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As we all know, to have a successful NFL Franchise, it starts from the TOP and filters right down to the teams coaching ranks & pedigree
Summary & Analysis of the Rams Front Office and current Coaching Staff for the 2016 season.
THE BIG 3 (running the franchise)
(The man that brought the Rams back to Los Angeles & has the highest seat in the land)
(Owner) STAN KROENKE (Turns 69 on 07/29/2017)
http://www.therams.com
In August 2010, National Football League owners unanimously approved Mr. Kroenke’s bid to become principal owner of the St. Louis Rams. Mr. Kroenke became sole owner in 2014. He previously served 16 seasons as co-owner of the club increasing his stake to 40 percent in 1997.
Mr. Kroenke is the majority shareholder of Arsenal FC (Barclays Premiere League), London’s storied football club. Since taking control of the Rams and his other teams, he has been widely recognized as one of the top owners in professional sports, as well as a strong and committed leader throughout the community.
In 2012, Mr. Kroenke spearheaded the process that led to the hiring of Head Coach Jeff Fisher and General Manager Les Snead. In addition to guiding the Rams, Mr. Kroenke plays an active role in NFL matters. He currently serves on the league’s Broadcast Committee. Among others, he has served on the NFL’s Workplace Diversity Committee.
In 2011, Mr. Kroenke worked with his fellow owners to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association to assure labor peace in the NFL for the next 10 years. In addition to his sports team holding, Mr. Kroenke has steadily built a presence in media. In 2004, Mr. Kroenke launched the Altitude Sports & Entertainment network.
The 24-hour regional sports network is home to the Nuggets, Avalanche, Mammoth and Rapids, and also produces the Rams’ preseason television broadcasts. Altitude is the most watched regional sports network in the Rockies and is seen in more than 3.1 million homes in a 10-state territory.
In addition to Altitude, Mr. Kroenke owns KSE Media Ventures, LLC. This subsidiary of KSE manages their outdoor-related multichannel network, as well as publishing and digital media assets. KSE Media Ventures operates the Outdoor Sportsman Group (OSG), which includes The Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, and the World Fishing Network.
Collectively, the OSG businesses tailor to the outdoor enthusiast and gives KSE the largest multimedia portfolio in the world that focus on the outdoor lifestyle, across TV, print and digital media. Mr. Kroenke’s current and former board and trustee memberships include Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Central Bank Holding Company; Boone County National Bank in Columbia; Community Investments Partnership of St. Louis; the College of the Ozarks and the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mr. Kroenke has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Missouri. E. Stanley Kroenke, named after baseball legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial, was born in Cole Camp, Mo., and grew up in Mora, Mo. Mr. Kroenke and his wife, Ann, have a daughter, Whitney, and a son, Josh, Governor and President of both the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/architecture/new-nfl-stadium-los-angeles/
Rams owner and property developer Stan Kroenke, who has an estimated personal net worth of $7.4 billion, is credited with spearheading the return of NFL football to the country's second largest city. The new stadium is expected to be complete in time for the 2019 NFL season, with the team playing at their former home at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, until then.
The stadium: The 3.1 million-square-foot multipurpose venue will be the league's largest (in square feet.) International architecture giant HKS have been contracted to design the venue and have announced that it will center on a 19-acre transparent canopy, which will cover the entire stadium and parts of the surrounding development.
The canopy will be made from the same transparent ETFE plastic that coats Bayern Munich's stadium, the Allianz Arena, and the Beijing National Aquatics Center.
Kroenke has publicly estimated the cost at $1.86 billion, but the Los Angeles Times quotes unnamed "(NFL) officials and owners" who say the true cost could reach $2.66 billion. The New York Times and others have put the value at nearly $3 billion.
VIDEO: Kroenke Talks about moving back to Los Angeles
View: https://vimeo.com/151603412
VIDEO: Kroenke Talks about trading up for Goff
(COO) KEVIN DEMOFF (Turns 40 on 02/18/2017)
http://rams.1stroundmediagroup.com/
KEVIN DEMOFF is in his 7th year as Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Football Operations with the Rams. In his capacity, Demoff serves as a liaison to ownership on all operational manners. Demoff works closely with General Manager Les Snead and head coach Jeff Fisher to develop the club's strategic plans for player signings and player aquisitions.
As the club's chief negotiator, Demoff is responisible for the Rams salary cap planning and compliance with the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement. Demoff also partners with Snead and Fisher in aspects of the teams football operations. Demoff oversees the Rams entire business operations, including marketing and sales, finance, administration, communications, ticketing and community relations.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_1bc06d8c-74e9-5b1e-98fd-ba6104e49bb6.html
Jan 30, 2009: One of the last major pieces of the Ram's front office restructuring is now in place. Kevin Demoff, who has spent the past four seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has been hired as the team's executive vice president of football operations-chief operating officer.
For the past three seasons in Tampa Bay, Demoff has been the Bucs' senior assistant, a job that entailed helping general manager Bruce Allen (who was fired after the 2008 season) in contract negotiations and salary cap management, among other duties.
Demoff, the son of longtime NFL player agent Marvin Demoff, will handle all player contract negotiations and will serve as liaison to ownership on football and business operations. In terms of those duties, Demoff replaces Jay Zygmunt, who ended a nearly 30-run with the team at the end of the '08 season.
Before joining the Bucs, Demoff was director of football operations for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League for four years. He also served as editorial consultant for "The NFL Show" on Fox Sports Net during part of that time he was with the Avengers.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/2141/adding-demoff-to-front-office-significant-for-rams
Jan 30, 2009: Demoff's strong ties to the agent community give him a wider base of experience to draw upon. He showed creativity in how he constructed contracts for the Bucs, who spent $13 million in cash less than the $116 million salary-cap limit for 2008. The team has roughly $41 million in 2009 cap space despite having a roster laden with veterans.
VIDEO: Demoff talks about Rams plans moving to Los Angeles
(GM) LES SNEAD (Turns 46 on 01/19/2017)
http://rams.1stroundmediagroup.com/
Les Snead is entering his 5th season as General Manager of the Rams. Sneads tenure has been marked by agressive moves to improve the organization in any way possible, and that philosophy is best illustrated by a move made just days after his hiring. In the spring of 2012, Snead directed a trade that sent the second overall pick in the 2012 draft to the Washington Redskins in exchange for the sixth and 39th picks that year as well as Washington's first round picks in both 2013 and 2014.
In his role as general manager, Snead partners with head coach Jeff Fisher to direct all personel decisions for the club. In addition Snead coordinates all aspects of the clubs football operations with the head coach. He also joins forces with Executive Vice President of Football Operations C.O.O. Kevin Demoff to direct the teams business ventures.
Prior to joining the Rams, Snead spent 13 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. He served as the club's director of player personnel from 2009-11 and also held posts as a pro scout and as the Falcons' director of pro personnel. During his time in Atlanta, Snead was part of a personnel staff that signed, traded for or drafted 16 players that went on to earn Pro Bowl honors.
http://www.si.com/vault/2016/05/03/art-deals
ART OF THE DEALS By Austin Murphy: The Titans got cold feet; the trade was postponed. It was in Rep1's interest for some QB-hungry team to swing a deal with Tennessee. So Tollner reminded Snead that the Rams weren't the only team working on a trade. One club in particular, he knew, was eager to trade up. But that team's reliance on analytics, Tollner believed, would prevent it from moving higher than the fourth pick. To get from 4 to 1, Tollner told Snead, would take more than analytics.
