Greg Frey - Football Coach - Indiana University Athletics

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Greg Frey

Title:
Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
Email:
football@indiana.edu
Phone:
855-9618

• Greg Frey, a 2015 Broyles Award nominee, is in his sixth season as Indiana’s offensive line coach. He added the role of assistant head coach this year after two seasons as co-offensive coordinator and two as run game coordinator.

• Right guard Dan Feeney and left tackle Jason Spriggs, the school’s first Outland Trophy semifinalist, became the fifth and sixth first team All-American offensive linemen in program history last season.

• The duo became the first offensive line tandem to secure first team honors in the same season in school history and just the sixth pair of teammates to accomplish the feat.

• Spriggs was selected by Green Bay in the second round (48th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft. He became the highest Hoosiers pick since fellow offensive tackle Rodger Saffold (33rd) in 2010.

• Twenty of Frey’s charges have reached the NFL, including five from IU - Spriggs, Andrew McDonald, Will Matte, Collin Rahrig and Jake Reed.

• Coached 19 all-conference honorees in his career, including Spriggs (2012-15), Feeney (2012, 2014-15), Matte (2012) and Rahrig (2013-14) at Indiana.

• Wes Martin, a 2015 freshman All-American, also received freshman All-Big Ten accolades, joining Jacob Bailey (2013), Wes Rogers (2013), Spriggs (2012), Feeney (2012) and Bernard Taylor (2011).

• The 2015 Hoosiers became the fourth team in FBS history with a 3,500-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and one 1,000-yard receiver in the same year.

• Indiana led the Big Ten in total offense, scoring offense and passing offense, the first team since Ohio State in 1995 to do so. The offensive line allowed 13 sacks, tied for the seventh-fewest nationally.

• Over the past four years, IU is first in the Big Ten in passing yardage, second in total yardage, and fourth in rushing yardage per game. The Hoosiers are the only conference team to rank in the top four in passing, rushing and total offense.

• During the same span, Indiana is one of two programs (Georgia Tech) in the country to rank in the top 25 in sacks allowed and rushing yards per carry.

• Set a program single-season record with 3,163 rushing yards and averaged 263.6 rushing yards per game (9th nationally, 3rd in the Big Ten) in 2014. Tevin Coleman became the 18th player in FBS history to rush for 2,000 yards (2,036), which set a school record, is 16th on the FBS all-time list and sixth in B1G history.

• IU led the Big Ten in passing (17th nationally), finished second in scoring (16th) and total offense (T-9th), and fourth in rushing (30th) in 2013. Indiana was one of six teams in the nation to rank in the top 30 in each category. The Hoosiers averaged over 300 passing yards and 200 rushing yards in the same season for the first time in school history.

• Spriggs and Feeney collected freshman All-America honors after starting all 12 games in 2012, an IU true freshman record for an offensive lineman.

• Mentored five 2012 All-Big Ten honorees, including Spriggs, Matte, Feeney, and Michigan’s Patrick Omameh and Taylor Lewan, who was named the Big Ten’s Offensive Lineman of the Year and selected 11th overall by Tennessee in the 2014 NFL Draft.

• From 2008-10, Frey coached the offensive line at the University of Michigan and helped rebuild its offense into a national power. The Wolverines racked up a school record and Big Ten-leading 6,353 offensive yards (488.7 per game) in 2010.

• David Molk, a seventh round 2012 NFL draft pick by San Diego, garnered 2010 first team All-Big Ten accolades and won the Rimington Trophy, presented to the nation’s most outstanding center.

• Michigan had one of the nation’s most balanced offenses in 2010, finishing second in the league with 250.2 passing yards per game and third with 238.5 rushing yards per game. The Wolverines ranked eighth nationally in total offense and 13th in rushing offense.

• Arrived in Ann Arbor after spending 2007 mentoring the offensive line at West Virginia University. Left tackle Ryan Stanchek was a first team Football Writers Association of America and second team Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American. First team guard Greg Isdaner became Frey’s fifth All-BIG EAST player and center Mike Dent earned second team All-BIG EAST recognition.

• West Virginia ranked third in the country averaging 297.2 rushing yards per game. The Mountaineers were also fifth in sacks allowed per game (1.0), ninth in scoring offense (39.6) and 15th in total yards per game (456.2).

• The 2007 BIG EAST?co-champions earned a 48-28 victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl and finished the year ranked No. 6 in both national polls.

• Tutored offensive tackle Kenyatta Jones, who became South Florida’s first professional draft pick when New England selected him in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL?Draft. In addition to Jones, Levi Newton and Frank Davis both signed free agent contracts with Indianapolis and Detroit, respectively.

• Three-year letterman on Florida State University’s offensive line was a member of Bobby Bowden’s national championship team in 1993, defeating Nebraska in the 1994 Orange Bowl. He gained bowl victories in the 1992 Cotton Bowl, the 1995 Sugar Bowl and three Orange Bowls (1993, 1994 and 1996).

• Frey, a 1996 FSU graduate, was a part of four straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship teams (1992-95) and the team compiled a 31-1 league mark during his playing career. FSU posted a four-year record of 43-5-1 with four consecutive top four finishes in the national polls.

• A Clearwater High School graduate, Super Prep rated Frey the top offensive lineman in the country. He also went on to earn Parade All-America status.

• Greg’s wife, Andrea, is an IU alumna with a bachelor of science in kinesiology. They reside in Bloomington with sons Cameron (16) and Drew (15), while son Alex (20) attends college in California.