Brock Olivo

James Brockman Olivo (born June 24, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who is the running backs coach for the Philadelphia Stars of the United States Football League (USFL). Previously, he was a running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He then played in the Italian Football League.

Brock Olivo
Olivo in Italy, 2011
Philadelphia Stars
Position:Running backs coach
Personal information
Born: (1976-06-24) June 24, 1976
St. Louis, Missouri
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:Washington (MO) St. Francis Borgia
College:Missouri
Undrafted:1998
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

High school career

Born in St. Louis, and raised in Hermann, Missouri, Olivo attended St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington, Missouri, where he rushed for 5,030 yards and 70 touchdowns during his high school career. He led Borgia to an undefeated season and Missouri state championship in 1993, as well as being named the Gatorade "Player of the Year" in the state of Missouri[1]

Education and college career

Olivo attended the University of Missouri where he earned a degree in English literature.[2] As a member of the football team, Olivo was the first awardee of the Mosi Tatupu Award for the top special teams player in college football. He left as the University of Missouri's career rushing and touchdown leader, but both records have since been broken (twice as of 2008[3]). He was the seventh player in school history to have his jersey retired. He was also tapped into the Mystical Seven secret honor society during his tenure at Mizzou.

Professional career

Olivo went undrafted out of college, but he made the Detroit Lions roster with his tenacious play on their special teams units. Olivo played for 4 seasons on Detroit's league-leading special teams, where he led the team in tackles on special teams in two of his four seasons, as well as being a backup at running back and fullback.

After the NFL, in 2003-2004 Olivo played running back and was also a coach in Italy with the Lazio Marines (Rome), a team in the top division Italian Football League of Italy's American professional football league. He helped the team to the semifinals game for the first time in the team's history.

Coaching career

Olivo served as head coach and offensive coordinator of the Italy national American football team, and lived in Rome before returning to the United States. He was later the running backs coach and special teams assistant for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.

In 2012, Olivo was hired as an assistant coach, running backs coach, and special teams coach at Coastal Carolina University.

Following back to back Big South Conference Championships (2012–13) with Coastal Carolina, Olivo was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs to become their assistant special teams coach. On January 24, 2017, he was announced by the Denver Broncos as their Special Teams Coordinator.

On January 19, 2018, Olivo was hired by the Chicago Bears as a special teams assistant, reuniting him with new head coach Matt Nagy, who was a colleague of Olivo's in Kansas City.[4][5] He was fired on December 31, 2019.[6]

Olivo returned to Rome in 2020 to join the Lazio Ducks as their coach.[7]

Personal life

In 2008, Olivo ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Missouri's 9th congressional district, losing the Republican primary to eventual victor Blaine Luetkemeyer.

He has two children; Sofia and James. He currently lives in Rome, Italy.[7]

References

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