Tollner was still asleep on the morning of April 14 when his phone vibrated: The deal was done. The Rams had parted with a raft of high picks—their first-rounder, two second-rounders and a third-rounder this year; a first and a third in 2017 for the right to this year's No. 1 pick. When they spoke a few moments later, Tollner greeted Snead thusly: "You have the biggest balls in the NFL."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Snead
Les Snead is the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. Snead was an all-state offensive guard at Eufaula High School, and switched to tight end at Troy State and Auburn. After college, Snead considered attending medical school, but after serving as a graduate assistant at Auburn, became a scout. Full birth name: Samuel Lester Snead
Video: Les Snead on Doug Gottlieb show Goff Trade
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZqhcvKu8yM
VIDEO: Snead inside the draft trade
(Head Coach) JEFF FISHER (Turns 59 on 02/25/2017)
http://www.therams.com
In January of 2012 Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke hired Jeff Fisher to be the 22nd full-time head coach in franchise history. In his first two seasons in St. Louis, Fisher led the team to 14 wins, a significant accomplishment considering the Rams has won a total of 15 games in the previous five seasons before Fisher's arrival.
Fisher joined the Rams after spending 16 full seasons as head coach of the Tennessee Titans, 11 as executive vice president. In his tenure with Tennessee, he guided the Titans to six playoff appearances (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008), three division titles (2000, 2002, 2008), two AFC Championship games (1999, 2002) and one Super Bowl appearance (XXXIV). From 1999-2010, only three teams had more playoff berths (Indianapolis, Philadelphia and New England). In the 2000s, Fisher totaled 97 victories, the most successful decade in franchise history.
Fisher’s teams have featured a stout rushing defense, as well demonstrated the ability to run the ball effectively. His rush defense ranked in the Top 10 in 12 out of 16 seasons with the Titans, a trend that as previously noted, continued in 2013. Fisher’s rushing offense finished in the Top 10 eight times during that same time span.
During his tenure with Tennessee, Fisher also had success with rebuilding young teams and transforming them into contenders, which is the same task he undertook when he arrived in St. Louis. In 2005, Fisher headed the youngest team in the NFL and the youngest NFL team in more than a decade. That season, with a win over the Houston Texans (10/9/05), he became just the 17th coach to reach the 100-win mark with one team.
He led the Titans through a retooling period that saw the team grow from 4-12 that year, to 8-8 in 2006, and a playoff berth in 2007, the first playoff appearance since 2003. During the 2006 season, Fisher became the first coach in franchise history to lead the team in 200 contests, reaching the milestone in a game against Baltimore (11/12/06).
He became only the 12th coach in NFL history to coach 200 games with one team, joining George Halas, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Curly Lambeau, Bud Grant, Steve Owen, Bill Cowher, Joe Gibbs, Hank Stram and Marv Levy (Mike Shanahan joined the list in December of 2006 to make 13 coaches).
In 2004, Fisher became the fourth youngest coach (46) to win 90 regular season games since 1960. Only John Madden (41), Don Shula (41), and Bill Cowher (44) were faster to 90 wins. Fisher began his coaching career as an assistant for Buddy Ryan and the Philadephia Eagles in 1986, coaching the defensive backs for 3 seasons before becoming the NFL's youngest defensive coordinator in 1988.
1995... Houston Oilers........... 7-9
1996... Houston Oilers........... 8-8
1997... Tennessee Oilers....... 8-8
1998... Tennessee Oilers....... 8-8 == First 4 full years as a HC posted no winning records
1999... Tennessee Titans..... 13-3
2000... Tennessee Titans..... 13-3== years 5 & 6) well over .500 mark & was considered a top tier head coach?
2001... Tennessee Titans....... 7-9
2002... Tennessee Titans..... 11-5
2003... Tennessee Titans..... 12-4 == years 7,8,9) added to years 5 & 6 equals 56 wins & 24 losses
2004... Tennessee Titans..... 5-11
2005... Tennessee Titans..... 4-12 == years 10 &11) coach falters for what ever reasons?
2006... Tennessee Titans....... 8-8
2007... Tennessee Titans..... 10-6
2008... Tennessee Titans..... 13-3 == years 12,13,14) 31 wins & 17 losses.. rebounds from years 10 & 11
2009... Tennessee Titans....... 8-8
2010... Tennessee Titans....... 6-10 == years 15,16) at odds with owner about player/personnel decisions? fired
2012... St. Louis Rams........ 7-8-1
2013... St. Louis Rams........ 7-9
2014... St. Louis Rams........ 6-10
2015... St. Louis Rams........ 7-9 = First 4 years as Rams HC. will he turn the corner in years 5,6 like with the Titans?
2015 VIDEO LINK: click link to watch Coach Fisher's Personal Testimony last season
http://www.iamsecond.com/seconds/jeff-fisher/
2015 Video: Game Day Coach Fisher Wired
View: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap3000000573380/Sound-FX-Jeff-Fisher
Video: Training Days Coach Fisher Wired
(DC) GREG WILLIAMS (Turns 58 on 07/15/2016)
http://www.therams.com
Gregg Williams, who enters his 26th season as an NFL coach in 2016, joined the Rams as defensive coordinator in 2014 after spending one season with the Tennessee Titans as senior assistant/defense. Williams’ 24 seasons in the NFL include three as a head coach and he enters his 15th as a defensive coordinator.
(2016 will be Greg Williams 3rd season as the Rams Defensive coordinator)
Williams’ influence in Tennessee in 2013 helped the team make great strides defensively. They ranked 16th in points per game allowed after finishing last in the NFL in 2012. The Titans improved to 14th in total defense last season after ranking 27th the previous year, were 11th in pass defense after a 26th-place finish in 2012, and Tennessee was 7th in the league in third down defense after ranking 21st a year earlier.
Williams presided over five separate top five total defenses during his coaching career: Tennessee Titans (No. 1 in total defense in 2000), Buffalo Bills (No. 3 in 2001 and No. 2 in 2003), Washington Redskins (No. 3 in 2005), and the New Orleans Saints (No. 4 in 2010). As a defensive coordinator or head coach (15 seasons), Williams has coached seven top-ten overall defenses.
Williams coached in New Orleans from 2009-2011. He helped the Saints capture two division titles (2009 and 2011), an NFC Conference Championship (2009), and Super Bowl XLIV, as well as an NFC Wild Card berth in 2010. In 2010 the Saints saw dramatic improvement in the NFL in yardage surrendered per game, moving from 25th in the NFL in 2009 (357.8 yards per game) to the fourth-best defense (306.3 yards per game) in 2010, and moved from 20th place in 2009 to seventh place in 2010 in opponents points per game (19.2 average).
Additionally, the Saints’ scoring defense allowed an average of only 17.2 points per game (third fewest in the NFC) over the course of the sea- son, a direct result of the team’s stingy net passing yards allowed per game (193.9 yards per contest average), which marked the fourth-fewest yards allowed through the air in the NFL. In 2010 the Saints defense also registered top-five final rankings in third down defense, with opposing offenses converting only 34.5% of their opportunities.
Additionally, New Orleans finished fourth-best against NFL quarterbacks by allowing only 75.3 in passer ratings, which directly corre- lated to the Saints’ allowing the fewest passing touchdowns allowed in the NFL during 2010 (13). Williams’ impact on the Saints’ defense was impressive as they improved significantly in several categories upon his arrival. After allowing opponents to score touchdowns in the red zone on 48.2 of their possessions in 2008, the Saints lowered that figure to 39.3 in 2009, second-lowest in the NFL.
The Saints recorded only 15 interceptions in 2008 and then finished second in the NFC and third in the NFL with 26 picks in 2009. He was in charge of a unit that recorded 35 defensive takeaways after recording only 21 a year earlier. Seven of those takeaways were returned for touchdowns. New Orleans had three defensive players named to the Pro Bowl following that season. Prior to joining the Saints, Williams had a one-year stint in Jacksonville as defensive coordinator/assistant head coach. In 2008, the Jaguars held 10 opponents to 20 points or less.
Williams spent the previous four seasons (2004-07) as assistant head coach/defense of the Washington Redskins. Washington had one of the NFL’s top defenses over that span, allowing just 19.4 points per game and ranking sixth overall in defense during the four-season stretch. In 2007, the Redskins ranked eighth in the NFL in total defense, including allowing only 91.3 yards per game rushing.
Prior to arriving in the NFL, Williams was a graduate assistant at the University of Houston from 1988-89 under former NFL head coach Jack Pardee. From 1984-87, Williams was the head coach at Belton (Mo.) High School after opening his coaching career at Excelsior Springs (Mo.) High School. Williams graduated from Truman State University, where he played quarterback and also played baseball. He later earned a master’s degree from Central Missouri.
Video: Williams talks 3rd season as the DC for Rams
(Sr DEF/assistant) CHUCK CECIL (Turns 52 on 11/08/2016)
http://www.therams.com
After three seasons leading the team’s secondary, Chuck Cecil is in his second year as the Rams’ senior defensive assistant. Cecil enters his 16th season as an NFL coach. During his time in St. Louis, Cecil has helped develop a young secondary that has now given the Rams a solid foundation on the back end of their defense.
Cecil’s young group saw two rookies deliver strong contributions in 2014, including CB E.J. Gaines, who started the first 15 games after joining the club as a sixth-round draft pick last spring, and CB Lamarcus Joyner, the team’s second-round pick who served as the primary nickelback before a midseason injury slowed him down.
Gaines led the Rams with 14 pass breakups and also intercepted two passes as a rookie.
A former All-Pro NFL safety, Cecil also tutored a pair of safeties in T.J. McDonald and Rodney McLeod, both of whom started all 16 games last season. McDonald was the Rams’ third leading tackler while breaking up eight passes and played every defensive snap for St. Louis in 2014. Cecil joined Coach Jeff Fisher’s staff after 10 years with the Tennessee Titans, where he coached the team’s secondary and spent two seasons as defensive coordinator.
During his two years as Tennessee’s defensive coordinator, the Titans ranked eighth in the league in interceptions (20) and second in interceptions returned for touchdowns (4). During his last three years with the Titans, their defense ranked third in the NFL in interceptions (62) behind only Green Bay and Baltimore.
(OC) ROB BORAS (Turns 46 on 09/30/2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Boras
Rob Boras is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He served as head coach at Benedictine University in 1998, compiling an overall record of three wins and seven losses. During his career, he has also been an assistant coach at DePauw, Texas, UNLV, as well as for the NFL's Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars.
http://www.therams.com
Prior to joining the Rams, Boras spent two years in Jacksonville as the tight ends coach. Before joining the Jaguars, Boras spent six seasons (2004-09) with the Chicago Bears as the tight ends coach. Prior to his time in Chicago, Boras spent five seasons (1999-2003) at Nevada-Las Vegas under Head Coach John Robinson including three seasons as offensive coordinator.
During his tenure with the Rebels the school ranked among the nation’s leaders in rushing offense, finishing 15th in 2002, 16th in 2001 and 13th in 2000. Boras played center at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., from 1988-91. He began his coaching career overseeing the offensive line at his alma mater following his graduation with a degree in Political Science in 1992. He later earned a master’s degree in sports management from Indiana State University.
http://www.insidesocal.com/rams/201...ator-rob-boras-putting-his-imprint-on-things/
New Rams offensive coordinator Rob Boras putting his imprint on things OXNARD – It probably isn’t terribly accurate to refer to Rob Boras as the Rams new offensive coordinator. He did take over the position with four games remaining in the 2015 season, and the Rams did improve offensively with Boras calling the plays while going 3-1 to finish the season.
Still, it’s one thing taking over late in a season when you are essentially handcuffed from making the sort of drastic or subtle changes that are sometimes required to put your imprint on things. It’s quite another when you have the necessary time to add, tinker, alter and organize an offense to your liking. Boras now has that time. Which means the Rams offense is under construction at the moment.
Maybe not a complete gut job, but certainly major renovations. Coupled with breaking in a rookie quarterback the Rams just invested the first overall pick in in last April’s draft – and have every hope and intention of opening the season with as the starter – it’s been a bit of a shock to the system thus far.
Of course, when you are coming off a season in which you scored the second fewest points in the NFL, it could be argued nothing short of shock therapy is required to get things pointed in the right direction. And maybe that’s exactly what’s happening. Nevertheless, it’s pretty clear to even the untrained eye that getting the Rams offense in tune with Boras’ playbook is very much a work in progress during OTA’S.
“There’s ups and downs. That’s part of the process with everybody,” Boras said. “There’s enough of our offense that’s new right now that it’s kind of uncomfortable for everybody. And we’re trying to make it comfortable. And when that happens, we’ll all feel good. But right now it’s uncomfortable.” Boras insists a team-wide comfort level will eventually set in. But right now, he senses some heads swimming.
“In football, when you’re thinking, you can’t play fast and play physical. And right now there’s a lot of thinking going on,” Boras said. “And I know there’s no pads, but it’s still what you talk about. Once these guys just start reacting, whether it’s a quarterback, a receiver, a linemen, you name it. Then it’s just, they can use their God given abilities and go play football. But Right now, there’s a lot of thinking going on.”
Video: Boras gets motivated at OTA's
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egX6b0BrZ24
(PC/WR's) MIKE GROH (Turns 45 on 12/19/2016)
http://www.therams.com
One of the benefits of bringing in Groh is his extensive experience working in different systems. Over the past couple years, new Dolphins head coach Adam Gase has been widely regarded as one of the more innovative offensive minds in football. Gase was the quarterbacks coach in Denver when the club beat the Steelers in the 2011 playoffs with Tim Tebow as quarterback, and then ascended to offensive coordinator with Peyton Manning as the club’s signal-caller.
In 2015, Groh worked alongside Gase with the Bears under head coach John Fox. “Being in the system I just came out of whatever you want to call it, ‘Peyton’s system,’ the ‘Adam Gase offense’ is something that I think is sought after in this league right now,” Groh said. In addition to Gase, Groh worked with another well-regarded offensive mind in Chicago: Marc Trestman.
“My experience being in that system to go along with working for coach Trestman for a couple years, and being in the West Coast offense, I think, are some of the things they were looking for with some new pass ideas,” Groh said. “Hopefully, I can bring that.” It’s no secret the Rams’ passing game was poor in 2015, as the club ranked No. 32 in yards passing.
With Groh now on board, the expectation is that Los Angeles should be able to make significant strides next season by implementing the different concepts Groh has come across throughout his career. If there’s one player Groh seems to be particularly excited to coach, it’s wide receiver Tavon Austin. “Tavon he’s a threat to score every time he gets it,” Groh said.
Austin’s ability to impact a game is obvious, as evidenced by his 1,187 all-purpose yards and 10 total touchdowns in 2015. Now Groh will be able to help the West Virginia product take the next step in his development. But as the passing game coordinator, Groh will work with the entire offense. He expressed a sense of optimism about the different position groups on the unit. “I think we’re evolving right now,” Groh said. “We’re talking about what we want to do to try to move the ball and be more effecient offensively. But we have some very good players.
http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/Mike-Groh/3c0cf60d-4ab9-4dc2-b430-b31d6eaeb1b9
Prior to joining the Bears, Groh spent two seasons as Alabama's wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, helping lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back national championships, his third overall at Alabama after serving as the offensive graduate assistant in 2009. In addition, Groh was recognized as the 2013 national recruiter of the year by Rivals and 24/7 Sports.
Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant as the Tide recorded a 14-0 record en route to the national championship. In between his stints at Alabama, Groh spent the 2010 season as the quarterbacks coach at Louisville. Groh coached at his alma mater, Virginia, for eight seasons (2001-08), including the final three years as the offensive coordinator for the Cavaliers.
Groh started as the wide receivers coach before added the role of overseeing the quarterbacks in 2003. He also added the title of recruiting coordinator in 2005. As the starting quarterback at Virginia in 1994-95, Groh is the only signal-caller in school history to lead the Cavaliers to nine wins and a bowl victory in consecutive seasons.
