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blank Jeff Choate
After a season as a graduate assistant coach working with the defensive line, Jeff Choate will spend his first year as a full-time assistant in charge of the Aggie special teams and working with the safeties.
Choate came to USU after serving as the athletic director and head football coach at Post Falls (Idaho) High School. Choate spent four years as head coach at Post Falls. He also was an assistant wrestling coach and assistant track coach. In 1996 he earned the school's teacher of the year honor.
Prior to working at Post Falls, he was the defensive coordinator at Twin Falls (Idaho) High School and the head coach at Challis (Idaho) High School.
Choate started his coaching career at his alma mater of Western Montana, where he spent 1991-93. In that time he was the linebackers coach, strength coach and recruiting coordinator.
As a college player at Western Montana he was a starter at linebacker as a freshman before an off-season automobile accident ended his playing career. His head coach was current USU head coach Mick Dennehy.
Choate earned a B.S. in social sciences from Western Montana in 1993. He has worked on a master's degree. Choate was born July 15, 1970 in Columbus, Ohio and then graduated from St. Maries (Idaho) High School in 1988. He is married to Janet and they have one son, Jory.
Coaching Experience 1991-93 Western Montana Linebackers 1994-96 Challis (Idaho) HS Head Coach 1997 Twin Falls (Idaho) HS Def. Coord. 1998-2001 Post Falls (Idaho) HS Head Coach 2002 Utah State Graduate Assistant 2003 Utah State Spec. Teams/Safeties Playing Experience 1988-90 Western Montana Linebacker Education 1988 St. Maries HS St. Maries, Idaho 1993 Western Montana B.S. in social sciences Personal • Born July 15, 1970 in Columbus, Ohio • Wife is Janet • Son is Jory |
