Steve Mariucci - Class of 1996

(Iron Mountain)

earned All-U.P. honors in football and basketball at Iron Mountain High School.  Was a three-time football MVP at Northern Michigan University and quarterbacked the 1975 team to the NCAA Division II championship.  He was a Division II All-America quarterback in 1976 and 1977 and finished eighth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1976.  Mariucci then coached at NMU, Cal-State Fullerton, University of Louisville, Orlando Renegades of the USFL, Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, Southern California University, California and the Green Bay Packers.  He became head coach at California in 1995, Coach of the San Francisco 49ers in 1997, and coached the Detroit Lions in 2003-2005. He became an analyst with the NFL network in 2007.