Mike Levenseller

Mike Levenseller earned accolades as a football, basketball and track standout at Curtis High School, from where he graduated in 1974. Levenseller took his football game to Washington State University, where he earned Pac-8 Conference and AP All-West Coast first team honors as a senior. He can still be found in Pullman where he serves as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Washington State Cougars.

Levenseller, born Feb. 21, 1957 in Bremerton, was the Curtis High School Athlete of the Year in 1974 and last year was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. In football, Levenseller earned All-Seamount League honors as a safety and halfback, setting a league record with 16 interceptions and averaging 6.9 yards per carry on 132 rushes as a senior.

At Washington State, Levenseller caught 121 career passes to rank third on the school’s all-time list, and his 2,061 receiving yards puts him second in that category. As a junior he set a school record with 67 receptions for a school and Pac-10 record 1,124 yards, earning him All-Pac-8 and AP All-West Coast recognition. As a senior he grabbed 43 passes for 736 yards and also played in the Challenge Bowl and the Hula Bowl.

The Oakland Raiders drafted Levenseller in the sixth round of the 1978 draft, and during his three-year National Football League career also spent time with Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Cincinnati. He went north of the border to play in the Canadian Football League, winning a Grey Cup with Edmonton in 1982, and finishing his career with Calgary from 1983-85.

Following his playing career, Levenseller served as an assistant coach in the Canadian Football League from 1986-91. He started coaching at Washington State in 1992 and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2001. Levenseller and eight of the receivers he has coach hold down nine of the top 10 positions on WSU’s single-season receiving yardage list.

Levenseller was inducted into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame in 2006.