Ted Gilmore facts for kids

Theodore I. Gilmore (born March 21, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the tight ends coach at Michigan State University. While Gilmore coached tight ends at the University of Kansas in 2000, he mostly coached wide receivers. He coached this position at seven different schools and with the Oakland Raiders in the NFL.

Early Life and School

Ted Gilmore was born in Wichita, Kansas on March 21, 1967. He went to Wichita South High School. There, he played football, basketball, and ran track.

Playing Football in College

Gilmore started his college football career in 1986. He played as a Wide receiver at Butler Community College. After two years, he moved to the University of Wyoming. In his senior year, he was named second-team All-Western Athletic Conference. He finished his bachelor's degree in Sociology at Wyoming in 1991.

Coaching Career Highlights

Ted Gilmore began coaching in 1994 at his old school, Wyoming. He started as a graduate assistant under coach Joe Tiller. He helped coach the tight ends and wide receivers. One of his players was Marcus Harris, who won the Biletnikoff Award. In 1997, Gilmore became the wide receivers coach at Wyoming for two more years.

Coaching at Different Universities

In 1999, Gilmore coached tight ends at the University of Kansas. The next year, he coached wide receivers at the University of Houston. In 2001, he joined coach Tiller again at Purdue University. There, he coached wide receivers like Taylor Stubblefield and John Standeford. These players set records for catches in college football.

In 2003, Gilmore became the wide receivers coach at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He worked with Shawn Watson, who he would later work with at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. At Colorado, he coached D. J. Hackett, who later played for the Seattle Seahawks. Hackett set a school record with 78 catches in his senior year.

Time at Nebraska

Gilmore joined the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2005. He was hired by head coach Bill Callahan. He coached wide receivers and helped with recruiting new players. Under his coaching, Terrance Nunn and Maurice Purify became top receivers at Nebraska. In 2007, Nebraska's passing offense was ranked 8th nationally. After the 2007 season, new head coach Bo Pelini kept Gilmore on staff. He was also promoted to assistant head coach.

Moving to USC and the NFL

After the 2010 season, Gilmore's contract with Nebraska was not renewed. On February 24, 2011, he became the wide receivers coach at the University of Southern California (USC). In 2011, FootballScoop named Gilmore the Wide Receivers Coach of the Year.

In February 2012, Gilmore was hired by Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen. He coached wide receivers for the Raiders until 2014. After that, he coached at Wisconsin and then Michigan State.