Peter Vaas Position: Offensive Coordinator Experience: First Season Alma Mater: Holy Cross '74

Peter Vaas was one of the first hires to the Miami coach staff when he was named Offensive Coordinator on Jan. 2.

The association between Vaas and Haywood dates back to 2005 and '06 when the two men served together on Charlie Weis's Notre Dame staff. Vaas was quarterbacks coach and Haywood was offensive coordinator during that time for the Fighting Irish.

Vaas's last appearance in the collegiate ranks was 2007 when he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Duke.

During his two seasons at Notre Dame, he helped the Irish to a 19-6 record with consecutive BCS bowl game appearances -- Fiesta & Sugar. He coached record-setting All-America quarterback Brady Quinn, who won the Maxwell Trophy and Johnny Unitas Award in 2006 after throwing for 3,426 yards and 37 touchdowns. Quinn, also the recipient of the Cingular All-America Player of the Year award, twice was named Notre Dame's MVP and finished his career with school records of 11,762 passing yards and 95 touchdown passes.

Vaas served six seasons as a head coach in NFL Europe, guiding the Berlin Thunder (21-21 overall record from 2000-03) to World Bowl championships in 2001 and 2002 while earning the league's Coach of the Year honor in 2002. He then directed the Cologne Centurions (2004-05) for two seasons, compiling a 10-10 overall record. Vaas also served two seasons (1998-99) as an assistant coach for the Barcelona Dragons, helping the team to an 11-9 ledger and a berth in the 1999 World Bowl.

Prior to his coaching stints in NFL Europe, Vaas was the offensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1996. That season, Montreal led the CFL in rushing and fewest turnovers and posted a 12-6 regular-season ledger.

Vaas, a 1974 graduate of Holy Cross, returned to his alma mater as head football coach and registered a 14-30 overall record from 1992-95. He served under head coach Lou Holtz on the Notre Dame staff in 1990 (running backs) and 1991 (quarterbacks). In that two-year span, the Fighting Irish went 19-6, defeated seven top-25 opponents and played in the Orange and Sugar Bowls. The 1991 squad established a Notre Dame regular-season record by totaling 426 points by eclipsing the 40-point barrier in six games.

Vaas spent the previous four seasons as head football coach at Allegheny College where he compiled a 29-11-1 record from 1986-89. He guided the Gators to North Coast Athletic Conference titles in 1987 and 1988, earning league Coach of the Year honors in both of those seasons.

Prior to taking the head coaching job at Allegheny College, Vaas was a member of the coaching staff at New Hampshire as the offensive backfield coach from 1979-82 and later offensive coordinator from 1983-85. He got his start in coaching at Allegheny College where he spent five seasons (1974-78) as an assistant coach.

A native of Westwood, Massachusetts, Vaas was a three-year starter at quarterback at Holy Cross. He was enshrined into the Westwood High School Hall of Fame in 1992 and was inducted into Allegheny's Hall of Fame in 1999.

Vaas and his wife, Rosann, have two daughters, Katelyn and Kelly.