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Todd Berry was named to the University of Miami football coaching staff on January 13, 2006. Berry, 45, coaches the UM quarterbacks, including Kyle Wright, who led the ACC in touchdown passes in 2005, his first year as a starter.
Berry came to UM from Louisiana-Monroe, where he was the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the last two years. He has also been the head coach at Illinois State and Army.
Berry was a quarterback at Tulsa in 1979-80 when Larry Coker was the offensive coordinator. In hiring his protege, Coker cited Berry's teaching skills and belief in an attacking, explosive style of offense.
At Louisiana-Monroe in 2005, Berry coached an offense that was third in total offense and first in passing in the Sun Belt Conference. The Indians won the conference title, and he tutored QB Steven Jyles, the Sun Belt Player of the Year who re-wrote the school and conference football records book in the passing and total offense categories. The Indians threw 405 passes in 2005 and were sacked just nine times (once by Georgia and two times by Arkansas).
Berry was the head coach at Army from 2000 to midway through the 2003 season, including the fateful day of September 11, 2001. His teams set 25 Academy records at Army. Berry was a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Football Coaches Association from 2001-03.
He was the head coach at Illinois State from 1996-99, presiding over one of the most remarkable turnarounds in Division I-AA history. The team had not won a conference title since 1950, but under Berry the Redbirds advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in his third season and finished in the I-AA top 20. The following year, ISU was undefeated in the conference and advanced to the I-AA semifinals. Berry was a semifinalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in both 1998 and 1999. His teams set more than 100 records during his four seasons as head coach, and he compiled a record of 19-7 his last two seasons.
Berry was offensive coordinator at East Carolina from 1992-95, and the Pirates went to the Liberty Bowl his last two seasons. He was the offensive coordinator at Southeast Missouri State in 1991, receivers coach at Mississippi State in 1989 and 1990, and offensive coordinator at Tennessee-Martin from 1986-88. UT-M finished in the top five in passing offense, total offense and scoring offense. Berry was a graduate assistant at Tennessee (1983) and Oklahoma State (1985), as well as the receivers coach at Tulsa (1984). Berry worked for some well-known head coaches during his ascent, holding down assistant positions on the staffs of Steve Logan at East Carolina, John Cooper at Tulsa and Johnny Majors at Tennessee.
He is a native of Miami, Okla., where he was an all-state selection in football at Miami High School. Berry played quarterback at the University of Tulsa from 1979 to 1980 before a knee injury ended his playing career. He graduated in 1983 with a degree in business marketing. He and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters, Jordan and Ryleigh.
Personal Information:
Full Name: Todd Allen Berry
Hometown: Miami, Oklahoma Education: B.S. in business marketing, University of Tulsa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma (1983)
Berry's Coaching Career
2006 University of Miami (quarterbacks)
2004-05 Louisiana-Monroe (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)
2000-03 Army (head coach)
1996-99 Illinois State (head coach)
1992-95 East Carolina (offensive coordinator/running backs)
1991 Southeast Missouri State (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)
1989-1990 Mississippi State (receivers)
1986-88 Tennessee-Martin (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)
1985 Oklahoma State (graduate assistant/quarterbacks)
1984 Tulsa (receivers)
1983 Tennessee (graduate assistant/tight ends)
Bowl Games as a Coach (4)
1995 Liberty Bowl (East Carolina)
1994 Liberty Bowl (East Carolina)
1985 Gator Bowl (Oklahoma State)
1983 Citrus Bowl (Tennessee)
Coaching Accomplishments
Prominent Players Coached
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