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Rod Marinelli

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Football Coach

The Resume

    (July 13, 1949- )
    Born in Rosemead, California
    NFL football coach
    Defensive line (1975-1981) and special teams coach (1982) for Utah State University
    Defensive line (1983-1989) and assistant head coach for the University of California
    Offensive line and assistant head coach for Arizona State University (1992-1994)
    Defensive line coach for the University of Southern California (1995)
    Defensive line (1996-2002) and assistant head coach (2002-2005) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Head coach of the Detroit Lions (2006- )

Why he might be annoying:

    He had not held a coordinator position since he was a high school coach.
    He lost the first five games of his coaching career.
    He became a head coach for the first time in his career at age 55.
    He gave Mike Martz a job as Lions offensive coordinator.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His full coaching potential may never be realized as long as Matt Millen is in charge of the team.
    He has coaching experience on offense, defense, and special teams.
    He is considered to be a strict disciplinarian and always wants his players to give him 110%.
    Upon his hiring as Lions coach, he stated that he wanted to get high character players who have a passion for the game.
    He served in the Vietnam War.
    Upon graduating from college, he taught history at his alma mater high school.
    That school's football field would later be named after him.

Credit: Darrell


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 41 Votes: 39.02% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying