FOOTBALL KICKING COACH
COACH ZAUNER’S 11 YEAR COLLEGE COACHING CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Some Impressive Results During 11 Years of College Coaching:

*  Coached (9) All-Conference kickers and punters from 1979 to 1991.
*  Blocked a total of (38) punts and field goals.
*  Scored (12) touchdowns on punt and kickoff returns and blocked kicks.
*  In five seasons at San Diego State, the coverage teams never allowed a touchdown to be scored     against them;  the longest kickoff return in those five years was 42 yards.

1990 - 1991 SEASONS AT LONG BEACH STATE:

A Special Teams and career highlight was in 1990, I was hired by the Legendary & Hall of Fame Head Coach George Allen to coach the 49ers special teams units.  In Coach Allen's only year at Long Beach State, we finished with a winning 6-5 season. Coach Allen never had a losing season throughout his college or NFL career. 

1987 - 1988 SEASONS AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO:

From 1987-88, I coached Special Teams at the University of New Mexico under Head Coach Mike Sheppard.  In 1987 we had three special teams touchdowns, off of blocked punts and punt returns.  In 1988, former Falcons wide receiver Terrance Mathis, tied a NCAA season record for TDs (three) on kickoff returns for the Lobos.

1981 -  1985 SEASONS AT SAN DIEGO STATE:

After the 1980 Holiday Bowl or Miracle Bowl in San Diego in which BYU had one of the greatest comeback victory’s ever to defeated SMU 46-45.  In that game our special teams units, returned a punt 88 yards for a TD, recovered a surprise onside kick, and blocked a punt with 18 seconds left in the game, to set up the winning touchdown pass.  The next week, Doug Scovil was named Head Coach at San Diego State.  I was hired at San Diego State and became the 1st full-time Special Team's Coach in NCAA history.  The special teams units were one of the best in the country!

In 1983, Jim Sandusky was the nation leading punt return man.  He averaged 19.0 yards a return and the team average was17.0 yards a return. And Chris O’Brien set a Western Athletic Conference record of 25Consecutive field goals in the 1984-85 seasons.

1979 - 1980 SEASONS AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY:

My coaching career was started when Head Coach LaVell Edwards recognized, the only players not coached on his football team where the kicking specialist.  In 1979 Coach Edwards hired me as a graduate assistant.  I was put in charge of coaching the kickers & the kickoff return unit.  In 1979, punter Clay Brown led the nation in punting with a 45.3 yard average and the kickoff return team led the nation in kickoff return average.  In 1980, Coach Edwards placed me in charge of all the special teams units and kicking game.