John Rosenberg

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John Rosenberg is an American football coach. He is one of the few people in the coaching profession who is a graduate of Harvard University. He is known for his creativity and innovation in defensive strategy. He has coached for 30 years, including colleges in the USA, and Club teams in Europe. His career has included National Championships in 3 different countries.

He was an assistant coach at Penn State for 11 seasons, working for the legendary Joe Paterno. During this time he coached in 11 Bowl Games, including the National Championship team in 1982. He coordinated recruiting from 1974-1977, and also served as defensive backfield coach from 1977-1982.

In 1983 he was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Stars in the first year of the USFL (United States Football League). Jim Mora Sr. was Head Coach and Carl Peterson, current President of the Kansas City Chiefs, was the General Manager.

He was the Head Coach at Brown University in the Ivy League from 1984-1989. He led them to 3 straight winning seasons including a 7-3 record in 1987. He resigned in 1990 after 2 losing seasons.

In 1994 he went to Europe for the first time as Head Coach of the Munich Thunder in the Football League of Europe, which disbanded after one season. In 1995 he became Head Coach of the Berlin Adler in the German Football League (GFL). He also was the Defensive Coordinator of the Cologne Crocodiles in 1998-1999, and the Munich Cowboys in 2000-2001.

In 2002 he was Head Coach of the Hamburg Blue Devils in the GFL, winning the German Bowl for the German National Championship. In 2004 he coordinated the defense of the Braunschweig Lions, Germany's winningest team with 10 staight German Bowl appearances and 5 National Championships.

In 2005 he became the Head Coach of the Bergamo Lions, one of Europe's most successful teams. Bergamo has won the Italian League Championship for 10 straight years and won the Eurobowl and Champions League in american football in 2000, 2001, and 2002. He won the Italian League title in 2005 and lost the Eurobowl championship game to the Vienna Vikings, finishing with a 13-1 record.

Overall in Europe, Rosenberg has a 79% winning percentage. In both the USA and Europe, he has not had a losing season in 20 seasons as an assistant coach.

Rosenberg received a B.A. Degree from Harvard, where he studied social psychology and organizational behavior. He received a Masters Degree in Counselor Education from Penn State in 1972, with an emphasis on student personnel in higher education.

Rosenberg grew up in Newton, MA. He now lives in Los Angeles where he has done some writing and editing for films and TV projects with football themes. He also was a sports radio talk show host in the early 1990s.

He holds a U.S. Patent for his creation of a board game in the late 1970s.^{[citation needed]}