Groh played his final season at Virginia as a graduate student, after receiving his undergraduate degree in rhetoric and communication studies from Virginia in 1995. He attended the Baltimore Ravens training camp as a free agent in 1996 and later played in the World League for the Rhein Fire in 1997. Groh spent the 2000 season as an offensive assistant/quality control coach for the New York Jets.
VIDEO: Groh interview under the lights
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dRiM8tq0-w
VIDEO: Groh talking OTA's
(Assistant HC) DAVE MCGINNIS (Turns 65 on 08/07/2016)
http://www.therams.com
The 2015 season will mark the 31st of Dave McGinnis’s NFL coaching career. McGinnis, who boasts 43 years coaching at the collegiate and professional levels, is in his fifth season with the Rams. As assistant head coach, McGinnis helps Head Coach Jeff Fisher in a variety of areas, including administration, scheduling and coaching all three phases - offense, defense and special teams - of the team.
McGinnis joined the Rams after eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans. In 2011, he served as senior assistant coach. He coached Tennessee’s linebackers for seven years and spent six seasons as assistant head coach. McGinnis worked under Fisher for seven seasons in Nashville. The 2016 season is McGinnis’ 31st in the NFL, a tenure that includes three and a half years as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2000-2003. One of the most respected defensive minds in the game, McGinnis directed the Cardinals defense as their defensive coordinator from 1996 to 2000.
McGinnis built his reputation and knowledge during a 10-year stint (1986-95) with the Chicago Bears as a linebackers coach, where he worked with one of the best linebacker corps in the game: Mike Singletary, Wilber Marshall and Otis Wilson. He coached Hall of Famer Mike Singletary for seven of his 12 years in the league with each ending in a trip to the Pro Bowl. Singletary was also the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1988.
During his tenure in Chicago, the Bears advanced to the playoffs six times and the defense finished in the top six of the NFL in defense six times, including a first or second place ranking three times. Prior to joining the NFL ranks, McGinnis spent 13 years in college football with stops at his alma mater Texas Christian University (1973-74, ‘82), Missouri (1975-77), Indiana State (1978, ‘80-81) and Kansas State (1983-85). McGinnis was a three-year starter as a defensive back at TCU, where he graduated in 1973 with a degree in business management.
(Special Teams) JOHN FASSEL (Turns 43 on 01/10/2017)
http://www.therams.com
The Rams have developed a reputation for delivering the unexpected in the kicking game, and special teams coordinator John Fassel is at the helm of the trickery that has helped St. Louis become one of the NFL’s best when it comes to special teams. Fassel is in this Fifth season with the Rams in 2016. Fassel joined the Rams after spending the past three years in the same capacity with the Oakland Raiders.
The Raiders saw much success under Fassel’s leadership, garnering some of the league’s top special teams accomplishments. His units led the NFL in special teams takeaways, turnover differential and points scored in 2009 and 2010. Fassel also oversaw the advancement of returner Jacoby Ford, leading to a breakout rookie season with three kickoff returns for touchdowns in 2010 and one in 2011.
Under Fassel’s tutelage, P Shane Lechler earned a Pro Bowl spot in three consecutive years. In 2009, he led the NFL with a Raider record 51.1-yard average per attempt. His net average of 43.9 yards per punt also set an all-time NFL record and surpassed his own record set in 2008. In addition, K Sebastian Janikowski achieved a career single-season high 89.7 field goal percentage, missing only three attempts (47, 57 and 66 yards) in 2011.
From 2005-07, Fassel was Baltimore’s assistant special teams coach. He helped the Ravens to top-10 finishes in punt and kickoff return average in 2006 and 2007 and his units returned five kicks for touchdowns in two seasons. From 2003-04, he was the head coach and assistant athletic director at New Mexico Highlands University. Fassel also served six months as the school’s interim athletic director and taught undergraduate and graduate courses.
He earned a master’s degree in athletic administration at Idaho State University, where he was a graduate assistant and sports science instructor from 2000-01. In 1999 and 2001, Fassel coached wide receivers and recruited for Bucknell. In Spring 2000, Fassel was the strength and conditioning and wide receivers coach for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe.
Fassel played wide receiver at Weber State, graduating in 1999 with a degree in Exercise Science. He was signed as a rookie free agent wide receiver with the Indianapolis Colts. Fassel is the son of former NFL coach Jim Fassel, a longtime NFL coach who guided the New York Giants to the Super Bowl during the 2000 season. John is a triathlete who has finished three Ironman distance triathlons.
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-ra...ck-plays-work-on-special-teams-a-long-process
Part of Fassel's weekly routine involves putting together a tape of unique special-teams plays that took place the previous weekend. "We watch every snap of every game from the previous week and build a little tape on situations, highlights, lowlights, just anything that could happen," Fassel said.
"You cut it down to 10-15 minutes and watch other teams, other players and that type of stuff, crazy situations, great plays. It’s something we started doing a couple years ago." That study, along with Fassel's imagination and Fisher's chutzpah, has helped the Rams forge ahead on some of the more creative special-teams looks to be found anywhere in the league.
Since Fisher and Fassel arrived in 2012, Hekker has attempted eight passes on fake punts or field goals (he's the holder). Hekker's completed six of those for 99 yards, with a touchdown and five first downs. In other words, the Rams have been able to snatch an extra possession or score points six times in the past three-plus seasons. That might not seem like much, but considering how few snaps special teams get during the course of a game, it's fairly substantial.
To be sure, reaching the point where Fisher is comfortable enough to call a tricky special-teams play is easier than with other coaches, but it still requires a lot of work. Fassel said "The Mountaineer" punt return from last season was the exception to the rule, where he saw something on film and the team put it in and executed it in fairly short order.
But most other plays take something closer to weeks, months or even years from conception to execution. Fassel even goes so far as to have different players sub in during practice on a play before he wants to call it, because players can get injured or fatigued enough to take them off their respective units for a play or more in the middle of a game.
(Offensive Position Coaches)
(O-LINE) PAUL T. BOUDREAU (Turns 67 on 12/30/2016)
http://www.therams.com
No offensive line coach in the NFL has more experience as an assistant at the professional level than Paul T. Boudreau, who enters his 29th season in 2015. This year marks Boudreau’s fourth season of his second stint with the Rams.
St. Louis made huge strides up front in Boudreau’s first season with the new group. The Rams boasted the 12th best average in the NFL in sacks allowed per pass play. Rams quarterbacks were sacked just 35 times in 2012, which were 20 less than the 55 allowed in 2011. Boudreau’s group also helped RB Steven Jackson reach the 1,000 yard mark for an eighth-straight season.
As was the case in 2013, Boudreau was forced to shuffle his hand several times in 2012. The Rams started seven different offensive line combinations and nine different players started a game on the offensive line that season. RT Barry Richardson was the only Ram to start all 16 games at the same position on the offensive line. Prior to joining Jeff Fisher’s staff in 2012, Boudreau spent four seasons as the offensive line coach with the Atlanta Falcons.
In both 2010 and 2011, the Falcons finished in the top 10 in the NFL in points scored, including a fifth place finish en route to a 2010 NFC South championship. Boudreau’s linemen helped the team total the second fewest sacks allowed per play in a single season with just one per 21.1 pass plays in 2009. His line’s strong play also enabled the Falcons offense to amass 330 first downs that year, the second-most ever in a season.
From 2006-07, Boudreau served as the offensive line coach for the Rams. In 2007, Rams running back Steven Jackson tallied his second consecutive 1,000-yard season behind Boudreau’s offensive line. In 2006, Jackson gained a career-high 1,528 rushing yards while nine different players started on the offensive line.
