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Pazan attended Brother Rice High School in Chicago, Illinois from 2000–2002, after being kicked out of Saint Laurence High School in Burbank, Illinois. He chose to attend the University of Illinois over the University of Michigan, Northern Illinois and Notre Dame. Pazan attended the University of Illinois from 2002–2005 and earned a degree in Sports Management.
During his senior year, Pazan threw 2,500 yards with only one interception in 12 games. In his high school career he threw for over 3,800 yards and 35 touchdowns. Pazan was named a consensus High School All-American by Tom Lemming and many other football publications.
Currently he is working on his masters degree at the University of Illinois in Sports Management.
Pazan started/played in 18 games over his career. In his first game action he was 8-8 for 112 yards against Purdue University.
His first start was at the University of Michigan as a redshirt freshman at Homecoming in front of a crowd of 111,000, where he was 11-20 for 124 yards and an interception. His career high was throwing for 2 touchdowns and 278 yards against Northwestern University.
Pazan is now the assistant quarterbacks coach and Offensive Quality Control Graduate Assistant at the University of Illinois for head coach Ron Zook and offensive coordinator Mike Locksley.
He aspires to coach quarterbacks and become an offensive coordinator at the college level in the future. Pazan recently took the job as Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach at Division II Saint Joseph"s College in Rensselaer, Indiana. Pazan will be running the West Coast Offense attack, similar to the one that he ran when he started at QB for the University of Illinois under former Head Coach Ron Turner.
