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Todd Washington, who enjoyed an 8-year playing career in the NFL prior to coming to USD, enters his third year with the Torero staff. The program's Offensive Line coach his first two seasons, he has been promoted to Offensive Coordinator for the 2009 campaign. He will continue to coach the offensive line unit as well.
"Todd has done a very good job coaching our offensive line and overseeing our run game and pass protections in the past two seasons," said head coach Ron Caragher. "He understands our philosophy on offense and is ready for this next step in his coaching career."
This past season the Torero offense ranked first in the Pioneer Football League in scoring (35.3 points per game), total offenese (405.4 yards per game), pass offense (269.1 yards per game) and pass efficiency (163.2 rating). The Torero offensive line played a key role in the success of USD's offense.
The 2007 offensive line unit did an outstanding job with both run blocking and pass protection as the 9-2 Toreros averaged 44.3 points per game and 483.1 yards of offense. Senior linemen Jordan Paopao and Gabe DeAnda were named to the All-PFL First Team, while junior Deene Kabiling was tabbed a Second Team honoree. Additionally, Paopao and DeAnda were both accorded honorable mention All-America honors by The Sports Network.
Washington, a 4th round pick by Tampa Bay in 1998, played five seasons with the Buccaneers (1998-2003), including the 2002 Super Bowl XXXVII Championship team. He closed out his career with the Houston Texans (2003-2005). Played four years at Virginia Tech University (1994-97) where he earned All-Big East 1st team honors in 1997 and appeared in the Senior Bowl (1998). Washington earned his B.S. degree in Physical Education and Health in 1998. He was a coaching intern (August, 2006) for East Texas Baptist University and for the Amsterdam Admirals (February, 2006) at their NFL Europe Training Camp.
Todd and his wife Shannon have three children, two boys and a girl - Cameron, Ava, and Zane.
