Brock Olivo

Brock Olivo

Candid waist-up photograph of Olivo wearing a black hooded sweatshirt bearing the text "Marines football" and a black hat with an Under Armour logo

Olivo in Italy, 2011
Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Assistant special teams coach
Personal information
Date of birth: (1976-06-24) June 24, 1976
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school: Washington (MO) St. Francis Borgia
College: Missouri
Undrafted: 1998
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
  • NCAA Special Teams Player of the Year (1997)
  • Missouri Tigers No. 27 retired
  • Missouri Tigers all-time leading rusher
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

James Brockman Olivo (born June 24, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who was a running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. Olivo is currently the assistant special teams coach for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs.[1]

High school career

Born in St. Louis, and raised in Hermann, Missouri, Olivo attended St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington, Missouri, where he rushed for 5,030 yards and 70 touchdowns during his high school career. He led Borgia to an undefeated season and Missouri state championship in 1993, as well as being named "Player of the Year."[2]

Education and college career

Olivo attended the University of Missouri where he earned a degree in English literature.[3] As a member of the football team, Olivo was the first awardee of the Mosi Tatupu Award for the top special teams player in college football. He left as the University of Missouri's career rushing and touchdown leader, but both records have since been broken (twice as of 2008[4]). He was the seventh player in school history to have his jersey retired. He was also tapped into the Mystical Seven secret honor society during his tenure at Mizzou.

Following his NFL football career, Olivo worked for three years at the National Italian American Foundation in Washington, D.C.

NFL career

Olivo went undrafted out of college, but he made the Detroit Lions roster with his tenacious play on their special teams units. Olivo played for 4 seasons on Detroit's league-leading special teams, where he led the team in tackles on special teams in two of his four seasons, as well as being a valuable backup at running back and fullback.

Overseas career

After retiring from the NFL, Olivo coached and played football for 6 months in Italy with the SS. Lazio Marines (Rome), a team in the top division of Italy's American professional football league. He helped the team to the championship semifinal game for the first time in the team's history, leading the country in rushing and touchdowns.

Current life and career

Olivo currently resides in Kansas City, Missouri, where he is an assistant coach with Kansas City Chiefs. Prior to being hired at the Chiefs, Olivo resided in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he was the running backs coach and special teams assistant for Coastal Carolina University, a member of the Big South Conference in college football's FCS division. Prior to becoming a coach at CCU, Olivo resided in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was the running backs coach and special teams assistant for the UFL's Omaha Nighthawks. Olivo returned to the U.S. after having lived in Rome, Italy, where he was the Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator of the Italian National Football team www.fidaf.org, which plays for the European Cup every 4 years, and in the interim, competes in international tournaments with other European national teams. He was also the head coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams assistant of a Series A team, the S.S. Lazio Marines, which competes in Italy's IFL, the highest level of American Football competition in the country. In 2008, Olivo ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Missouri's 9th congressional district, losing the Republican primary to eventual victor Blaine Luetkemeyer.

In 2012, Olivo was hired as an assistant coach, running backs coach, and special teams coach at Coastal Carolina University.

Following back to back Big South Conference Championships (2012–13) with Coastal Carolina, Olivo was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs to become their assistant special teams coach.

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