Prior to joining the Rams, Boudreau was the offensive line coach for three seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-05). In 2003, the Jacksonville offensive line set a franchise record by allowing only 28 sacks (tied for ninth in the NFL). Running back Fred Taylor also rushed for a team-record
From 1997-98, Boudreau coached the offensive line for the New England Patriots following a three-year stint with the Detroit Lions guiding the same unit. His first position in the NFL came in New Orleans from 1987-93. In his seven seasons with the Saints, Boudreau’s line placed in the top three in fewest sacks allowed on four occasions. In 1992, the Saints allowed a league-low 15 sacks.
(QB's) CHRIS WEINKE (Turns 44 on 07/31/2016)
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/161926/rams-hiring-chris-weinke-as-quarterbacks-coach
Feb 19, 2015: INDIANAPOLIS -- The St. Louis Rams are hiring a former NFL quarterback to coach their quarterbacks. But it might not be the one you expect. A week after Rams coach Jeff Fisher interviewed Jeff Garcia for the vacant quarterbacks coach job, he decided to hire Chris Weinke for the job.
Weinke comes to St. Louis after spending the past four years working for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He interviewed with Fisher last week before Fisher spoke to Garcia about the opening. At IMG, Weinke spent his time tutoring quarterbacks of all ages from all over the country. Weinke has worked with a who's who of NFL quarterbacks in his time at IMG, including players like Seattle's Russell Wilson, Carolina's Cam Newton and Minnesota's Teddy Bridgewater.
http://www.therams.com
Chris Weinke, one of the most accomplished players in college football history, is in his first season as Rams’ quarterbacks coach. Prior to joining Jeff Fisher’s staff in February, Weinke spent four years as the director of the IMG Academy football program in Bradenton, Fla. During his tenure with IMG, he helped college prospects prepare for the NFL Draft, including current NFL starting quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson.
Weinke enjoyed a seven-year NFL playing career with the Carolina Panthers (2001-06) and San Francisco 49ers (2007). He was a fourth-round draft pick of the Panthers in 2001 and started 19 games for the club, including 15 as a rookie. Weinke was Jake Delhomme’s backup on the 2003 team that won the NFC title before suffering a 32-29 loss to the Patriots.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-rookie-quarterbacks-20160510-story.html
May 9, 2016: Before he moves forward as Rams quarterback, Jared Goff needs to move backward. Again and again. The No. 1 pick in last month's NFL draft is making the transition from a spread to a pro-style offense, taking snaps from under center for the first time since his freshman year in high school. It's a fairly common transformation these days — fellow first-round pick Paxton Lynch faces a similar learning curve with the Denver Broncos but it's more complicated than meets the eye.
"Passing the football is rhythm and timing," Rams quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke said during a rookie mini-camp last week. "When I'm under center, that rhythm and timing is different than when I'm in the shot gun. If I haven't done it since I was 14 years old, and now I come to this level with the speed of the game, there's a transition.
"We felt like this kid has the mental capacity to pick it up, the physical ability to be able to make the transition, and we saw it today. We had a walk-through earlier, and from that walk-through to the second walk-through he got better. So there's growth on Day 1, and that's what we truly believed in when we drafted the guy.
(RB's) SKIP PEETE (Turns 54 on 01/30/2017)
http://www.therams
The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to terms with Skip Peete, who will serve as the team’s running backs coach under Head Coach Jeff Fisher. “Skip’s success in the NFL is well documented and I think our young backs will benefit from his knowledge and experience,” Fisher said. “He’s ready to get to work and we’re excited to have him here.” Peete joins the Rams after spending the previous three seasons with the Chicago Bears (2013-2015).
In his first year with Chicago, running back Matt Forte was named to his second-career Pro Bowl after finishing second in the NFL with 1,339 rushing yards and third with 1,933 yards from scrimmage. Both were career-bests for Forte ranking ninth and fifth, respectively, in single-season franchise history and most among players other than Hall of Famer Walter Payton.
Prior to coaching with the Bears, Peete spent six seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (2007-12). Under his watch, the Cowboys rushing attack set a franchise single-season record in 2009 with a 4.8 yards per carry average (2,103 yards on 436 attempts), which ranked second in the NFL that season. Dallas’ 131.4 rushing yards per game was seventh in the league in 2009.
From 1998-2006, he oversaw the Oakland Raiders’ running backs. During that time, Peete directed Tyrone Wheatley (1,046 in 2000) and LaMont Jordan (1,025 in 2005) to career highs in rushing yards. Before coming to the NFL, Peete coached for 10 years in the collegiate ranks. He began his career at the University of Pittsburgh (1988-92) and went on to coach wide receivers at Michigan State (1993-94) and Rutgers (1995) and then running backs at UCLA for two seasons (1996-97).
Collegiately, Peete played two seasons at Arizona (1981-82) before transferring to Kansas. During his time at Kansas, Peete was an All-Big Eight wide receiver (1985) and was voted team captain in his senior year of 1986. He played wide receiver and special teams for one season in the NFL with the New York Jets. His father, Willie, is a longtime collegiate and NFL coach and his brother, Rodney Peete, is a former NFL quarterback, who played 16 seasons.
(TE's) JOHN LILLY (Turns 49 on 06/21/2017)
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/former-georgia-coach-headed-to-nfl
Feb 16, 2016: ATHENS — The man who was undefeated as Georgia’s offensive play-caller is headed to the NFL. John Lilly, who stepped in as Georgia’s offensive coordinator in each of the past two bowl games, has been hired by the Los Angeles Rams as their tight ends coach, someone familiar with the situation confirmed.
The news means Lilly will re-join Todd Gurley, the star tailback and NFL rookie of the year – who was sitting courtside at Georgia’s basketball game against Florida on Tuesday night. The Rams also have former Georgia star linebacker Alec Ogletree. And one of his tight ends will be Jared Cook, the former South Carolina tight end who is from the Atlanta area.
Lilly called plays for Georgia in the 24-17 win over Penn State in the TaxSlayer Bowl, as well as the prior season’s rout of Louisville in the Belk Bowl.
Lilly’s entire coaching career has been at the college level. He served as Georgia’s tight ends coach from 2008 until this past season, when he was not retained by new head coach Kirby Smart. Prior to Georgia he worked at Florida State. The Rams have relocated to Los Angeles from St. Louis for the 2016 seasons. They’re the same organization that Brian Schottenheimer left as offensive coordinator to come to Georgia last year, a move that proved fateful for both parties.
(Defensive Posisition Coaches)
(D-Line) MIKE WAUFLE (Turns 63 on 06/27/2017)
http://www.therams.com
Mike Waufle is widely regarded as one of the best in the NFL at his craft, and the results produced by his position group during Waufle’s four seasons in St. Louis give merit to such opinions. 2016 marks the 19th season in which he’s coached the position at the NFL level.
In his first 17 NFL seasons, Waufle’s teams have finished in the top 10 in sacks nine times, including the 2013 campaign when the Rams finished third in the category. In Waufle’s first season with the Rams, St. Louis tied for the league lead in sacks and finished first outright in sacks per pass play. Long (11.5) and Quinn (10.5) gave the Rams a pair of double-digit sackers for the first time since 2000. In addition, DT Michael Brockers was named to Pro Football Weekly’s All-Rookie team, and DE William Hayes reached a new career high with 7.0 sacks.
Waufle joined the Rams after a two-year stint with the Oakland Raiders. In 2010, Waufle’s first year in Oakland, the Raiders finished tied for second in the NFL in sacks with 47, just one off the pace of Pittsburgh’s league-leading total of 48. Like the Rams did in 2012, Oakland led the NFL in sacks per pass play in 2010. DT Richard Seymour went to the Pro Bowl following both of his seasons in which Waufle was his position coach.
