Information on Sac State's Coach

Note from Blog Moderator: As most of you know, Tedford and Mooshagian (Sac State's head coach) worked together at Fresno State. (I believe Mooshagian was Tedford's boss.) Those hoping for a repeat of the 80+ point games against UOP might be in for a disappointment; I don't think Tedford would do that against anyone, but especially against what appears to be a buddy of his. Here is a bio from Sac State's website - note that his son is on the team:

Now in his third year as the head coach at Sacramento State, Steve Mooshagian has the Hornets primed to make the move into the upperlevel of the Big Sky Conference. With two years of experience, Mooshagian also has the benefit of his first recruiting class now serving as upper classmen. Mooshagian, who became the eighth head coach in school history on Jan. 15, 2003, enters the 2005 season following his strongest recruiting class. He has also made additional changes to the coaching staff, allowing himself to play a greater role in the offense. In his two previous seasons, Mooshagian played a direct role in the development of All-America wide receiver Fred Amey. Mooshagian coached the receivers both seasons, including last year when Amey caught a school-record 72 passes and was named first team all-Big Sky for the third-straight season.
The 2004 season also saw three of Mooshagian’s recruits named to the Freshman All-America team. Free safety Brett Shelton earned first team honors while running back Ryan Mole and strong safety Brent Webber were named honorable mention. In addition, defensive end Jacob Houston, linebacker Jimmy Ellingson and Shelton — all of whom were recruited by Mooshagian — were each named to the all-Big Sky second team. Mole, Webber, offensive lineman Chris Samuels and cornerback Brandon Smith, who were all newcomers last year, were named honorable mention. During his first season as a Div. I-AA head coach in 2003, Mooshagian’s high-powered offense was on full display during the first four weeks of the season. After a season-opening loss at Div. IA
Oregon State, the Hornets returned home and scored 69 points in a victory over Saint Mary’s. Two weeks later, quarterback Ryan Leadingham was named the Div. I-AA National Offensive Player of the Week after leading Sacramento State to a 47-21 win over 12th-ranked Idaho State. In that game, Leadingham threw for a school-record six touchdowns and 362 yards. As a team, the Hornets amassed 641 yards of total offense against the Bengals. The offensive output, however, was halted one game later when Leadingham was lost for the season with a broken arm. A native Californian, Mooshagian has coached at the high school, junior college, college and professional
levels. He most recently served as the wide receivers coach with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1999-2002. In 2002, he guided the only receiving corps in the NFL to have four players with at least 40 catches. With the Bengals, he coached some of
the best young receivers in the league, including all-pro Chad Johnson, Peter Warrick, Darnay Scott, Carl Pickens, Michael Westbrook, Danny Farmer
and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Prior to working with the Bengals, Mooshagian was the offensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh for two years (1997-98). At
Pitt, he also coached the receivers and his unit produced the top receiver in the Big East Conference both years. In his first season with the Panthers, Mooshagian helped guide the team to a 6-6 record while working under head coach Walt Harris. That season, Pitt recorded wins over nationally ranked Miami, Virginia Tech and West Virginia and also earned a bid to the AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl.Mooshagian came to Pittsburgh from Nevada where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach during the 1996 season. That year, the Wolf Pack led the nation with an average of 527.3 yards of total offense and posted a 9-3 overall record while winning the Big
West Conference title and the Las Vegas Bowl. In just 11 games, Nevada scored a school-record 497 points. Before moving to Nevada, Mooshagian spent 11 years as a coach in Fresno, Calif. In 1995, he was the head coach at Fresno City College
where he guided the Rams to a 5-5 overall record. Prior to that job, he had a 10-year stint as an assistant coach at Fresno State (1985-94). With the Bulldogs, Mooshagian served as receivers coach as well as recruiting coordinator for five years. During his tenure, eight Fresno State receivers were drafted by the NFL and six players he recruited or coached went on to start in a Super Bowl — Stephen Baker (New York Giants), James Williams (Buffalo), Ron Cox (Green Bay), Trent Dilfer (Baltimore), Lorenzo Neal (San Diego) and Omar Stoutmire (New York Giants). He was also part of the Fresno State staff which won six conference titles while competing in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, the Big West Conference and the Western Athletic Conference. The first conference title came in Mooshagian’s first year (1985) when the Bulldogs won the PCAA and defeated Bowling Green in the California Bowl. The team added two more California Bowl titles in 1998 and 1989. The first came against Western Michigan while Ball State was defeated the following year.
Fresno State tied for the Big West title in 1990 but was defeated by Bowling Green in the California Bowl. The following season, the Bulldogs made a smooth transition to the Western Athletic Conference, tying for the league title before shocking USC, 24-7, in the Freedom Bowl. The team, once again, shared the WAC title in 1993 and earned a bid to the Alaho Bowl where it fell against Colorado. During Mooshagian’s 10 years at Fresno State, the team had nine winning seasons, had 25 players drafted into the NFL (including two in the first round), and saw 77 players earn first team all-league honors. Mooshagian played two seasons at Fresno State after transferring
from Cerritos Junior College. As a player, Mooshagian teamed with future NFLers Henry Ellard and Stephone Paige to form one of the best receiving units in college football.
Following his playing career at Fresno State (1980-81), he signed as a free-agent wide receiver with the Los Angeles Express of the USFL (1983). He then spent two years coaching at the high school level before joining the Bulldog staff.
While at Fresno State, Mooshagian worked under head coach Jim Sweeney. He also served with current Cal head coach Jeff Tedford, current Fresno State head coach Pat Hill and Washington State special teams coordinator Kelly Skipper.
Mooshagian graduated from Fresno State with a degree in physical education (1982) and later added a master’s degree. He and his wife, Rene, have three children — daughters Janaye, 21, Danielle, 17, and son Bobby, 19. His son is currently a freshman with the Hornets in 2005 and will wear the same number (3) that his father wore at Fresno State.