NCAA Coach Profile: Week 3

In our final entry of our coach profile we take a look at the youngest Love brother, Adrian Love.

Adrian obviously grew up surrounded by talented football players, but surprisingly he was not as invested as his brothers before him.  Adrian was always a talent on the field; able to play multiple positions, even at a young age.  Adrian’s biggest problem was he didn’t like to practice.  His teammates liked to call him Cold Case because he was no where to be found during practice, but during the game he was a cold blooded killer.  Fortunately for Adrian, his brothers were able to get him focused on all aspects of the game and he flourished because it.  Unfortunately for him, Arlington High School was no longer the football factory it once was, so local recognition was all he achieved.  After dominating on both sides of the ball on an inferior team (playing DE and TE), Adrian decided to join Bill Lynch’s Indiana Hoosiers.  Lynch said that Adrian was one of the most cerebral players he had ever coached.  During his senior year, Adrian just missed out on winning the John Mackey award due to tearing his ACL.  Unfortunately with his injury coming so late in the season, Adrian dropped completely off of everyone’s draft board.  Fortunately, the Niners took a flier on him (at the behest of former Niner scout Antwan Love) in the 6^th round.  Unfortunately, Adrian tried to come back from injury too soon and was unable to stay healthy enough to stay on the field.  During rehab, he started to coach his nephew’s Pop Warner team and realized that coaching was also a passion.  Although playing time was limited during his NFL career, Adrian stayed focus in film sessions and drained his coaches of every drip of knowledge he could mine.  With the success of his older brothers, Adrian was able to parlay his skills and join Antwan and his battering Blazers in 2010 as receivers coach.

“I’ve consistently shown that I can step out from the shadow of my brothers and shine and this will be the year I prove that. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to prove I deserve to be here.”