From 2004-09, Waufle served as defensive line coach with the New York Giants and helped guide some of the NFL’s top pass rushers. The Giants led the NFL in sacks in 2007, and their defensive line sacked Tom Brady five times in Super Bowl XLII to help lead New York to a world championship. Waufle began his coaching career at Alfred University in New York. He served as defensive line coach at Fresno State from 1985-88. From 1980-84, he was an assistant at Utah State, his alma mater, working one season as secondary coach, two years as offensive line coach and two seasons as defensive line coach.
https://nflmocks.com/2016/05/17/los-angeles-rams-are-betting-big-on-mike-waufle/
June 2016: By Mike Lambert: A lot of people must be scratching their heads at why the Los Angeles Rams are collecting so many failed defensive linemen. Simple. They have a secret weapon. His name is Mike Waufle. The teams’ defensive line coach since Jeff Fisher took over the team in 2012, he brings with him quite the reputation in NFL circles.
Aside from being an ex-member of the United States Marine Corps, he has built a long and illustrious history as a developer and teacher of top pass rushers in pro football. Not much has changed since. Waufle has worked his same magic with the Rams, turning Robert Quinn and now Aaron Donald into All-Pro stars. So it is into these capable hands that Fisher and GM Les Snead have dropped two former 1st round draft picks in hopes he might reverse the way both their careers have gone.
Quinton Coples was the 16th overall pick of the New York Jets in 2012. Viewed as a physical freak of nature at 6'6, 290 lbs he had the look of a player that could dominate. His three years with the Jets were hardly dominant. Granted, they weren’t terrible with 16.5 sacks in three years but they were well below expectations. With a new regime arriving under Todd Bowles he was traded to Miami midway through last season, didn’t play much and was released this off-season.
Then there is Dominique Easley. A former 1st round of New England in 2014, he arrived with history of knee problems that continued to dog him through his two seasons there. He had just three sacks in that span and the Patriots released him in April. His reputation as a great interior pass rusher at Florida, along with rumors he wasn’t happy in New England, compelled the Rams to put him under the direction of Waufle. If the 61-year old can mold those two and get them to play to their potential, an already great defensive front becomes a frightening one.
(Assistant D-Line) CLYDE SIMMONS (Turns 52 on 08/04/2016)
http://www.therams.com
Clyde Simmons, who was one of the NFL’s top defensive ends during his 15-year playing career, enters his fourth season as the Rams’ assistant defensive line coach. In three years with the Rams, Simmons has helped oversee one of the top defensive lines in the NFL. Last season, Simmons helped tutor DT Aaron Donald, who earned AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors while leading all NFL rookies with 9.0 sacks.
Donald went to the Pro Bowl and finished second among all NFL defensive tackles in sacks. In addition, DE Robert Quinn went to his second-straight Pro Bowl after recording 10.5 sacks. In his first season in St. Louis, Simmons helped tutor a defensive line that was one of the strongest units on the team. The Rams tied for the NFL lead with 52 sacks, paced by 11.5 from DE Chris Long and 10.5 from DE Robert Quinn. In addition, DT Michael Brockers was named to Pro Football Weekly’s All-Rookie Team.
Simmons, a two-time Pro Bowler and two-time First-Team All-Pro, broke into the coaching ranks in 2010 when he spent the season as a coaching intern with the New York Jets. During his time on Rex Ryan’s staff, Simmons worked mostly with the defensive line. Simmons’ playing career included stints with the Eagles (1986-93), Cardinals (1994-95), Jaguars (1996-97), Bengals (1998) and Bears (1999-2000).
He racked up 121.5 career sacks, which ranks 16th in NFL history entering the 2014 season. Simmons led the NFL with 19 sacks in 1992. After retiring as a player following the 2000 season, Simmons spent time working as a private mortgage officer and as a probation officer in Georgia. He also coached at Greater Atlanta Christian High School in Norcross, Ga.
(LB's) FRANK BUSH (Turns 54 on 01/10/2017)
http://www.therams.com
A veteran of 24 NFL seasons, Frank Bush enters his third season as the Rams’ linebackers coach. In his first two seasons in St. Louis, Bush guided the team’s top two tacklers in each campaign while grooming the young LB Alec Ogletree and helping the veteran LB James Laurinaitis continue to flourish. In 2014, Ogletree led the Rams in tackles for a second-consecutive season as he narrowly edged Laurinaitis, 169-168, in the category.
Three of the six linebackers on the team’s active roster that season were rookies, including Ogletree, who led the team in tackles (155) and tied for third in the NFL with six forced fumbles. With Bush as defensive coordinator in 2009, the Texans established new franchise lows for fewest points allowed per game (20.8) and yards allowed per game (324.9); in both 2009 and 2010, Houston yielded the two lowest rushing yardage totals in their franchise’s history.
Under his direction, Houston saw the emergence of DE Mario Williams and LB DeMeco Ryans into Pro Bowl players and LB Brian Cushing earned Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2009. His first two years with the Texans, Bush was the senior defensive assistant and worked primarily with the defensive line. Before joining the Texans, Bush spent three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals as the linebackers coach and was tabbed as assistant head coach for his final year.
While with the Cardinals, he guided LB Carlos Dansby’s development into a top-flight player. The defense as a whole made significant strides during his tenure as they improved from 26th the year before his arrival in total defense to 12th in 2004 and eighth in 2005. Bush spent nine seasons coaching on Mike Shanahan’s Denver Broncos teams from 1995-03 in a variety of capacities.
In his first five years (1995-99) in Denver, he was the linebackers coach. Additionally, he spent one season as secondary coach (2000) and three seasons as the special teams coach (2001-03) with the Broncos. In his time with Denver, Bush earned two Super Bowl rings. Bush started his coaching career with the Houston Oilers as the linebackers coach from 1992-94. Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher worked with Bush on that Houston staff.
Bush was a three-year starter at linebacker for North Carolina State and was a fifth-round selection of the Houston Oilers in the 1985 NFL Draft. He earned all-rookie honors in his first season before an injury in his second campaign ended his career as a player. Bush stayed with the Oilers following his retirement as a player, joining the front office as a college scout (1987-92).
(DEF/assistant) MIKE SINGLETARY (Turns 58 on 10/09/2016)
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/16608437/mike-singletary-work-los-angeles-rams-defense-season
Jun 29, 2016: LOS ANGELES- Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary will work with the Los Angeles Rams' defense this season, returning to coaching after a two-year absence. Singletary revealed the plans in a radio interview Tuesday, and the Rams later confirmed the arrangement. Los Angeles coach Jeff Fisher hasn't defined a role for Singletary, who is likely to be an adviser to the defense.
Singletary was the San Francisco 49ers' head coach from 2008 to 2010, going 18-22. He was a linebackers coach with the Minnesota Vikings from 2011 to 2013 before spending the past two years out of coaching. He played 12 seasons for the Chicago Bears, winning a Super Bowl while becoming one of the best middle linebackers in NFL history
(DB's) BRANDON FISHER (Turns 32 on DOB n/a)
http://www.therams.com
Brandon Fisher, who enters his fourth season with the Rams, was promoted to defensive backs coach this offseason after spending the previous three seasons assisting Chuck Cecil with the secondary. Fisher also had a big hand in developing CB E.J. Gaines, who started the first 15 games of his rookie season after joining the club as a sixth-round draft pick last spring.
In 2012, Fisher helped guide a secondary that was one of the best in the NFL at limiting big plays. St. Louis allowed just 36 completions of 20 yards or more in Fisher’s first season in St. Louis, which was the second-lowest total in the league. Fisher spent the 2011 season with the Detroit Lions as an assistant to the defensive coaching staff. He was part of a Lions staff that led the club to the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 1998. Fisher spent part of the 2010 season helping the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coaching staff.
Fisher was a standout linebacker at the University of Montana where he played in 54 games (30 starts) and finished with 169 career tackles. As a senior, he was a second team All-Big Sky Conference pick and helped lead the Grizzlies to a 14-1 record with their only loss being to Villanova (23-21) in the Football Championship Subdivision title game.
