Fresno State to induct former head coach, quarterback into Ring of Honor

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Jeff Tedford, the erstwhile Bulldog backmost and caput shot coach, volition beryllium inducted into the Fresno State Football Ring of Honor adjacent month.

Tedford volition go the 3rd caput manager and the 13th wide subordinate of the Ring of Honor.

Tedford volition beryllium the archetypal inductee to spell successful arsenic a subordinate and a manager astatine Fresno State.

Over 2 caput coaching stints successful 5 years astatine Fresno State, helium amassed a 45-22 wide grounds and 4 vessel wins. He besides had 3 10‑win seasons successful those 5 years, and won 3 West Division titles, 2 Mountain West titles, with the Bulldogs finishing successful the top-25 of the AP canvass doubly during his tenure.

Also during his clip arsenic caput manager of the Bulldogs, helium developed 4 NFL draught picks, 1 Mountain West Player of the Year and respective all-conference selections.

Before getting into coaching, Tedford, a Downey native, was a record-setting backmost astatine Fresno State, who Jim Sweeney recruited retired of Cerritos Junior College.

During his days arsenic a Bulldog player, helium established respective schoolhouse passing records, including vocation marks for passing yardage (4,872) and touchdown passes (35), portion earning honorable notation All-America announcement successful 1982, erstwhile helium acceptable single-season Fresno State standards for passing yardage (2,993) and TD passes (24).

He besides spent clip arsenic a Fresno State adjunct coach. He was hired by Sweeney to beryllium the Bulldog quarterbacks manager successful 1992, and past served arsenic violative coordinator from 1993-97, earlier going connected to occurrence astatine Oregon arsenic an violative coordinator, and astatine Cal arsenic a caput coach. His enactment arsenic a Bulldog adjunct helped nurture aboriginal NFL quarterbacks Trent Dilfer and Billy Volek.

He volition beryllium officially inducted into the Ring of Honor during halftime of the Oct. 25 homecoming crippled against San Diego State.