Greg Olson
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Gregory Alan Olson (born March 1, 1963) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
He has been an offensive coordinator for five different National Football League (NFL) teams, the Detroit Lions from 2004 to 2005, the St. Louis Rams from 2006 to 2007, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2008 to 2011, the Oakland Raiders from 2013 to 2014, and the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2015 to 2016.
During 2017, Olson served as the Los Angeles Rams quarterbacks coach replacing Chris Weinke.
In 2018, Olson returned to Oakland to be their offensive coordinator, reuniting him with former mentee quarterback Derek Carr.
Personal life
Olson is a 1981 graduate of Richland High School. At Richland, he lettered in football, baseball and wrestling. In football, he earned all-conference honors at quarterback and linebacker.
He played two seasons at Spokane Falls, earning all-conference quarterback honors in 1982, prior to transferring to Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. He earned a BA degree from CWU in 1986 and a MS in physical education from Washington State in 1990.
Coaching career
Olson was offensive coordinator and quarterback at Central Washington University from 1990 to 1993, where he coached quarterback Jon Kitna, who later played sixteen seasons in the NFL. Olson coached the wrestling team while at Central College. He was a graduate assistant at Washington State University for three years before joining the CWU coaching staff; he coached the defensive backs for a season and was the linebacker coach for two years. In 1986, he taught running backs at Spokane Falls Community College.
Olson coached quarterbacks at the University of Idaho for three seasons before moving to Purdue University in July 1997.
Olson played a significant role in the recruitment of future Pro Bowler and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Drew Brees, a Miami native. Brees was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1999 and 2000 when the Boilermakers claimed the Big Ten championship and met Washington in the Rose Bowl under Chaney and Olson.
Olson spent time as the Detroit Lions' quarterbacks coach, where he worked with Joey Harrington. Following Steve Mariucci's dismissal and Ted Tollner's dismissal during the 2005 season, he served as the Lions offensive coordinator.
He was the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams from 2006-2007. He played for the Rams for his first year in 2006, leading a high-powered offense (360.4 yards per game) and a passing offense that ranked third (247.6) in the NFC. The Rams were just the fourth team in NFL history to feature a 4,000 yard passer (Marc Bulger), a 1,500 yard rusher (Steven Jackson), and two 1,000 yard receivers (Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce). Bulger, Holt, and Bruce were among those selected to play in Pro Bowls. Bulger also set career highs in passing yards (4,301), passing touchdowns (24), and scoring attempts (568) while ranking second in the NFL in interception percentage (1.4%). Jackson completed his career in 2006 with a career-year as the NFL's top rushing yards with 1,528.
Following Paul Hackett's dismissal of Olson, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had him as their quarterbacks coach in January 2008. The Buccaneers announced on September 3, 2009, the day before the team's final preseason game, Jeff Jagodzinski would be named as Offensive Coordinator. QB Josh Freeman was the 17th overall pick in the 2009 draft, according to Olson. Freeman threw for 8,898 yards and 51 touchdowns in his first three seasons as a starter under Olson's tutee. With a 62.8 completion percentage and 13th with 3,592 passing yards in 2011, Freeman ranked eighth in the NFL with a 62.8 completion percentage and 13th in 2013. In Olson's second season as the Buccaneers' offensive coordinator, he finished fourth in the NFL with a 95.9 passer rating, throwing for 3,451 yards, 25 touchdowns, and only six interceptions. Olson was instrumental in the Buccaneers' best offensive seasons in franchise history, establishing franchise records for yards per play (5.61), average per pass play (7.21), and fewest interceptions ever throw (76.2). In a single season in team history, the Buccaneers also finished with the fourth-most points (341), third-most yards in total offense (5,362), and second-best third down percentage (42.2%).
In 2010, the Buccaneers were the youngest team in the NFL, and WR Mike Williams, a fourth-round draft pick, finished the year as the top rookie receivers in every major league division while still posing a single-season record with 11 touchdown receptions. RB LeGarrette Blount led all rookie running backs, with his second undrafted rookie running back finish at over 1,000 yards. It was the first time since 1968 that a team had two different rookies lead all rookies in rushing and receiving yards. After his team's record of 4–12 was broken on January 2, 2012, he was fired on January 2, 2012.
Olson was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as Assistant Head coach/quarterbacks coach in January 2012.
Olson was hired as the Oakland offensive coordinator in January 2013, taking over for Greg Knapp, who was recently fired Greg Knapp.
Olson was fired as the Oakland Raiders' offensive coordinator in 2014.
Olson was hired on January 21, 2015, to be the Jacksonville Jaguars' offensive coordinator.
Following a loss to the Tennessee Titans on October 29, 2016, Olson was suspended from Jaguars.
The Los Angeles Times announced that Olson would be hired by the Los Angeles Rams to serve as the quarterbacks coach under head coach Sean McVay on January 18, 2017.
Following the Rams' exclusion from the playoffs, Olson rejoined the Oakland Raiders as their offensive coordinator under new head coach Jon Gruden in January 2018. Since testing positive for COVID-19, Olson missed the team's week 15 game against the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020. Olson continued to teach under Gruden and later interim head coach Rich Bisaccia, but was not retained under new head coach Josh McDaniels.
Olson resurfaced as the offensive assistant under head coach Sean McVay in February 2022.