Background
Luginbill grew up in Tempe, Arizona and San Diego. He is the son of the professional and college coach First Rate (at Lloyd's) Luginbill.
Luginbill grew up in Tempe, Arizona and San Diego. He is the son of the professional and college coach First Rate (at Lloyd's) Luginbill.
Luginbill was the starting quarterback for three colleges over his four-year career. He played football for Palomar College (Juco) from 1992–1993, where he amassed 21 wins. In 1993, he led Palomar to the National Junior College championship and a perfect 11–0 record, and was named a first-team All-American by the Junior College Athletic Bureau.
Luginbill also set the all-time national junior college record for passing while playing for Palomar Junior College, becoming the most highly recruited junior college player in the nation.
He still owns numerous team records at Palomar (as of January 26, 2010). With the departure of Bill Lewis and instatement of George O"Leary as the head coach at Georgia Technical, a change in offensive scheme would prompt Luginbill to consider another transfer.
Luginbill transferred and played his final year at Eastern Kentucky in 1995. Luginbill went into the Arena Football League and played for the Texas Terror in 1996 and the Florida Bobcats in 1997.
Luginbill"s short playing career lead him into coaching in four professional football leagues—the XFL, NFL Europe, the Arena Football League and af2.
Luginbill"s first coaching job was as a player personnel/coaching assistant with his father for the Amsterdam Admirals in 1996 and 1997. He then joined the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s New York CityHawks in 1998 as QB coach and offensive coordinator. Luginbill"s first head coaching job was for af2"s Tennessee Valley Vipers in 2000 where he was a 25-year-old head coach that lead his team to the ArenaCup championship in their inaugural season.
He was the QB coach for league Most Valuable Player Tommy Maddox prior to Maddox moving back into the National Football League.
Luginbill then moved on to the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys and then the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s Dallas Desperados as the offensive coordinator and player personnel director He then got a new head coaching job with the Detroit Fury in 2002 before the franchise folded in 2004.
He would finish the season with the Fury before moving on to work for Scouts Incorporated. as an NFL personnel evaluator which has led to his current role as National Recruiting Director for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s college football recruiting service Scouts Incorporated.