| Noel Mazzone | ||
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | March 21, 1957 | |
| Place of birth |  Mt. Vernon, WA |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1975-1979 | New Mexico | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1980-1981 1982-1986 1987-1991 1992-1994 1995-1998 1999-2001 2002 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006-2008 |
New Mexico (GA) Colorado State (QB/WR) TCU (QB) Minnesota (QB) Ole Miss (OC) Auburn (OC) Oregon State (OC) NC State (OC) Ole Miss (OC) New York Jets (WR) |
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Noel Mazzone (born March 21, 1957 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is an American football coach. He grew up in Raton, New Mexico and went on to play quarterback collegiately under coach Bill Mondt at the University of New Mexico from 1975-1979.
Coaching career
After graduation, Mazzone started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at New Mexico under head coach Joe Morrison who had succeeded Mondt in 1980. In 1982, Mazzone received his first full-time position, coaching quarterbacks and receivers under Leon Fuller at Colorado State. After 5 years at CSU, Mazzone was hired away by Jim Wacker to serve as quarterbacks coach at Texas Christian. When Wacker left TCU for the head coaching position at the University of Minnesota in 1992, Mazzone followed Wacker to serve the same position with the Gophers.
In 1995, Mazzone was hired as offensive coordinator by Tommy Tuberville, who had just become head coach at Ole Miss. Tuberville left Ole Miss for Auburn in 1999, taking Mazzone with him. However, after the 2001 season Tuberville choose to replace Mazzone with Bobby Petrino. Oregon State head coach Dennis Erickson then hired Mazzone as offensive coordinator for the 2002 season. While Erickson left the collegiate ranks to coach the San Francisco 49ers, Mazzone chose to remain, becoming offensive coordinator under Chuck Amato at North Carolina State where he coached Philip Rivers, who would be the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft. In 2004, Mazzone returned to Ole Miss to serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under head coach Ed Orgeron. He was fired as offensive coordinator at the end of the 2004 season but remained an employee at Ole Miss for contractual reasons.
In 2006, Mazzone took his first position in the NFL when new head coach Eric Mangini hired him as wide receivers coach for the New York Jets. Mangini was fired by the Jets following the 2008 season and Mazzone's contract with the Jets was allowed to expire.
In January 2009, Mazzone was under consideration by Randy Shannon for the vacant position as offensive coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes, [1] and in February of that year was under consideration by Dave Wannstedt as offensive coordinator for the University of Pittsburgh.[2] He was also being considered for the job coaching quarterbacks under Mangini with the Cleveland Browns.[3][4]
But, instead of going to coach for any college he decided to assume the duties of offensive coordinator for Panther Creek High School in Cary, NC under Wayne Bragg.
On January 4, 2010, he was hired as offensive coordinator at Arizona State University, where he is reunited with Dennis Erickson, who he previously worked under at Oregon State University.
References
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3849830&name=feldman_bruce
- ^ Paul Zeise, Redshirt Diaries: Has Dave Wannstedt found his man?, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Now, date=2009-02-13, accessdate=2009-02-16
- ^ http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2009/01/source_says_mangini_is_targeti.html
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/browns/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1232098364227490.xml&coll=2
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Rodney Allison |
Auburn Tigers Offensive Coordinator 1999-2001 |
Succeeded by Bobby Petrino |
| Preceded by Jeremy Bates |
New York Jets wide receivers coach 2006-2008 |
Succeeded by Henry Ellard |
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