CARD: Frankfurt Galaxy Team Issue 2003
ACQUIRED: 2023, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Douglas Graber has a long and established history coaching football at every level, starting at high school level back in the 60s.
• By 1969 he entered the college ranks working as a DC at Michigan Tech (1969-’71) and Eastern Michigan (1972-’75).
• He then was a positional coach for DBs at Ball State (1976-’77) and Wisconsin (1978-’81).
• In 1982, Graber took his first head coaching job, leading Montana State to a share of the Big Sky Conference Title at 6-5.
• The NFL came calling in 1983, and Douglas moved to Kansas City where he was the DBs coach for the team through 1986.
• In 1987, he orchestrated the Tampa Bay Bucs defense for two seasons.
• The defense in 1988 improved from 30th to 4th in run defense under his tutelage.
• He’d depart for the HC job at Rutgers in 1990- a position he’d hold through the ’95 season.
• Overall the Scarlet Knights finished with a 35-41-1 record over his tenure.
• Douglas reappeared on the football radar in 2001, taking over as head coach of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the NFLE.
• After a slow start, he’d lead the team to back to back 6-4 records, and a World Bowl victory (XI) in 2003.
• In 2004, he served a single season as the New York Jets defensive backs coach.
• Then served a final year as Ball State’s DC in 2009.

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