Fisher began his collegiate career as a safety, but began the transition to linebacker in 2008. As a business marketing major at Montana, Fisher was named to the All-District 7 academic squad with a 3.9 GPA as well the as FCS Athletic Director Association’s Academic All-Star team. Fisher is the son of Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher.
(Strength/Conditioning) ROCK GULLICKSON (Turns 62 on 04/11/2017)
http://www.therams.com
Rock Gullickson enters his seventh season as the strength coach for the Rams. Upon joining the Rams in 2009, Gullickson headed up a dramatic reconstruction of the weight room and shifted the program emphasis to training for power and explosiveness. Gullickson changed the entire layout by creating free weight stations that allow players to move easily from station to station.
He also created a team-orientated strength and conditioning program that focused on the shared experience of the program. Emphasis is placed on increasing strength levels with modifications based on specific player needs. Before joining the Rams, Gullickson occupied a similar position with the Green Bay Packers from 2006-2008. In 2007, Gullickson was named NFL Strength Coach of the Year, an award that is given based on a vote of all 32 strength and conditioning coaches in the NFL.
Soon after his arrival in Green Bay, Gullickson helped restructure the Packers’ weight room, adding new free weight equipment and adjusting the layout of the conditioning area. Gullickson followed a similar template when he was at Montana State, designing a weight room facility that was a feature of the football program that won the 1984 National Collegiate Division I-AA championship. Gullickson made his NFL coaching debut in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, serving as strength and conditioning coach through the 2005 season.
FULL LIST OF COACHES & ASSISTANTS
Stan KROENKE (Owner)
Kevin DEMOFF (Chief Operating Officer)
Les SNEAD (General Manager)
Jeff FISHER (Head Coach)
Dave MCGINNIS (Assistant Head Coach)
Greg WILLIAMS (Defensive Coordinator)
Chuck CECIL (SR Defensive Assistant/Secondary)
John FASSEL (Special Teams)
Mike WAUFLE (Defensive Line)
Clyde SIMMONS (Assistant Defensive Line)
Frank BUSH (Line Backers)
Mike SINGLETARY (Defensive Assistant)
Brandon FISHER (Secondary)
Dennard WILSON (Secondary)
Jeff IMAMURA (Defensive Quality Control)
Rob BORAS (Offensive Coordinator)
Mike GROH (Passing Coordinator/WR's)
Chris WEINKE (Quarterbacks)
Paul BODREAU (Offensive Line)
Skip PEETE (Running Backs)
John LILLY (Tight Ends)
Keenan SMITH (Assistant Wide Receivers)
Barret TROTTER (Offensive Quality Control)
Rock GULLICKSON (Head Strength & Conditioning)
J. AGGABAO (Assistant Strenght & Conditioning)
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Summary & Analysis of the Rams Front Office and current Coaching Staff for the 2016 season.
THE BIG 3 (running the franchise)
(The man that brought the Rams back to Los Angeles & has the highest seat in the land)
(Owner) STAN KROENKE (Turns 69 on 07/29/2017)
http://www.therams.com
In August 2010, National Football League owners unanimously approved Mr. Kroenke’s bid to become principal owner of the St. Louis Rams. Mr. Kroenke became sole owner in 2014. He previously served 16 seasons as co-owner of the club increasing his stake to 40 percent in 1997.
Mr. Kroenke is the majority shareholder of Arsenal FC (Barclays Premiere League), London’s storied football club. Since taking control of the Rams and his other teams, he has been widely recognized as one of the top owners in professional sports, as well as a strong and committed leader throughout the community.
In 2012, Mr. Kroenke spearheaded the process that led to the hiring of Head Coach Jeff Fisher and General Manager Les Snead. In addition to guiding the Rams, Mr. Kroenke plays an active role in NFL matters. He currently serves on the league’s Broadcast Committee. Among others, he has served on the NFL’s Workplace Diversity Committee.
In 2011, Mr. Kroenke worked with his fellow owners to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association to assure labor peace in the NFL for the next 10 years. In addition to his sports team holding, Mr. Kroenke has steadily built a presence in media. In 2004, Mr. Kroenke launched the Altitude Sports & Entertainment network.
The 24-hour regional sports network is home to the Nuggets, Avalanche, Mammoth and Rapids, and also produces the Rams’ preseason television broadcasts. Altitude is the most watched regional sports network in the Rockies and is seen in more than 3.1 million homes in a 10-state territory.
In addition to Altitude, Mr. Kroenke owns KSE Media Ventures, LLC. This subsidiary of KSE manages their outdoor-related multichannel network, as well as publishing and digital media assets. KSE Media Ventures operates the Outdoor Sportsman Group (OSG), which includes The Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, and the World Fishing Network.
Collectively, the OSG businesses tailor to the outdoor enthusiast and gives KSE the largest multimedia portfolio in the world that focus on the outdoor lifestyle, across TV, print and digital media. Mr. Kroenke’s current and former board and trustee memberships include Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Central Bank Holding Company; Boone County National Bank in Columbia; Community Investments Partnership of St. Louis; the College of the Ozarks and the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mr. Kroenke has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Missouri. E. Stanley Kroenke, named after baseball legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial, was born in Cole Camp, Mo., and grew up in Mora, Mo. Mr. Kroenke and his wife, Ann, have a daughter, Whitney, and a son, Josh, Governor and President of both the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/architecture/new-nfl-stadium-los-angeles/
Rams owner and property developer Stan Kroenke, who has an estimated personal net worth of $7.4 billion, is credited with spearheading the return of NFL football to the country's second largest city. The new stadium is expected to be complete in time for the 2019 NFL season, with the team playing at their former home at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, until then.
The stadium: The 3.1 million-square-foot multipurpose venue will be the league's largest (in square feet.) International architecture giant HKS have been contracted to design the venue and have announced that it will center on a 19-acre transparent canopy, which will cover the entire stadium and parts of the surrounding development.
The canopy will be made from the same transparent ETFE plastic that coats Bayern Munich's stadium, the Allianz Arena, and the Beijing National Aquatics Center.
Kroenke has publicly estimated the cost at $1.86 billion, but the Los Angeles Times quotes unnamed "(NFL) officials and owners" who say the true cost could reach $2.66 billion. The New York Times and others have put the value at nearly $3 billion.
VIDEO: Kroenke Talks about moving back to Los Angeles
View: https://vimeo.com/151603412
VIDEO: Kroenke Talks about trading up for Goff
(COO) KEVIN DEMOFF (Turns 40 on 02/18/2017)
http://rams.1stroundmediagroup.com/
KEVIN DEMOFF is in his 7th year as Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Football Operations with the Rams. In his capacity, Demoff serves as a liaison to ownership on all operational manners. Demoff works closely with General Manager Les Snead and head coach Jeff Fisher to develop the club's strategic plans for player signings and player aquisitions.
As the club's chief negotiator, Demoff is responisible for the Rams salary cap planning and compliance with the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement. Demoff also partners with Snead and Fisher in aspects of the teams football operations. Demoff oversees the Rams entire business operations, including marketing and sales, finance, administration, communications, ticketing and community relations.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_1bc06d8c-74e9-5b1e-98fd-ba6104e49bb6.html
Jan 30, 2009: One of the last major pieces of the Ram's front office restructuring is now in place. Kevin Demoff, who has spent the past four seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has been hired as the team's executive vice president of football operations-chief operating officer.
For the past three seasons in Tampa Bay, Demoff has been the Bucs' senior assistant, a job that entailed helping general manager Bruce Allen (who was fired after the 2008 season) in contract negotiations and salary cap management, among other duties.
Demoff, the son of longtime NFL player agent Marvin Demoff, will handle all player contract negotiations and will serve as liaison to ownership on football and business operations. In terms of those duties, Demoff replaces Jay Zygmunt, who ended a nearly 30-run with the team at the end of the '08 season.
