Chuck Heater

Chuck Heater
Heater (No. 44) and Ed Shuttlesworth
Biographical details
Born (1952-10-10) October 10, 1952 (age 72)
Weston, West Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1971–1974Michigan
1976Pontiac Arrows
Position(s)Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976Northern Arizona (RB)
1977–1978Toledo (RB)
1979–1981Toledo (DB)
1982–1984Wisconsin (DB)
1985–1987Ohio State (DB)
1988–1990Notre Dame (DB)
1991–1992Colorado State (DC)
1993Colorado (RC)
1994Colorado (DB)
1995–1997Colorado (TE)
1998Colorado (TE/RC)
1999–2001Washington (CB/RC)
2002–2003Washington (RB/RC)
2004Utah (CB/RC)
2005–2007Florida (CB/RC)
2008–2009Florida (asst. DC/S)
2010Florida (co-DC/S)
2011–2012Temple (DC/DB)
2013–2017Marshall (DC/S)
2018Maryland (S)
2019Florida (QC)
2020–2021Colorado State (DC)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Chuck Heater (born October 10, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. He was a running back for the University of Michigan from 1972 to 1974 and finished his playing career as the fifth all-time leading rusher in Michigan Wolverines football history. Heater has been an assistant football coach at ten universities since 1976. He has been affiliated with College Football Hall of Fame coaches Bo Schembechler (as a player), Earle Bruce (as an assistant at Ohio State and Colorado State), and Lou Holtz (as an assistant at Notre Dame). He has been on coaching staffs of national championship teams at Notre Dame (1988) and Florida (2006 and 2008).