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Larry Seiple Exits with Class
12/10/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 10, 2004
Larry Seiple joined Florida Atlantic University's football staff just before the program's first signing day. As the first senior class parades through the graduation procession, Seiple will walk the halls of the Tom Oxley Center for the final time as the team's offensive coordinator, after announcing his retirement on Wednesday.
During his FAU tenure, Seiple led the Owl quarterbacks to a No. 2 national rating in 2003, the year FAU advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA semifinals and finished No. 4 with an 11-3 record.
In 2004, he saw those same freshmen, then seniors help upend Hawaii 35-28 in overtime, in the first game of the program's transitional year into the highest level of collegiate competition. Jared Allen also ended his FAU career with a 25-19 record and a No. 19 ranking in passing efficiency at 143.8. The FAU offense finished the regular season with an average of 393.4 total yards which would rank the Owls No. 41.
"I was real excited when he became available after his 19 years in the National Football League," said coach Howard Schnellenberger. "He worked with the same system under Don Shula when he was with the Dolphins that I had used with Miami and Louisville. He was the perfect coordinator to develop our young program. I will be indebted to him for the great work he has done. We wish him the very best in whatever his future holds. Trudy has been a great coach's wife and we thank her for allowing Larry to do it one more time and at Florida Atlantic."
The Seiple File
2000 Joined FAU's staff along with the first signees
1998-99 Miami Dolphins (Assistant Coach/Quarterbacks)
1988-97 Miami Dolphins (Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers)
1985-86 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Assistant Coach/Receivers)
1980-84 Detroit Lions
Playing Career Played 11 seasons with the Miami Dolphins (1967-77)...7th round draft pick...played in 149 regular season games for Miami (11th most in team history) as a punter, tight end, wide receiver and running back...finished his career with 72 receptions for 935 yards (13.0 average) and seven touchdowns...best season was in 1969 when he led the dolphins in receiving with 41 catches for 577 yards (14.1 average) and five touchdowns...also had 16 carries for 159 yards in his career...a member of both Miami Super Bowl Championship teams, including the 1972 club, which went 17-0, the only team in the NFL history to go undefeated...holds the Dolphins record for most career punts (633) and his career punting average (40.0 yards) is fourth-best in team history...most memorable exploit as a Dolphin came against Pittsburgh in the 1972 AFC Championship game when his 37-yard run on a fake punt set up Miami's first touchdown in a 27-17 victory...collegiately Seiple played for the University of Kentucky.
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