Peter Hansen

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Hometown
Palo Alto, California

Alma Mater
Arizona ’01

Recruiting Areas
California (Peninsula, South Bay), Arizona (South), Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

Notable Players Coached
Bobby Okereke, Blake Martinez, Ahmad Brooks, Aldon Smith, Patrick Willis, Navarro Bowman, A.J. Tarpley

The 2019 season was the sixth as a full-time member on the Cardinal staff for inside linebackers coach Peter Hansen.
 
Hansen’s position group has been an extremely reliable cog for the Cardinal during his time on The Farm. Most recently producing two-time All-Pac-12 performer Bobby Okereke, who led the team in tackles in 2017 and 2018 and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
 
Hansen tutored All-America inside linebacker Blake Martinez, the Cardinal’s leading tackler for two seasons and fourth-round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers in 2016. Martinez, who was selected to the AP All-America third team, USA Today All-America second team and All-Pac-12 first team as a senior in 2015, led the Pac-12 with 141 tackles (75 solo) -- ranking seventh nationally -- and averaged a conference-best 10.1 per contest. 

Hansen helped the Cardinal rank among the Pac-12’s best defensive units in 2015: second in third-down conversion percentage (.363), third in total defense (368.3), third in first-down defense (267), third in scoring defense (22.6) and fourth in rushing defense (139.9).
 
Under Hansen’s watch in 2014, the Cardinal defense ranked second nationally in scoring defense and third in total defense. The linebackers played a strong role in all facets on defense -- four linebackers finished among the top-six Cardinal tacklers, and the unit combined for 26 of Stanford's 46 sacks.
 
In 2014, Hansen coached two players to All-Pac-12 honors. Fifth-year senior A.J. Tarpley was named to the second team with 84 tackles, bringing his final career total to 203. Martinez, who led the Cardinal with 102 tackles and three interceptions, received honorable mention honors.
 
Hansen spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons at Stanford as a defensive assistant, working closely with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio in film breakdown, scouting reports and practice preparation. He also served as a strength and conditioning intern for the Cardinal in 2008.
 
Hansen went to the 49ers in 2011 and worked as a defensive assistant for three years, during which the team posted a 36-11-1 regular season record and advanced to three straight NFC championship games and one Super Bowl. In 2011, Hansen worked with inside linebackers Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman. He moved to outside linebackers in 2012 and worked with Ahmad Brooks, Parys Harrelson, Corey Lemonier, Aldon Smith and Dan Skuta.
 
Prior to his Stanford tenure, Hansen was an assistant coach at Palo Alto High School (Calif.) for four seasons (2004-07). Hansen worked primarily with the Vikings’ tight ends and defensive ends. He also served as the team’s defensive coordinator during the 2006 and 2007 campaigns, helping lead the Vikings to the 2006 Central Coast Section Open Division title and a berth in the Division II championship game.
 
Hansen was a two-sport athlete at Arizona, playing both football and basketball. On the gridiron, he blocked seven field-goal and point-after attempts during his career and earned second team All-Pac-10 honors as a special teams performer in 2000. Hansen was a member of the Wildcats basketball team during the 1999-2000 and 2001-02 seasons.
 
Hansen graduated from Arizona in 2001 with a degree in economics before finishing the 2001-02 basketball season.
 
A Palo Alto native, Hansen attended Palo Alto High School where he played for his father, Earl, the school’s longtime head football coach. He and wife, Stephanie, have a daughter, Georgia, and son, Isaiah.

 A Palo Alto native, Hansen attended Palo Alto High School where he played for his father, Earl, the school’s longtime head football coach. He and wife, Stephanie have a daughter, Georgia and son, Isaiah.