Tucker Promotes Chiaverini To Assistant Head Coach
July 24, 2019 | Football
Just the 13th To Hold The Title In CU History
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 24) — University of Colorado head football coach Mel Tucker announced today at the annual Pac-12 Media Day that he has named receivers coach Darrin Chiaverini as assistant head coach.
Chiaverini, 41, is in his fourth year on the CU staff, as he returned to his alma mater as co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach in 2016 under then-head coach Mike MacIntyre. When MacIntyre was relieved of his duties last November and Tucker hired on December 5, Chiaverini was one of three assistant coaches that Tucker retained on his first Colorado staff, keeping him on as receivers coach.
"Darrin has done a really good job recruiting; he's relentless," Tucker said. "He has a really good feel for the University of Colorado and its history. And he's really stepped up and has been really helpful in our effort to create the football culture that we want to have here."
His receiving corps in Boulder have enjoyed the three most productive seasons in school history, as they have combined for 653 receptions for 8,208 yards and 49 touchdowns. The group has included Bryce Bobo, Shay Fields, Jay MacIntyre, Devin Ross and Juwann Winfree, and most recently, CU junior All-America candidate Laviska Shenault and All-Pac-12 candidate K.D. Nixon. And his accomplishments as a recruiter have been recognized nationally, as Rivals.com named him one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation for 2018.
"It's a huge honor for me," Chiaverini said. "I have a ton of respect for Coach Tuck and what he's done for me, giving me the opportunity to stay at Colorado – it shows that he really believes in me. I'm looking forward to helping him build the Colorado program back to among the elite in college football."
Chiaverini joins a short but prestigious list of those who have held the title of assistant head coach. Serving previously in the role were John Mason (1931-36, for Bunnie Oakes); John Polonchek (1959-61, for Sonny Grandelius); Rudy Feldman (1963-67, for Eddie Crowder); Jerry Claiborne (1971, for Crowder); Doug Dickey (1979, for Chuck Fairbanks); Ron Dickerson (1982-84; for Bill McCartney); Lou Tepper (1986-87, for McCartney); Bob Simmons (1993-94, for McCartney); Chris Strausser (2006, for Dan Hawkins); Jeff Grimes (2007-08, for Hawkins); Brian Cabral (2009-10, for Hawkins); Rip Scherer (2011-12, for Jon Embree);
Chiaverini, 41, is in his fourth year on the CU staff, as he returned to his alma mater as co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach in 2016 under then-head coach Mike MacIntyre. When MacIntyre was relieved of his duties last November and Tucker hired on December 5, Chiaverini was one of three assistant coaches that Tucker retained on his first Colorado staff, keeping him on as receivers coach.
"Darrin has done a really good job recruiting; he's relentless," Tucker said. "He has a really good feel for the University of Colorado and its history. And he's really stepped up and has been really helpful in our effort to create the football culture that we want to have here."
His receiving corps in Boulder have enjoyed the three most productive seasons in school history, as they have combined for 653 receptions for 8,208 yards and 49 touchdowns. The group has included Bryce Bobo, Shay Fields, Jay MacIntyre, Devin Ross and Juwann Winfree, and most recently, CU junior All-America candidate Laviska Shenault and All-Pac-12 candidate K.D. Nixon. And his accomplishments as a recruiter have been recognized nationally, as Rivals.com named him one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation for 2018.
"It's a huge honor for me," Chiaverini said. "I have a ton of respect for Coach Tuck and what he's done for me, giving me the opportunity to stay at Colorado – it shows that he really believes in me. I'm looking forward to helping him build the Colorado program back to among the elite in college football."
Chiaverini joins a short but prestigious list of those who have held the title of assistant head coach. Serving previously in the role were John Mason (1931-36, for Bunnie Oakes); John Polonchek (1959-61, for Sonny Grandelius); Rudy Feldman (1963-67, for Eddie Crowder); Jerry Claiborne (1971, for Crowder); Doug Dickey (1979, for Chuck Fairbanks); Ron Dickerson (1982-84; for Bill McCartney); Lou Tepper (1986-87, for McCartney); Bob Simmons (1993-94, for McCartney); Chris Strausser (2006, for Dan Hawkins); Jeff Grimes (2007-08, for Hawkins); Brian Cabral (2009-10, for Hawkins); Rip Scherer (2011-12, for Jon Embree);
- Chiaverini, a native of Orange, Calif., graduated from Corona High School where he was a USA Today honorable mention All-American receiver. During his collegiate career at CU, he caught 97 passes for 1,199 yards and six touchdowns, playing for the coach who recruiting him, Rick Neuheisel. He went on to play four seasons in the NFL with Cleveland, the team that drafted him, Dallas and Atlanta.
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