Brett Elliott

Brett Elliott (born June 11, 1982) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Lewis & Clark College, a position he has held since 2025. He also coached for Mississippi State, James Madison, Texas State, and Linfield.

Playing career College Elliott was the starter for the 2002 Utah Utes football team and began the season as the starter for the 2003 team before breaking his wrist in the second game of the season and being replaced by Heisman finalist and future #1 NFL draft pick Alex Smith.

After Alex Smith took over the starting job, Brett transferred to Linfield University where he led the 2004 Linfield Wildcats football team to an NCAA Division III Football Championship, and set national college football records including the season record for touchdowns thrown in a season (61). In 2005, he won both the Gagliardi Trophy and the Melberger Award.

College statistics Passing RushingSeasonTeamGPCompAttPctYdsTDINTAttYdsTD 2002 Utah 8 130 221 58.82 1,529 10 8 28 31 2 2003 Utah 2 29 59 49.2 304 2 2 25 73 1 2004 Linfield 13 290 437 66.4 4,595 61 11 2005 11 277 396 69.9 4,019 49 9 Totals 34 726 1113 65.2 10,441 122 30

Professional Elliot was on the San Diego Chargers roster in 2006. He served as a backup on the San Jose SaberCats in 2008, behind Mark Grieb. He did not throw a pass, but the SaberCats reached ArenaBowl XXII before losing to the Philadelphia Soul.

In 2010, Elliot became the starter for the Utah Blaze. He was 249-of-432 (57.6%) for 2,674 yards, 59 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. But the Blaze finished the 2010 season with a 2–14 record. In 2011, he joined the Georgia Force. Through three games, he led the AFL with a 126.06 quarterback rating.

Coaching career In 2012, Elliott was hired as the graduate assistant for the offense at Mississippi State University. In 2015, Elliott is served as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterback's coach for James Madison University. In 2016, Elliott went to Texas State University where he served as offensive coordinator and QB coach. On February 7, 2017, news broke that he would be returning to Mississippi State as the quarterbacks coach replacing Brian Johnson who left MSU to become offensive coordinator at Houston. In March 2018, it was announced that Elliot would be rejoining the coaching staff of Texas State football as the quarterbacks coach. From 2019 to 2024, Elliott was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Linfield.

On January 29, 2025, Elliot was named head football coach for Lewis & Clark College.

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