Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States on January 19th, 1971 and is the Football Coach. At the age of 53, Eric Mangini biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Eric Anthony Mangini (born January 19, 1971) is a former American football coach and current television sports analyst.
Mangini had been with the 49ers since 2013 and served as the team's tight ends coach for two seasons before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2015, only to be fired in 2016 by new head coach Chip Kelly.Mangini is a former head coach, having served as the coach of the New York Jets from 2006 until 2008 and the Cleveland Browns in 2009 and 2010.
Prior to taking his position with the 49ers, Mangini was an NFL analyst for ESPN.
Mangini is also known for being a former assistant under Bill Belichick, serving under him as a defensive assistant while Belichick was the defensive coordinator with the Jets and later following him to the New England Patriots, where he succeeded Romeo Crennel as defensive coordinator in 2005 after Crennel took the head coaching position with the Browns (a position he would also be succeeded in by Mangini).
After being fired by the San Francisco 49ers in 2015, Mangini has become an analyst for Fox Sports 1.
Personal life
Mangini and his wife Julie have three sons, Jake, Luke and Zack, whose middle names honor influential figures in his career. Jake Harrison is named after former Patriots' safety Rodney Harrison, Luke William is named after Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick and Zack Brett is named after former Green Bay Packers' quarterback Brett Favre. Zack was born on Favre's 39th birthday, and Mangini had promised Favre that he would name his son after the quarterback if he signed with the Jets.
While coaching the Jets, Mangini was a resident of Harding Township, New Jersey.
Toronto Blue Jays' president Mark Shapiro is Mangini's brother-in-law and sports agent Ron Shapiro, who currently represents him, is his father-in-law.
Mangini had a cameo role in the penultimate episode of the crime drama The Sopranos. In the scene, Mangini is referred to by his nickname, "Mangenius".
On August 4, 2011, it was announced that Mangini would join ESPN as an NFL studio analyst on NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN First Take, and other programs.
Playing career
Mangini was a linebacker at Bulkeley High School in Hartford, Connecticut, before being recalled.
Mangini played nose tackle at Division III Wesleyan University and currently holds the school's single-season (11.5) and career (36.5) sacks records. He coached the Kew Colts, a semi-professional football team in Melbourne, Australia, to two national championships in the second semester of his junior and senior years. Mangini was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. Bill Belichick, another Wesleyan alumnus, was a mentor who served two decades ago.
Coaching career
Bill Belichick, under whom he will serve as a coach for nine seasons, was first spotted by Mangini as a 23-year-old ball boy with the Cleveland Browns. Belichick's work ethic was inspiring, and the head coach was instrumental in promoting Mangini to a public relations intern and later, an offensive assistant.
Mangini, a Baltimore Ravens offensive assistant, has rejoined Belichick and spent three seasons as a defensive assistant. When Belichick was hired as the New England Patriots' head coach in 2000, he brought along Mangini as his defensive backs coach. Mangini, a three-time Super Bowl winner for the New England Patriots, left defensive coordinator positions with the Miami Dolphins, Oakland, and Cleveland Browns before moving to New England in 2005.
When Mangini, 35, was hired by the New York Jets on January 17, 2006 to replace Herm Edwards, he became the NFL's youngest head coach in the league. He defeated internal candidates Donnie Henderson, Mike Heimerdinger, and Mike Westhoff, as well as external candidates Jim Haslett, Mike Tice, Tim Lewis, and Joe Vitt for the position. Because of his waddle and ferocious gaze, receiver Lavernues Coles was soon branded "The Penguin" by him.
Mangini led the Jets to a 10-6 record and a playoff berth with NFL Comeback Player of the Year quarterback Chad Pennington in his first season. In a wild card playoff game, the Jets, who finished last year 4-12, lost to the New England Patriots.
In 2007, the Jets went 4–12, losing in the playoffs. Mangini said to league authorities that Belichick's Patriots illegally filmed the Jets' defensive signals, exposing the "Spygate" controversy early in the season.
Despite an 8–3 start, the Jets missed the playoffs in 2008, leading to Mangini's firing on December 29, 2008, the day after the season ended.
Mangini was hired as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns on January 7, 2009, after committing to a four-year contract. Mangini's tenure with the Browns was criticized early on for his ability to micromanage the team and disinterest in the team's history (one of his first acts was to tear down a mural of Browns' greats on the wall of the team's office). Joe Posnanski, a sports Illustrated columnist, went so far as to label Mangini's recruitment by the Browns as the worst coaching hire in the last 25 years. Nate Jackson, a former member of the Browns' practice squad during the 2009 preseason, scathingly sluggishly attacked Mangini in his 2013 memoir. Only a few months after Mangini took over, Jackson said that Mangini's coaching style alienated his players to the point that they appeared "deep in sadness" with "no fight left in them."
With a victory over their division rival and the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, the team bounced back from their first season in Cleveland 1–11. With a 5–11 record, this started a four-game winning streak that came to an end. Mike Holmgren had announced on January 7, 2010 that Mangini would continue as head coach of the Browns for the 2010 season.
Mangini's second season was highlighted with back-to-back upsets over the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots. Due to injury to starting quarterback Jake Delhomme, the Browns were compelled to start rookie Colt McCoy. Peyton Hillis, a running back, made a breakout comeback this season. These changes, on the other hand, did not result in significant change as the Browns finished fifth out of fifth place, 5-11.
Mangini was fired as the Browns' head coach on January 3, 2011 with a 10–22 record.
On June 4, 2013, Mangini was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as a senior offensive consultant. He had been promoted to be the tight ends coach on February 20, 2014, on February 20, 2014. He had been promoted to be the defensive coordinator on January 22, 2015. However, after head coach Jim Tomsula was fired and replaced by Chip Kelly after just one season, he was fired alongside the majority of the coaching staff.