Eman Naghavi (born May 11, 1987) is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Houston Cougars.

Eman Naghavi
Current position
TitleOffensive line coach
TeamHouston
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Born (1987-05-11) May 11, 1987 (age 37)
Katy, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
2005–2008McNeese State
Position(s)Offensive line
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2012McNeese State (OL/TE)
2013–2014Texas (off. quality control)
2015–2016McNeese State (OL)
2017–2019Louisiana–Monroe (OL)
2020Louisiana–Monroe (OC)
2021Georgia State (OL)
2022Tulane (OL)
2023Houston (OC/OL)
2024–presentHouston (OL)

Playing career

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Naghavi played four years at McNeese State. In those four years he started in 36 games, racking up lots of honors being named First-team All-Southland three times, and being named an FCS All-American in 2008.[1][2]

Coaching career

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Naghavi started his coaching career at McNeese State as their offensive line and tight ends coach.[3] From there he would become an offensive quality control coach for the Texas Longhorns for two seasons.[3] He would then return to McNeese State as their offensive line coach, where he would stay for two seasons.[4] Then he would get his first FBS offensive line coaching position at Louisiana–Monroe in 2017, a position he would hold until 2019.[5] Then in 2020 he was promoted to be the offensive coordinator for Louisiana-Monroe.[6] However, after just one season as the offensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe, he left for the Georgia State Panthers to become their offensive line coach.[7] After one season with the panthers he would leave for the offensive line coaching position at Tulane.[8] In his one season at Tulane he helped lead them to a Cotton Bowl win against USC.[9] He would then be hired by the Houston Cougars to be their co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "EMAN NAGHAVI". McNeese Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Connors Selected To Associated Press FCS All-America Team". Lions Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "EMAN NAGHAVI". Houston Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "EMAN NAGHAVI NAMED NEW OFFENSIVE LINE COACH". McNeese Athletics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  5. ^ Hunsucker, Adam. "Under new management: Naghavi putting stamp on ULM o-line". News Star. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  6. ^ Hunsucker, Adam. "ULM promotes Naghavi to OC, Viator to call plays". News Star. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. ^ Barnett, Zach. "Georgia State hires former Sun Belt offensive coordinator as O-line coach". Football Scoop. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  8. ^ Vanglider, Lenny. "Reports: Tulane shuffling football staff again after two departures". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  9. ^ Kuchar, Mike. "How Tulane football rebooted its offense in turnaround from 2-10 to Cotton Bowl". The Athletic. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Houston names Eman Naghavi co-offensive coordinator/OL coach". Head Topics. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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