Eric Kiesau Profile - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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12/29/2012
'Tui' Returns To Huskies As Quarterbacks Coach
Legendary Husky quarterback returning to his alma mater to coach the position he played.
11/12/2012
Huskies Head To Boulder To Face Buffaloes
Dawgs take on Colorado Saturday morning on FX television.
10/30/2012
No Time For Cal Nostalgia for Coaches Lupoi, Kiesau
The Huskies' short work week and need for focus on the road Friday night at California leave former Bears assistants Tosh Lupoi and Eric Kiesau all in for UW.
10/29/2012
Dawgs Travel To Face Golden Bears Friday Night
Huskies to play two games in less than one week for first time since 1944.
09/24/2012
Dawgs Set To Face No. 8 Stanford Thursday Night
Game will air live to a national audience on ESPN.
Eric Kiesau enters his second season on the UW coaching staff. In 2013, he'll serve as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.
Last year, as the Husky quarterbacks coach, he mentored Keith Price, whose 263 completions were second-most and 2,726 passing yards were the sixth-most in UW history. Price also posted the fourth-highest completion percentage and the seventh-most touchdown passes in the rich history of UW quarterbacks.
Kiesau was named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on January 18, 2012. He came to the UW from California, where he's spent the 2011 season as passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. He'd returned to Cal, where he'd previously worked from 2002-05, after having spent the 2006 through 2010 seasons at Colorado.
Last season at Cal, Kiesau coached Bears wideout Keenan Allen, the No. 2 receiver in the Pac-12 in terms of receptions per game. Additionally, both Allen and teammate Marvin Jones finished in the top 10 in the conference in receiving yards.
In his prior stint with the Golden Bears, Kiesau served as wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator. During those four seasons, Cal posted a 33-17 record, including four winning seasons and three bowl game victories.
In 2003, Kiesau's second with the Bears, Cal broke a school record with 278 receptions and posted the fourth-best passing yards average in school history with 264.6 yards per game.
Cal receiver Geoff McArthur earned second-team All-America and first-team All-pac-10 in 2003, when he was second in the nation with 115.7 receiving yards per game. McArthur set school records for receiving yards (1,504) and notched the second-best season in school history in terms of receptions (85). He finished his career in 2004 as Cal's all-time leader in career receptions and receiving yards.
In 2005, Kiesau mentored Cal receiver DeSean Jackson in his freshman season when the future NFL All-Pro set Cal freshman records for receptions and receiving yards.
In Kiesau's second season at Cal in 2003, the Bears broke a school record with 278 receptions and the passing game posted an average of 264.6 yards per game to rank fourth in school history.
Prior to returning to Berkeley for the 2011 season, Kiesau was the passing game coordinator and receivers coach at Colorado from 2006 to 2008 before being named offensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, working with quarterbacks each of those two years.
At Colorado, Kiesau developed walk-on receiver Scotty McKnight, who finished his career in 2010 as the school's all-time leader in receptions (219), yards (2,588) and receiving touchdowns (22).
Kiesau began his coaching career at Glendale (Calif.) Community College in 1998. His first Division I job came in 2000 at Utah State, where he was initially running backs coach before moving to receivers. He coached All-America running back Emmitt White, who led the nation in all-purpose yards in 2000, while at USU. In 2001, he coached receiver Kevin Curtis, the NCAA's leading receiver with 100 catches, to All-America honors.
In 1996, Kiesau earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Portland State, where he played quarterback, starting in 1995. He began his college playing career at Glendale CC, where he earned All-America honors in 1992.
A native of Pasadena, Calif., and a graduate of Glendale High in the Los Angeles area, he and his wife Wendy have two children.
