Sam Anno

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Sam Anno
Date of birth	January 26, 1965
Place of birth	Silver Spring, Maryland
Position(s)	LB
College	Southern California
NFL Draft	1986 / Round Undrafted
Honors	NFL Special Teams Player of the Year, 1989
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1987-1987 1987-1988 1989-1991 1992-1993	Los Angeles Rams Minnesota Vikings Tampa Bay Buccaneers San Diego Chargers

Sam Anno (born January 26, 1965 Silver Spring, Maryland) is the special teams coach for the USC Trojans.

1 Coaching Career
2 Professional Career
3 College Career
4 High School Career
5 External Links

[edit] Coaching Career

Prior to coaching at USC, Anno coached at Venice High School, Santa Monica High School and Saint Monica Catholic High School between 1996 and 2004.

[edit] Professional Career

Anno played in the NFL between 1987 and 1994 as a linebacker,longsnapper and special teams player for the Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers. He was the leading special teams tackler on all of his former teams. Anno was voted captain for three years during his career. The special teams tackle records he set still stand today with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was voted NFL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR in 1989 while at Tampa Bay.

[edit] College Career

Anno played linebacker during college at USC where he graduated in 1987. He also has a Masters Degree from USC in Education and Athletic Administration.

[edit] High School Career

Prior to that he played at Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California. Actors Charlie Sheen and Dean Cain, also alumni of Santa Monica High School, were teammates and friends of Sam Anno.