Renee
	Children: son Colton

Coaching Experience
Year	School, Position
2022-	Temple, OL / RGC
2019-21	Georgia Tech, TEs / STC
2017-18	Temple, OL / RGC
2016	Temple, RBs
2014-15	Temple, OL
2013	Hawai'i, RBs
2012	Hawai'i, OL / RGC
2010-11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers, WRs
2009	UCLA, TEs
2007-08	Syracuse, OL
2006	James Madison, OL
2005	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, OA
2002-03	Northern Arizona, OL
2001, 2004	Northern Arizona, WRs
2000	Buffalo, OL
1999	Buffalo, WRs
1997-98	Notre Dame, TEs
1996	Purdue, TEs
1994-95	Fort Hayes State, WRs
Postseason Experience
Year	Bowl, School
2018	Independence Bowl, Temple
2017	Gasparilla Bowl, Temple
2016	Military Bowl, Temple
2016	AAC Championship, Temple
2015	Boca Raton Bowl,Temple
2011	Grey Cup, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2009	EagleBank Bowl, UCLA
2005	NFC Wild Card. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1997	Independence Bowl, Notre Dame

Chris Wiesehan rejoined the Temple Football staff in January 2022, as the Offensive Line Coach and Run Game Coordinator. This is Wiesehan’s second stint with the Owls, as he previously served as an assistant coach under Matt Rhule and Geoff Collins.

In 2022, the Owls had a patchwork offensive line, starting a different combination of five in 10 of the 12 games, while not starting the same line in consecutive weeks all season. Isaac Moore was the bookend on the line starting every game at left tackle, breaking the school record for consecutive games played with 57. Temple allowed only 10 sacks this season, which ranked eighth in the FBS.

Wiesehan spent three seasons as Georgia Tech’s tight ends and tackles coach, as well as offensive special teams coordinator (field goal/PAT/kickoff and punt returns).

Most notably, Wiesehan oversaw the return of tight ends to GT for the first time since 2007. His first group of Tech tight ends was led by Tyler Davis, who would go on to become the highest-drafted tight end in school history when he was selected in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Davis was the first Georgia Tech tight end to be drafted since 1992.

One of the nation’s most versatile offensive coaches, Wiesehan’s 27 years of coaching includes experience at both the collegiate and professional levels. Prior to Georgia Tech, Wiesehan spent five seasons at Temple. As the Owls’ offensive line coach/run-game coordinator in 2018, all five of his regular starters – including two true-freshman tackles – earned all-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) recognition while paving the way for running back Ryquell Armstead to rank second in the American Athletic Conference and 14th nationally in rushing (109.8 ypg).

In recognition of his efforts, Wiesehan was nominated for the 2018 Broyles Award, given to college football’s top assistant coach.

His five years at Temple included four seasons as the Owls’ offensive line coach (2014-15; 2017-18) and one as running backs coach (2016). In his lone season with TU’s running backs, he coached the only pair of RBs in the nation to each rush for at least 900 yards and 13 touchdowns (Jahad Thomas and Armstead).

Wiesehan’s versatility as an offensive coach has been evident throughout his career, as he has coached every offensive position except for quarterback and had multiple players selected in the NFL Draft at each position during the course of his career. In his five seasons at Temple alone (2014-18), 13 of Wiesehan’s pupils went on to play in the NFL, including 2017 second-round pick Dion Dawkins (Buffalo Bills) and 2020 third-round pick Matt Hennessy (Atlanta Falcons).

His resume includes stints with Hawai’i (running backs/offensive line – 2012-13), the Canadian Football League’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers (wide receivers – 2010-11), UCLA (tight ends – 2009), Syracuse (offensive line – 2007-08), James Madison (offensive line – 2006), the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers (offensive assistant – 2005), Northern Arizona (wide receivers/offensive line – 2001-04), Buffalo (wide receivers/offensive line – 1999-2000), Notre Dame (tight ends – 1997-98), Purdue (tight ends – 1996) and Fort Hays State (wide receivers – 1994-95).

Wiesehan was an all-America wide receiver at Wabash (Ind.) College from 1990-93 and still holds the NCAA Division III national record for all-purpose yards per play in a career (16.0 – 4,825 total yards in 301 plays). He graduated from Wabash in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in English and was inducted into the school’s athletics Hall of Fame in 2014. He has also coached five student-athletes who have been inducted into various Halls of Fame — Matt Light (New England Patriots HOF), Terence Edwards (Winnipeg Blue Bombers HOF), Clarence Moore (Northern Arizona University HOF), Drew Haddad (University at Buffalo HOF) and Lance Schwindt (Fort Hays State HOF).

A St. Louis, Mo. native, Wiesehan and his wife, Renee, have a son, Colton.