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New Coaches for the 2012 NFL Season
The Coaching Carousel
It is a normal thing in the NFL. Often there are coaches fired during the season, and usually others fired at the end of the season. They are sometimes replaced by other former head coaches, and often they are former assistants or college coaches.
In any case, they are met with high expectations to win or at least better their teams performance in the previous year.
Head Coaching Changes 2012
Coach
| Old Team/Position
| New Team
| |
---|---|---|---|
Romeo Crennell
| Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
| Kansas City Chiefs
| Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
|
Joe Philbin
| Green Bay Packers Offensive Coordinator
| Miami Dolphins
| Head Coach
|
Jeff Fisher
| Tennesee Titans Head Coach
| St Louis Rams
| Head Coach
|
Dennis Allen
| Denver Broncos Defensive Coordinator
| Oakland Raiders
| Head Coach
|
Greg Schiano
| Rutgers University Head Coach
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| Head Coach
|
Chuck Pagano
| Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator
| Indianapolis Colts
| Head Coach
|
Mike Mularkey
| Atlanta Falcons Offensive Coordinator
| Jacksonville Jaguars
| Head Coach
|
Romeo Crennel-Kansas City Chiefs
Romeo Crennel was a college player at Western Kentucky, who played both offensive and defensive lineman. He never played in the NFL. After many college coaching positions, he was hired by the New York Giants as an assistant coach.
Crennel's NFL Coaching Career
Year(s)
| Team
| Position
|
---|---|---|
1981-1982
| New York Giants
| Assistant Coach
|
1983-1989
| New York Giants
| Special Teams Coach
|
1990-1992
| New York Giants
| Defensive Line Coach
|
1993-1996
| New England Patriots
| Defensive Line Coach
|
1979-1999
| New York Jets
| Defensive Line Coach
|
2000
| Cleveland Browns
| Defensive Coordinator
|
2001-2004
| New England Patriots
| Defensive Coordinator
|
2005-2008
| Cleveland Browns
| Head Coach
|
2010-2011
| Kansas City Chiefs
| Defensive Coordinator
|
2011
| Kansas City Chiefs
| Interim Head Coach
|
2012
| Kansas City Chiefs
| Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator
|
Joe Philbin-Miami Dolphins
Joe Philbin never played NFL football, but was a college coach for a number of years. Philbin was offensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers when he was hired by the Miami Dolphins to be their head coach
Philbin's NFL Coaching Career
Years
| Team
| Position
|
---|---|---|
2007-2011
| Green Bay Packers
| Assistant Coach
|
2007-2011
| Green Bay Packers
| Offensive Coordinator
|
2012
| Miami Dolphins
| Head Coach
|
Joe Philbin's Press Conference
Mike Mularkey-Jacksonville Jags
Mike Mularkey was drafted by the 49ers in 1983, but never played a game there. He was picked up by the Minnesota Vikings, where he played for 5 years, then he joined the Pittsburgh Steelers for 3 years closing out his playing career in 1991. In 1994 he was hired as an assistant coach by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Mularkey's NFL Coaching Career
Years
| Team
| Position
|
---|---|---|
1994
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| Quality Control Coach
|
1995
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| Tight Ends Coach
|
1996-2000
| Pittsburgh Steelers
| Tight Ends Coach
|
2001-2004
| Pittsburg Steelers
| Offensive Coordinator
|
2004-2006
| Buffalo Bills
| Head Coach
|
2006
| Miami Dolphins
| Offensive Coordinator
|
2007
| Miami Dolphins
| Tight Ends Coach
|
2008-2011
| Atlanta Falcons
| Offensive Coordinator
|
2012
| Jacksonville Jaguars
| Head Coach
|
Dennis Allen-Oakland Raiders
Dennis Allen played a single year in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills. He then went back to his college and was an assistant coach till 1999.
In 2002 he began his NFL coaching career with the Atlanta Falcons.
Allen's NFL Coaching Career
Years
| Team
| Position
|
---|---|---|
2002-2005
| Atlanta Falcons
| Defensive Assistant/Quality Control Coach
|
2006-2007
| New Orleans Saints
| Assistant Defensive Line Coach
|
2008-2010
| New Orleans Saints
| Secondary Coach
|
2011
| Denver Broncos
| Defensive Coordinator
|
2012
| Oakland Raiders
| Head Coach
|
Jeff Fisher-St Louis Rams
Fisher was drafted in 1981 by the Chicago Bears where he played for 3 years. In 1985 he was hired by the Bears as an assistant coach. Eventually, he was the head coach of the Oilers/Titans and at the time was the longest serving head coach.
Years
| Team
| Position
|
---|---|---|
1988–1990
| Philadelphia Eagles
| Defensive Coordinator
|
1991
| Los Angeles Rams
| Defensive Coordinator
|
1994
| Houston Oilers
| Defensive Coordinator
|
1995-2011
| Houston Oilers/Tennesee Titans
| Head Coach
|
Chuck Pagano-Indianapolis Colts
Chuck Pagano is now on medical leave after discovery of acute promyelocytic leukemia. The interim head coach is offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.
Pagano's NFL Coaching Experience
Years
| Team
| Position
|
---|---|---|
2001-2004
| Cleveland Browns
| Secondary Coach
|
2005-2006
| Oakland Raiders
| Defensive Backs Coach
|
2008-2010
| Baltimore Ravens
| Secondary Coach
|
2011
| Baltimore Ravens
| Defensive Coordinator
|
2012
| Indianapolis Colts
| Head Coach
|