John Rosenberg
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John Rosenberg is an American football coach,[1] and a graduate of Harvard University. Rosenberg is known for his creativity and innovation in defensive strategy. He has coached for thirty years, including colleges in the United States, and Club teams in Europe. His career has included national championships in three different countries.
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[edit] USA
[edit] Penn State
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.
[edit] Philadelphia
In 1983 he was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Stars in the first year of the USFL. Jim Mora Sr. was head coach and Carl Peterson, current president of the Kansas City Chiefs, was the general manager.
[edit] Brown University
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.
[edit] Germany
[edit] Munich
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.
[edit] Hamburg
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 most winning team with 10 straight German Bowl appearances and 5 National Championships.
[edit] Italy
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 (equivalent to European soccer's 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.
[edit] General Information
Overall in Europe, Rosenberg has a 79% winning percentage. In both the U.S. and Europe, he has not had a losing season in 20 seasons as an assistant coach.
Rosenberg received a Bachelor's 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, Massachusetts. He now lives in Los Angeles, California 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 a board game he created in the late 1970s.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ “John Rosenburg new Lions head coach”, Das American Football Online Magazin (Football100.de), 10 January 2005, <http://www.football101.de/article2248.html>
- ^ Franchise board game. Inventor: Rosenberg, John D. (State College, PA, US) United States Patent 4027882, Free Patents Online, <http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4027882.html>
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