Bart Andrus Bart Andrus ( born March 30 , 1958 ) is an American professional football coach and former collegiate player . He is currently the head coach for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League ( UFL ) , a position he has held since August 2012 . He served as the head coach for the Amsterdam Admirals of the NFL Europe League ( NFLEL ) from 2001 to 2007 , and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) in 2009 , compiling a career record of 38 wins and 52 losses . Andrus also was the head football coach at Rocky Mountain College in 1996 , posting a mark of 6 – 4 . Early life and playing career . Andrus was born in Logan , Utah and grew up in Sepulveda , California ( now called North Hills ) , a community in the San Fernando Valley of the city of Los Angeles . While attending Monroe High School , he played quarterback on the football team , earning first - team All - Mid - Valley League honors his senior year in 1975 . Following graduation , Andrus played two years of junior college football . He originally enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College in 1976 , before transferring to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita , California the next year . In 1978 , Andrus moved on to Oregon State University in Corvallis . After not seeing any playing time with the Beavers that year , he transferred to the University of Montana . During his first season in Missoula , he played in a backup role , completing three of 16 passes for 18 yards while also rushing 14 times for 83 yards . As a senior in 1980 , Andrus shared starting quarterback duties with future Detroit Lions head coach Marty Mornhinweg . He completed 69 of 118 attempts for 688 yards and also punted 61 times for an 40 . 0 - yard average . At the conclusion of the season , Andrus was selected to the Big Sky Conference All - Academic team . Coaching career . One of Andrus ' earliest experiences with coaching was when he served for three years as head coach at St . Patrick High School in Vallejo , California . After this , in 1984 , he went to work as graduate assistant at Brigham Young University , followed by serving as offensive coordinator at three different schools : Humboldt State ( 1986 – 1989 ) , Montana State ( 1990 – 1991 ) and Southern Utah University ( 1993 – 1995 ) . After this Andrus continued his coaching career ( which has extended to nearly three decades as of 2012 ) and advanced to head coaching at the collegiate level when he served as head coach at Rocky Mountain College for one season in 1996 . For this he received the 1996 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) Coach of the Year Award because of his efforts in restructuring a struggling program that had not managed to win a game in four years . With Andrus at the helm , Rocky Mountain ended the season at 6 – 4 with their offense ranking first in the nation . Andrus moved on to spend three seasons in the NFL with the Tennessee Oilers as an offensive assistant from 1997 – 1998 and as the quarterbacks coach ( tutoring NFL star Steve McNair ) in 1999 when the team had been renamed the Tennessee Titans . He was a member of the Titans ' coaching staff during Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 NFL season . In the new millennium , Andrus moved his career to Europe , when he took the position as offensive coordinator for the NFL Europe team Rhein Fire , located in Düsseldorf , Germany . Here he won his first World Bowl ring with his new team . The Fire ' s offense topped the league in total yards gained and total points scored that year with Andrus as offensive coordinator . One year later , Bart Andrus switched to the NFLE team the Amsterdam Admirals when the position of head coach became available there . During this year Andrus lead the Admirals to a 4 – 6 season , missing out on clinching a berth in World Bowl IX with a loss in week 10 ( the final week ) . Three years later , in 2004 , Andrus guided the Admirals to their first non - losing season since 1998 by establishing a 5 – 5 record . Probably due to his own history as quarterback and later on as quarterback coach , Andrus traditionally provided the Admirals with strong offensive teams . This is shown by the fact that the Admirals ranked number one in total offense in 2005 , averaging 357 . 4 yards per game . After posting a 6 – 4 mark that year and leading his team to victory for the first time in World Bowl XIII against the three - time World Bowl champion Berlin Thunder , he was named NFL Europe Coach of the Year and earned his second World Bowl ring . While guiding the Admirals to a league - best 7 – 3 regular season record in 2006 , Andrus was once again coaching one of NFL Europe ' s most potent offenses , with his men averaging 332 . 3 yards per game . However , his team did not manage to deliver him his third World Bowl ring after he lost his starting quarterback . On January 20 , 2006 , the Atlanta Falcons interviewed Andrus for their vacancy at quarterback coach but Andrus continued as head coach for the Admirals in 2006 . Georgia Tech also interviewed Andrus in 2007 but he decided to stay with the Admirals another season , which was to prove to be the final season of NFL Europe . On July 27 , 2008 , the Tennessee Titans again added Bart Andrus to their coaching staff as an offensive assistant coach . On January 16 , 2009 , the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League announced that Andrus had been hired as head coach . He was the 53rd head coach in the team ' s 136 - year history and this was his first experience in Canadian football . In his sole season as the Argonauts head coach , the team finished last in the CFL with a 3 – 15 record . On December 14 , 2009 , it was announced that the Toronto Argonauts fired Andrus as head coach . On January 18 , 2011 Andrus was announced as the new offensive coordinator for the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL , serving under Joe Moglia , former president and CEO of the financial firm holding the team ' s home field ' s naming rights , TD Ameritrade . After the 2011 season Moglia and several other members of his staff , but not Andrus , departed the UFL for the collegiate ranks at Coastal Carolina , which named Moglia its new head coach . On August 9 , 2012 Andrus was officially announced as the new head coach of the Nighthawks . Personal . Andrus and his wife Karen have two children , daughter Brooke , and son Travis .