Slocum Hires Babers as Offensive Coordinator
Feb 19, 2001 | Football
February 19, 2001
Texas A&M Head Football Coach R.C. Slocum announced the hiring of Dino Babers as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Babers served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Arizona the past three seasons.
"Dino Babers has a lot of experience and I like the fact he has coached running backs, wide receivers and quarterbacks," Slocum said. "He has a great deal of offensive expertise and I think he will continue to develop our offense."
Babers served six years at Arizona, three as the offensive coordinator. During his tenure, he coached running backs, wide receivers and quarterbacks.
"I'm excited to be at Texas A&M and I look forward to working with R.C. Slocum and the Aggie coaches," Babers said. "I'm anxious to meet the players and I look forward to getting started."
The 1999 Arizona offense set a new Pac-10 standard for offensive yards with an average of 471.9 yards per game which included a league-leading 6.5 yards per play for the Wildcats. The Cats averaged 253 yards through the air and 218 on the ground.
In Babers' first season as the coordinator (1998), the Wildcats boasted a 1,000-yard rusher, two 1,000-yard passers and two wide receivers who caught a combined 121 balls.
Babers has bowl experience having coached in the Holiday, Rose and Insight.com Bowls.
Before going to Arizona, Babers coached wide receivers at San Diego State (1994) and served as the wide receivers coach at Purdue (1991-93).
Babers also has experience on the defensive side of the ball, serving as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Northern Arizona in 1990.
Babers was the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at UNLV in 1988 and 1989. He coached running backs at Eastern Illinois in 1987.
Babers graduated in 1984 from the University of Hawai'i with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He was a three-time member of the All-WAC Academic honor team as a running back, outside linebacker and strong safety. Upon graduation he was signed by the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, but was injured in his first season.
He returned to Hawai'i and served as a graduate assistant coach for Dick Tomey and the Rainbows. He would move on to Arizona State where he served as a graduate assistant in 1985-86 and earned his master's degree in administration and supervision from ASU in 1988.
Babers, 39, and his wife, Susan, have four daughters, Breeahnah (9), Tasha (8), Jazzmin (7) and Paris (3).
BABERS' COACHING CAREER
1998-2000 - Arizona (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
1997 - Arizona (Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs)
1996 - Arizona (Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers)
1995 - Arizona (Wide Receivers)
1994 - San Diego State (Wide Receivers)
1991-93 - Purdue (Wide Receivers)
1990 - Northern Arizona (Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1988-89 - UNLV (Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs)
1987 - Eastern Illinois (Running Backs)
1985-86 - Arizona State (Graduate Asst.)
1984 - Hawai'i (Graduate Asst.)
