Nick Rolovich Nick Rolovich ( born February 16 , 1979 ) is an American football coach and former player . He is currently the offensive coordinator for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team . He was a quarterback with the Las Vegas Gladiators in the Arena Football League . He majored in economics at the University of Hawaii . He received master ' s degree at New Mexico Highlands University . High school years . Nick Rolovich attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield , California , and was a student and won varsity letter s in football and baseball . In football , he led his teams to two League Championships . College career . San Francisco City College . Rolovich was a two - time junior college All - American ( 1998 – 99 ) at San Francisco City College , where he led the Rams to a national championship in 1999 . University of Hawaii . Rolovich was a two - year letterman at the University of Hawaii at Manoa , where he replaced starter and eventual all - time NCAA career passing leader Timmy Chang early in the 2001 season , leading the Hawaii Warriors football team to an 8 - 1 record . During those nine games , Rolovich threw for 3 , 361 yards and 34 touchdowns on 233 - of - 405 passing . He ended his college career with three straight 500 - yard passing games . He also tossed school single - game records of 8 touchdowns and 543 yards in a 72 - 45 win over BYU on December 8 , 2001 . Those numbers helped him place tenth in the nation in pass efficiency ( 105 . 5 ) while breaking 19 school passing records and eight total offense records . Rolovich participated in and was named one of the two MVPs from the 2002 Hula Bowl college all - star game . Pro football career . Rolovich signed with the Denver Broncos on May 17 , 2002 after an impressive mini - camp . He rejoined the team in the following season before being allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe . In 2003 , Rolovich completed 87 - of - 149 passes while leading the Fire to World Bowl XI . He connected on 14 - of - 19 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown in their 35 - 16 loss to the Frankfurt Galaxy in the championship game . In 2004 and 2005 , Rolovich signed with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League where he served as Mark Grieb ’ s backup . He became the first San Jose QB other than Grieb to throw a pass in a game since the 2002 season . Rolovich signed with the Arizona Rattlers on October 31 , 2006 . Rolovich was released by both the Chicago Rush and Arizona Rattlers ( after injuring his shoulder on January 16 , 2006 in a non - contact scrimmage against Las Vegas , within a week he was waived ) in 2006 . In March 2007 , he moved on to Europe to play for the Dresden Monarchs in the German Football League . On April 10 , 2007 , Rolovich was signed by the Las Vegas Gladiators . Coaching career . While still playing in the AFL , Rolovich served as quarterback coach for his JC alma mater , the City College of San Francisco Rams for two years . Rolovich coached future quarterbacks Zak Lee and Jeremiah Masoli , who later went on to careers at Nebraska and Oregon , respectively . In 2008 , he retired from pro - football and joined the coaching staff of his other alma mater , the Hawaii Warriors , as a full - time quarterback coach . In 2010 , he was promoted to become Hawaii ' s offensive coordinator . In 2012 , he was hired by Nevada to be their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after not being retained by new Warriors head coach Norm Chow . Personal . Rolovich is married to Analea Donovan , his college sweetheart from Maui . They have two children , born in August 2007 and in May 2009 .