Brian Billick is a National Football League game analyst for Fox, and is also an analyst for the network's Bowl Championship Series coverage. He was previously an NFL coach, most recently with the Baltimore Ravens from 1999 through 2007. Billick led the Ravens to a 34–7 victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, the franchise's only Super Bowl appearance. He was also notable for being the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings (1992–1998) when they broke the then scoring record in the 1998 season. As a player, he spent his freshman season as a linebacker at the United States Air Force Academy before transferring to Brigham Young University where he became a tight end. His decision to leave the Air Force Academy was due to learning, after he'd already enrolled, that his height and size (6-foot-5, 230 lb.) precluded him from ever becoming a fighter pilot. He received All-Western Athletic Conference and honorable mention All-America honours in 1976. Billick was selected in the 11th round of the 1977 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers but was cut by the team and never played in the NFL. In 1977, after being cut by the 49ers, Billick returned to his homestate of California and began coaching. He served as a volunteer wide receivers coach for the University of Redlands football team as well as his alma mater Redlands High School. In 1978 he worked as a graduate assistant at BYU for one season before joining the 49ers as assistant director of public relations for two years. He returned to coaching in 1981, serving as the tight ends coach for San Diego State University for five seasons, and was then named the offensive coordinator of Utah State University from 1986 to 1988. He was hired as the assistant head coach and tight ends coach at Stanford University, serving both roles from 1989 to 1991. Billick returned to the NFL in 1992, becoming tight ends coach and then the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings made the playoffs during six of the seven seasons (1992–1998) that Billick spent with the team, and set several offensive records in the process. Billick became the second coach in Baltimore Ravens history in 1999, when he was hired to replace Ted Marchibroda. He had an 85–67 record in nine seasons (1999–2007) with the team, including 5–3 in the playoffs, and a Super Bowl championship in 2001. After being let go by the Ravens organization in 2007, Billick became a analyst for the NFL Network during the 2008 NFL Draft. Billick then became a game analyst for the NFL on Fox during the 2008 NFL season, working alongside Thom Brennaman. Billick returned with his NFL on Fox broadcasting partner Brennaman as a game analyst for the 2009 NFL Season. On NFL Network, Billick can be seen alongside Dennis Green on The Coaches Show, as well as Sterling Sharpe and Brian Baldinger on Thursday and Friday editions of Playbook, the ultimate NFL “Xs and Os” program utilizing the same “all 22” game film that coaches and players use to preview all of the upcoming games. He also serves as an analyst on NFL Network’s signature show NFL Total Access and has provided on location analysis for the Network’s coverage of the NFL Scouting Combine and NFL Draft. He often appears on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning to discuss football matchups and news.
