Bob DeBesse Hometown: Boston, Mass. Position: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Experience: First Year Alma Mater: Southwest Texas State '82

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Helped lead Sam Houston State to 2011 FCS national championship game.
• Coached Taylor Stubblefield (Purdue) for two of Stubblefield record-breaking four seasons in which he had 316 career receptions. With DeBesse as his position coach in 2003-04, Stubblefield had 175 receptions for 1,930 yards and 19 TDs combined.
• Coached Tim Flanders to a Southland Conference-leading 1,644 yards and ranked No. 2 in the nation in total TDs with 24.

Bob DeBesse comes to New Mexico after a highly successful two-year stint as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State, which finished as national championship runner-up in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2011.

The Bearkats averaged 36.9 points per game in 2011. They had a 1,000-yard rusher in Tim Flanders (1,644 yards) and another one just shy of 1,000 yards in Richard Sincere (979 yards), as well as a 2,000-yard passer in quarterback Brian Bell (2,069 yards).

In his first season, DeBesse led the Kats to the top of the Southland Conference in rushing offense and had three players earn all-league honors. Running back Tim Flanders was named as the Southland's "Newcomer-of-the-Year."

DeBesse served as wide receivers coach at Texas A&M under former New Mexico coach Dennis Franchione from 2006-07. As wide receivers coach, DeBesse helped direct Texas A&M squads to the 2006 Holiday Bowl and the 2007 Alamo Bowl.

Purdue employed DeBesse as wide receivers coach from 2003-05, where he mentored current Lobo wide receiver coach Taylor Stubblefield. Stubblefield was a consensus All-America selection and Biletnikoff Award finalist (that goes annually to the nation's top WR) in 2004, setting a then-NCAA record with 316 receptions. In 2003, Boilermakers WR John Standeford set Big Ten records for receptions (broken by Stubblefield) and receiving yards with 3,788. Standeford signed as a free agent with the Indianapolis Colts. Stubblefield signed as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers, and he also played one season with the St. Louis Rams. Purdue played in the 2003 Capital One Bowl and the 2004 Sun Bowl.

Prior to his arrival at Purdue, DeBesse was the head coach at Southwest Texas State from 1997-2002. His 2000 team went 7-4, the best mark by the school in a decade, and had a No. 24 national ranking in the NCAA Division I-AA final poll.

DeBesse served as offensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota from 1992-96. His units led the Big Ten in passing offense in 1992, 1993 and 1996 and led the Big Ten in passing offense in conference games in 1994 and '95.

Before coming to Minnesota, DeBesse spent nine years (1983-91) at TCU, the last two years as offensive coordinator. From 1988-90, he coached alongside Rocky Long (former New Mexico quarterback who would become UNM's head coach from 1998-2008) and earned Southwest Conference Offensive Coordinator of the Year honors in 1990. As running backs coach, DeBesse helped the Horned Frogs earn an invitation to the Bluebonnet Bowl in 1984.

DeBesse was a three-year letterman at Southwest Texas State from 1978 to 1980. He was special teams captain and a Texas All-Academic team selection as a senior. His final two seasons came under head coach Jim Wacker, beginning a partnership that lasted nearly two decades from Southwest Texas to TCU to Minnesota. DeBesse spent two years as a student assistant for SWT teams that won NCAA Division II national championships in 1981 and 1982. He was elected to the Southwest Texas State Hall of Honor in 1998.

Growing up in Texas, Debesse earned a bachelor's degree in education from Southwest Texas State in 1982. He and his wife Janet, a former Southwest Texas gymnast and cheerleader, have three children: Brittney, Kaila and Cameron.

The DeBesse File

Hometown: Boston
Birthdate: Sept. 30, 1959
Family: wife Janet; daughters Brittany, Kaila, Cameron
Education: B.S., education - Southwest Texas State '82
Playing Experience: Southwest Texas State 1978-80

Coaching Experience:
2010-11 Sam Houston State (offensive coordinator)
2008-09 A&M Consolidated High School (assistant coach)
2006-07 Texas A&M (wide receivers)
2003-05 Purdue (wide receivers)
1997-2002 Southwest Texas State (head coach)
1992-96 Minnesota (offensive coordinator)
1990-91 TCU (offensive coordinator)
1983-89 TCU (running backs/quarterbacks)
1981-82 Southwest Texas State (student assistant)

Postseason: 2011 FCS Championship; 2007 Alamo Bowl, 2006 Holiday Bowl, 2004 Sun Bowl, 2003 Capital One Bowl, 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl

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