Andre Allen begins his second season coaching the Cougar wide receivers.
In his first season in Pullman, the run-n-shoot offense saw five Cougars earn All-Pac-12 Conference honors while producing the Pac-12’s top red zone offense and third-best passing game. Allen saw receivers Renard Bell and Travell Harris each earn All-Pac-12 Conference honors after finishing among the league leaders in catches and in the top three for receiving yards-per-game.
Allen worked two seasons in the same role for head coach Nick Rolovich at Hawai’i, helping UH to back-to-back winning seasons including a 10-5 mark and Hawaii Bowl win over BYU in 2019. The San Francisco native spent his previous 27 seasons coaching at the City College of San Francisco, helping CCSF to three national titles (2007, 2011, 2015) and eight Northern California Championships. At CCSF, Allen coached graduated Cougar wide receiver Easop Winston Jr., quarterback Anthony Gordon and offensive lineman Robert Valencia, and also coached Rolovich who played quarterback at CCSF (1998-99).
In his two seasons in Honolulu, Allen saw the Hawai’i offense improve in total offense and passing offense while producing the country’s ninth-rated passing offense in 2018 and the fifth-best passing attack in 2019. In 2019, three of Allen’s receivers recorded 1,000-yard seasons, just the sixth team in NCAA FBS history to have a trio of 1,000-yard receivers in the same season. A pair of Hawaii receivers earned All-Mountain West Conference accolades including first-team selection Cedric Byrd II and second-team pick JoJo Ward who caught 10 and 11 touchdowns, respectively.
In 2018, the Hawai’i offense finish ninth in the country in passing offense and wide receiver John Ursua led the country with 16 touchdown catches and fifth in receiving yards (1,343). Ursua was a Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist, a Polynesian Football Hall of Fame College Player of the Year Finalist and was selected in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
Prior to joining Rolovich in Hawai’i, Allen spent 27 seasons at the City College of San Francisco where he coached 26 players who earned FBS scholarships including recently graduated Cougar wide receiver Easop Winston Jr., quarterback Anthony Gordon and offensive lineman Robert Valencia. Allen was CCSF’s wide receivers coach (1992-96), passing coordinator and wide receivers coach (1997-2004) and offensive coordinator (2005-17). Allen helped CCSF capture three national titles (2007, 2011, 2015), eight Northern California championships, 21 conference titles and coached every Top-10 receiver in the CCSF record book led by Winston Jr.
At CCSF, Allen organized and managed the Athletic Scholastic Achievement Study Hall Program for student-athletes where 90 percent of his players successfully transferred into four-year schools.
Allen played at CCSF (1987-89) and at the University of Tennessee – Martin (1989-91). He earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Ashford.
