Doug Marrone
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Buffalo Bills |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | July 25, 1964 |
| Place of birth | Bronx, New York |
| Alma mater | Syracuse |
| Team(s) as a player | |
| 1983–1985 1987 1989 1991–1992 |
Syracuse Miami Dolphins New Orleans Saints London Monarchs |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997–1999 2000 2001 2002–2005 2006–2008 2009–2012 2013–present |
Cortland State (TE) Coast Guard (OL) Northeastern (OL) Georgia Tech (TE) Georgia Tech (OL) Georgia (OL) Tennessee (TE/OT) New York Jets (OL) New Orleans Saints (OC) Syracuse Buffalo Bills |
Douglas Charles Marrone (born July 25, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League, a position he assumed in January 2013.[1] He previously was the head football coach at Syracuse University from 2009 to 2012, compiling a career college football record of 25–25. Before that he served as offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to 2008.[2]
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Playing career [edit]
Marrone was born in the Bronx.[3] He was a three-year letterman at Syracuse University, playing from 1983-1985 on the offensive line; he returned to graduate from the university in 1991.[2] He played with the Miami Dolphins in 1987 and the New Orleans Saints in 1989, and was with the London Monarchs of the World League in 1991.
Coaching career [edit]
Syracuse [edit]
On December 11, 2008, he was chosen as Syracuse University's head football coach after the 2008 season by athletic director Daryl Gross.[4] He is the first Syracuse alumnus to serve as head football coach since Reaves H. Baysinger in 1948.[2] Prior to being hired at Syracuse, Marrone served as an assistant coach for numerous universities and organizations since 1992 including a stint with the New Orleans Saints as an offensive coordinator from 2006 to 2008.
Reportedly, alumni such as Tim Green and Floyd Little wanted Marrone from the moment Robinson was fired, and when interviewed by Green, it was learned that Marrone had kept a folder of current high school players in the Syracuse area to get a head start in recruiting.[5][6][7]
In Marrone's first season the Orange finished with 4 wins, one more than the previous year. The Orange doubled that output the following season. The 8 wins in 2010 was the most since 2001 for the Orange. The 2010 season was highlighted with a victory over a Top-25 West Virginia Mountaineers team and a victory in the first ever Pinstripe Bowl in New York City. In 2011, the team started 5-2, which included a win over then #11 West Virginia Mountaineers. After the 5-2 start, the Syracuse Orange failed to win another game in the season, resulting in a 5-7 record for the season.[8] In 2012, Marrone coached the Orange to another win in the pinstripe bowl with a 38-14 victory and finished with a record of 8-5.
Buffalo Bills [edit]
On January 6, 2013, he was chosen to succeed Chan Gailey as head coach of the Buffalo Bills.[9]
Head coaching record [edit]
College [edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Orange (Big East Conference) (2009–present) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Syracuse | 4–8 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2010 | Syracuse | 8–5 | 4–3 | 4th | W Pinstripe | ||||
| 2011 | Syracuse | 5–7 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2012 | Syracuse | 8–5 | 5–2 | T–1st | W Pinstripe | ||||
| Syracuse: | 25–25 | 11–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 25–25 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
NFL [edit]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| BUF | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | AFC East | – | – | – | – |
| BUF Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Coaching Tree [edit]
NFL head coaches under whom Marrone has served [edit]
- Herm Edwards (2002-2005)
- Sean Payton (2006-2008)
College football head coaches under whom Marrone has served [edit]
- Bill Schmitz (1993)
- Barry Gallup (1994)
- George O'Leary (1996-1999)
- Jim Donnan (2000)
- Phillip Fulmer (2001)
References [edit]
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c Matt Gelb,Marrone Hired As Head Coach, The Daily Orange, December 12, 2008, Accessed December 12, 2008.
- ^ Anna Stolzenberg, "A Closer Look: Doug Marrone. Bills News, January 7, 2013. [2]
- ^ "Sources: New Orleans offensive coordinator to return to Syracuse". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
- ^ "Syracuse hires Marrone as football coach".
- ^ "Orange hires one of its own".
- ^ "The Mind of Maher: Marrone Madness".
- ^ "Bowl champs for first time since 2001".
- ^ [3]
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