Jeff Garcia to interview for Rams QB coach job Thursday
By Jim Thomas
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/jeff-garcia-to-interview-for-rams-qb-coach-job-thursday/article_1aadc907-6925-547e-a882-86e0dd9325d3.html
Jeff Garcia, a four-time Pro Bowl quarterback during an NFL career that began in 1999 with San Francisco and ended in 2011 with Houston, will interview Thursday for the Rams’ quarterbacks coach job.
Garcia coached quarterbacks last season for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Since retiring from the game after the ’11 season, Garcia also has been a mentor and trainer for high school, college, and NFL quarterbacks at Jeff Garcia Football in San Diego.
In recent months, Garcia has let it be known that he was interested in working in the NFL, even lobbying for the Eagles’ quarterbacks coach job on Philadelphia radio last month.
Garcia, who turns 45 on Feb. 24, played in 125 NFL regular-season games over his career with 116 starts with Cleveland, Detroit, and Tampa Bay as well as the stints with the 49ers and Texans. Known as a fierce competitor, Garcia played in postseason games with Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Tampa Bay.
Prior to the NFL, he was a four-time CFL all-star and was named MVP of the Grey Cup in 1998 with the Calgary Stampeders. In 2010, as his career was winding down, he even played for the Omaha Nighthawks of the short-lived United Football League.
If hired, Garcia would take over the QB coach job held by Frank Cignetti the past three season. Cignetti is being promoted to offensive coordinator in a move that is expected to be officially announced by the team at the end of the week
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