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· The Cleve Bryant File
Cleve Bryant, who has worked as a head coach, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in both college and the NFL, is in his 13th year as the associate athletics director for football operations at The University of Texas.
In that role, Bryant works extensively in handling and supervising all of the administrative operations and responsibilities of the football program. He oversees everything from team travel and event scheduling, to recruiting weekends, housing and gameday operations.
Bryant, a former Longhorns wide receivers coach, joined the UT staff in 1998 after serving as an assistant coach under Mack Brown at North Carolina from 1995-97. At Carolina, he directed the passing game and was the recruiting coordinator.
During his first stint at Texas (1992-94), Bryant was a top recruiter and tutored Longhorns wide receivers Mike Adams and Lovell Pinkney to record-setting seasons. Away from the field, he was involved in the Neighborhood Longhorns program and helped organize a charity fund-raising pancake breakfast at the UT spring game.
Following UT's victory against North Carolina in the 1994 Sun Bowl, Bryant joined Brown at UNC for his second stint with the Tar Heels.
In his three years there, North Carolina advanced to three consecutive bowl games and posted a 28-8 record.
A native of Canton, Ohio, Bryant was a star quarterback at Ohio University. He earned All-Mid-American Conference honors in 1967 and MAC Player of the Year accolades in 1968 while leading the Bobcats to back-to-back league titles. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the 1969 NFL Draft.
After college, he embarked on a brief career as a financial consultant but returned to athletics in the mid-1970s, coaching cross country, basketball and track & field at Glenoak High School (Canton, Ohio) in 1976.
He then became the quarterbacks and receivers coach at Miami (Ohio) under Dick Crum in 1977 and accompanied Crum to North Carolina to serve in the same capacity from 1978-81.
During his first stint at UNC, the Tar Heels won the 1980 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship and played in three bowl games, including the 1980 Bluebonnet Bowl against Texas.
Bryant went on to coach the New England Patriots running backs from 1982-84. During his three seasons in New England, the Patriots finished second in the NFL in rushing yards in 1982 and posted the third-best NFL rushing total in 1983. In fact, no other NFL team rushed for a higher two-year combined total than Bryant's New England running backs.
Following his work in the professional ranks, Bryant returned to his alma mater as head coach from 1984-90. He then served as wide receivers coach at Illinois under John Mackovic, whom he accompanied to UT in 1992.
Bryant was inducted into the Ohio University Hall of Fame in 1975 and the Citrus Bowl Hall of Fame (which in 1968 was the Tangerine Bowl) in 1988. He set a Tangerine Bowl record with five TDs (four pass/one rush) in 1968.
He and his wife, Jean, a life skills counselor at UT, have two sons, Rodney and Kyle. Rodney and his wife, Candyss, have a daughter, Jasmin.
THE CLEVE BRYANT FILE
Hometown: Canton, Ohio
High school: Glenwood (Canton, Ohio)
College: Ohio University (1969)
Wife: Jean
Children: Rodney, Kyle
Coaching Assignments
2000-present: Associate Athletics Director/Football Operations, Texas
1998-99: Assistant Athletics Director/Football Operations, Texas
1995-97: Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator, North Carolina
1992-94: Wide Receivers, Texas
1991-92: Wide Receivers, Illinois
1984-90: Head Coach, Ohio University
1982-84: Running Backs, New England (NFL)
1978-81: Quarterbacks/Receivers, North Carolina
1977: Quarterbacks/Receivers, Miami (Ohio)
College Bowl Experience
2010: Rose Bowl: BCS National Championship, Texas
2009: Fiesta Bowl, Texas
2007: Holiday Bowl, Texas
2006: Alamo Bowl, Texas
2006: Rose Bowl, Texas (National Champions)
2005: Rose Bowl, Texas
2003: Holiday Bowl, Texas
2003: Cotton Bowl, Texas
2001: Holiday Bowl, Texas
2000: Holiday Bowl, Texas
2000: Cotton Bowl, Texas
1999: Cotton Bowl, Texas
1998: Gator Bowl, North Carolina
1997: Gator Bowl, North Carolina
1995: Carquest Bowl, North Carolina
1994: Sun Bowl, Texas
1991: John Hancock Bowl, Illinois
1981: Gator Bowl, North Carolina
1980: Bluebonnet Bowl, North Carolina
1979: Gator Bowl, North Carolina
1968: Tangerine Bowl, Ohio (as a player)
