Fred Guidici returned to San José State University for the third time in January of 2026 as Special Teams Analyst. Guidici spent the previous three seasons at Stanford as the Senior Special Teams Quality Control Analyst.
During the past three years, he helped develop Joshua Karty into a PFF All-America selection, where he was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Both Karty and Emmet Kenney, Stanford placekickers since 2023, rank in the top-10 in program history in field goal percentage.
He previously spent a total of nine seasons over two different tenures with San José State, where he most recently was the Special Teams Analyst from 2020-22.
Guidici returned to SJSU for the second time in February 2017 as the Spartans’ first quality control coach after being with the Spartans from 2012-14. He was named the Spartans' special teams coordinator again in February 2018. In 2020, Guidici took on the role of football analyst - special teams with the coaching staff. Overall, he is entering his ninth season with the Spartans.
The 1989 San José State graduate has more than 30 years of professional and college coaching experience
His first coaching stint with the Spartans covered the 2012 through 2014 seasons. San José State enjoyed a variety of special teams successes. He was the special teams coordinator all three seasons and coached the running backs in 2012 when the Spartans won the Military Bowl and finished 21st in the final Associated Press national poll.
The 2013 Spartans were the co-national leaders for blocking seven opponents' kick scoring tries. Three of them came in the San Diego State game alone. For the first time in school history, the Spartans recorded back-to-back seasons of at least 100 kick-scoring points with a single-season team record 108 in 2012 and 105 in 2013. Punter Harrison Waid and placekicker Austin Lopez finished their careers as the University's leaders in yards per punt and kick scoring points, respectively. The 2012 San José State team successfully executed its first onside kick attempt in two years, which resulted in a touchdown in the school's 62-52 victory over No. 16 Fresno State. The win was the Spartans' first over a top-20-ranked opponent since the 2000 season.
Also in 2012, the Spartans set a single-season school record for kick-scoring points, produced the program's highest percentage of field goals made in a season, scored points on punt defense, and tied the San José State season record for kickoffs returned for a touchdown.
As the 2012 running backs coach, he coached De'Leon Eskridge, the Spartans' first 1,000-yard rusher in six seasons, and Tyler Ervin, who would later set the single-season school-record for rushing yards in 2015.
During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Guidici was the special teams coordinator at the College of San Mateo. The Bulldogs won the 2016 Bay 6 Conference championship and were in the Northern California community college playoffs both seasons.
A long-time Bay Area resident, Guidici spent 16 seasons at Menlo College in nearby Atherton, Calif., with three seasons as the Oaks' head coach. The 2011 Menlo squad was the school's first in eight years to post a .500 or better win-loss record.
Guidici worked with Pro Football Hall of Fame and Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Walsh (1931-2007) at Stanford as a defensive assistant coach.
Guidici spent 1995 with the Oakland Raiders as the defensive quality control coach. He moved on to the San José SaberCats of the Arena Football League in 1996 and coached the team's offensive and defensive lines and assisted with special teams coaching in his first three ARENA League seasons. Guidici returned to San Jose as an assistant coach for the 2015 season. The SaberCats posted a 20-1 record and won the Arena Bowl – the league’s equivalent to the Super Bowl.
PREVIOUS
- Stanford Senior Special Teams Quality Control Coach (2022-25)
- San José State Special Teams Analyst (2020-22)
- San José State Special Teams Coordinator (2018-19)
- San José State Quality Control Coach (2017)
- Special teams coordinator at the College of San Mateo (2015-16)
- Assistant coach for the San Jose SaberCats (2015)
- SJSU special teams coordinator (2013-14)
- SJSU running backs coach and special teams coordinator (2012)
Head coach at Menlo College (2009-11) - Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator, Director of Football Operations for Menlo College (1999-2008)
- Assistant coach for the San Jose SaberCats (1996-98)
- Defensive quality control coach for the Oakland Raiders (1995)
- Defensive assistant at Stanford University (1993-94)
- Assistant coach at Santa Clara University (1990-92)
- Assistant coach at Blackford H.S. (San Jose) (1984-89)
PERSONAL
- Was born November 8, 1964, in Omaha, Neb.
- He and his wife, Becca, reside in San Jose with their daughter, Rosie Lu
- Graduated from SJSU (1989)
- Name pronunciation - Joo-dee-she