Colorado State has hired Steve Fairchild as their next football head coach, the school announced today.
Fairchild currently is the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills. The school said Fairchild will meet with the media via teleconference Thursday, along with CSU athletic director Paul Kowalczyk.
“Steve Fairchild has a long-standing history of success at Colorado State,” Kowalczyk said in a statement,. “both as a student-athlete and coach,” Kowalczyk said in a statement release this morning. “I know that he has great passion for this university, this program and this community.”
Fairchild will stay with the Bills during their final run to make the playoffs. The Bills play Sunday at Cleveland.
Fairchild was on the CSU staff under Sonny Lubick from 1993-2000 and played quarterback for the school from 1978-80. In 1980, Fairchild threw for 2,573 yards and 15 touchdowns when the team was 6-4-1.
He left CSU 2001 to become running backs coach for the Bills.
