they were defeated by the defending champion Calgary Stampeders. Within the first couple weeks after being ousted from the playoffs, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that NCAA search firms had contacted Tedford about returning to the collegiate ranks. On December 2, 2015 Jeff Tedford announced that he had resigned his position as head coach of the BC Lions. Washington In 2016, Washington head coach Chris Petersen announced his hiring of Tedford, who served in an offensive consultant role for the Huskies. Fresno State On November 10, 2016, Tedford was announced as head coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs following the firing of Tim DeRuyter. In his first season, Tedford led a Bulldog team that won one game in 2016 to 10 wins in 2017 and an appearance in the Mountain West conference title game. In his second season, Tedford's Bulldogs set a school record of 12 wins, including beating Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl (31-20) and Boise State in the Mountain West conference championship (19-16). Tedford resigned after the 2019 season for health reasons. On December 8, 2021, Tedford was rehired by Fresno State to return to the head coach position for the 2022 season. Head coaching record College CFL Tedford's quarterbacks Tedford is known as a groomer of quarterbacks. Two of his pupils have achieved the highest success in the NFL: Super Bowl champions Trent Dilfer and Aaron Rodgers. Dilfer won Super Bowl XXXV with the Baltimore Ravens. Rodgers passed for over 4,000 yards in his first two full-time seasons after waiting on the bench behind Brett Favre for three seasons and led the Green Bay Packers to a championship in Super Bowl XLV. Rodgers has received nine Pro Bowl invitations and has won the MVP award four times. Joey Harrington, Akili Smith, David Carr, and Kyle Boller also had outstanding college careers and were first round picks in the NFL draft. However, Tedford failed to develop a star quarterback at Cal after Rodgers left following the 2004 season. Tedford coached each of the following first round NFL draft picks at the quarterback position: Fresno State Trent Dilfer 6th overall 1994, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Oregon Akili Smith 3rd overall 1999, Cincinnati Bengals Joey Harrington 3rd overall 2002, Detroit Lions California Kyle Boller 19th overall 2003, Baltimore Ravens Aaron Rodgers 24th overall 2005, Green Bay Packers Tedford also coached NFL quarterbacks Billy Volek and A. J.