Before joining the Bucs, Demoff was director of football operations for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League for four years. He also served as editorial consultant for "The NFL Show" on Fox Sports Net during part of that time he was with the Avengers.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/2141/adding-demoff-to-front-office-significant-for-rams
Jan 30, 2009: Demoff's strong ties to the agent community give him a wider base of experience to draw upon. He showed creativity in how he constructed contracts for the Bucs, who spent $13 million in cash less than the $116 million salary-cap limit for 2008. The team has roughly $41 million in 2009 cap space despite having a roster laden with veterans.
VIDEO: Demoff talks about Rams plans moving to Los Angeles
(GM) LES SNEAD (Turns 46 on 01/19/2017)
http://rams.1stroundmediagroup.com/
Les Snead is entering his 5th season as General Manager of the Rams. Sneads tenure has been marked by agressive moves to improve the organization in any way possible, and that philosophy is best illustrated by a move made just days after his hiring. In the spring of 2012, Snead directed a trade that sent the second overall pick in the 2012 draft to the Washington Redskins in exchange for the sixth and 39th picks that year as well as Washington's first round picks in both 2013 and 2014.
In his role as general manager, Snead partners with head coach Jeff Fisher to direct all personel decisions for the club. In addition Snead coordinates all aspects of the clubs football operations with the head coach. He also joins forces with Executive Vice President of Football Operations C.O.O. Kevin Demoff to direct the teams business ventures.
Prior to joining the Rams, Snead spent 13 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. He served as the club's director of player personnel from 2009-11 and also held posts as a pro scout and as the Falcons' director of pro personnel. During his time in Atlanta, Snead was part of a personnel staff that signed, traded for or drafted 16 players that went on to earn Pro Bowl honors.
http://www.si.com/vault/2016/05/03/art-deals
ART OF THE DEALS By Austin Murphy: The Titans got cold feet; the trade was postponed. It was in Rep1's interest for some QB-hungry team to swing a deal with Tennessee. So Tollner reminded Snead that the Rams weren't the only team working on a trade. One club in particular, he knew, was eager to trade up. But that team's reliance on analytics, Tollner believed, would prevent it from moving higher than the fourth pick. To get from 4 to 1, Tollner told Snead, would take more than analytics.
Tollner was still asleep on the morning of April 14 when his phone vibrated: The deal was done. The Rams had parted with a raft of high picks—their first-rounder, two second-rounders and a third-rounder this year; a first and a third in 2017 for the right to this year's No. 1 pick. When they spoke a few moments later, Tollner greeted Snead thusly: "You have the biggest balls in the NFL."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Snead
Les Snead is the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. Snead was an all-state offensive guard at Eufaula High School, and switched to tight end at Troy State and Auburn. After college, Snead considered attending medical school, but after serving as a graduate assistant at Auburn, became a scout. Full birth name: Samuel Lester Snead
Video: Les Snead on Doug Gottlieb show Goff Trade
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZqhcvKu8yM
VIDEO: Snead inside the draft trade
(Head Coach) JEFF FISHER (Turns 59 on 02/25/2017)
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In January of 2012 Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke hired Jeff Fisher to be the 22nd full-time head coach in franchise history. In his first two seasons in St. Louis, Fisher led the team to 14 wins, a significant accomplishment considering the Rams has won a total of 15 games in the previous five seasons before Fisher's arrival.
Fisher joined the Rams after spending 16 full seasons as head coach of the Tennessee Titans, 11 as executive vice president. In his tenure with Tennessee, he guided the Titans to six playoff appearances (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008), three division titles (2000, 2002, 2008), two AFC Championship games (1999, 2002) and one Super Bowl appearance (XXXIV). From 1999-2010, only three teams had more playoff berths (Indianapolis, Philadelphia and New England). In the 2000s, Fisher totaled 97 victories, the most successful decade in franchise history.
Fisher’s teams have featured a stout rushing defense, as well demonstrated the ability to run the ball effectively. His rush defense ranked in the Top 10 in 12 out of 16 seasons with the Titans, a trend that as previously noted, continued in 2013. Fisher’s rushing offense finished in the Top 10 eight times during that same time span.
During his tenure with Tennessee, Fisher also had success with rebuilding young teams and transforming them into contenders, which is the same task he undertook when he arrived in St. Louis. In 2005, Fisher headed the youngest team in the NFL and the youngest NFL team in more than a decade. That season, with a win over the Houston Texans (10/9/05), he became just the 17th coach to reach the 100-win mark with one team.
He led the Titans through a retooling period that saw the team grow from 4-12 that year, to 8-8 in 2006, and a playoff berth in 2007, the first playoff appearance since 2003. During the 2006 season, Fisher became the first coach in franchise history to lead the team in 200 contests, reaching the milestone in a game against Baltimore (11/12/06).
He became only the 12th coach in NFL history to coach 200 games with one team, joining George Halas, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Curly Lambeau, Bud Grant, Steve Owen, Bill Cowher, Joe Gibbs, Hank Stram and Marv Levy (Mike Shanahan joined the list in December of 2006 to make 13 coaches).
In 2004, Fisher became the fourth youngest coach (46) to win 90 regular season games since 1960. Only John Madden (41), Don Shula (41), and Bill Cowher (44) were faster to 90 wins. Fisher began his coaching career as an assistant for Buddy Ryan and the Philadephia Eagles in 1986, coaching the defensive backs for 3 seasons before becoming the NFL's youngest defensive coordinator in 1988.
1995... Houston Oilers........... 7-9
1996... Houston Oilers........... 8-8
1997... Tennessee Oilers....... 8-8
1998... Tennessee Oilers....... 8-8 == First 4 full years as a HC posted no winning records
1999... Tennessee Titans..... 13-3
2000... Tennessee Titans..... 13-3== years 5 & 6) well over .500 mark & was considered a top tier head coach?
2001... Tennessee Titans....... 7-9
2002... Tennessee Titans..... 11-5
2003... Tennessee Titans..... 12-4 == years 7,8,9) added to years 5 & 6 equals 56 wins & 24 losses
2004... Tennessee Titans..... 5-11
2005... Tennessee Titans..... 4-12 == years 10 &11) coach falters for what ever reasons?
2006... Tennessee Titans....... 8-8
2007... Tennessee Titans..... 10-6
2008... Tennessee Titans..... 13-3 == years 12,13,14) 31 wins & 17 losses.. rebounds from years 10 & 11
2009... Tennessee Titans....... 8-8
2010... Tennessee Titans....... 6-10 == years 15,16) at odds with owner about player/personnel decisions? fired
2012... St. Louis Rams........ 7-8-1
2013... St. Louis Rams........ 7-9
2014... St. Louis Rams........ 6-10
2015... St. Louis Rams........ 7-9 = First 4 years as Rams HC. will he turn the corner in years 5,6 like with the Titans?
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2015 Video: Game Day Coach Fisher Wired
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Video: Training Days Coach Fisher Wired
(DC) GREG WILLIAMS (Turns 58 on 07/15/2016)
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Gregg Williams, who enters his 26th season as an NFL coach in 2016, joined the Rams as defensive coordinator in 2014 after spending one season with the Tennessee Titans as senior assistant/defense. Williams’ 24 seasons in the NFL include three as a head coach and he enters his 15th as a defensive coordinator.
(2016 will be Greg Williams 3rd season as the Rams Defensive coordinator)
Williams’ influence in Tennessee in 2013 helped the team make great strides defensively. They ranked 16th in points per game allowed after finishing last in the NFL in 2012. The Titans improved to 14th in total defense last season after ranking 27th the previous year, were 11th in pass defense after a 26th-place finish in 2012, and Tennessee was 7th in the league in third down defense after ranking 21st a year earlier.
Williams presided over five separate top five total defenses during his coaching career: Tennessee Titans (No. 1 in total defense in 2000), Buffalo Bills (No. 3 in 2001 and No. 2 in 2003), Washington Redskins (No. 3 in 2005), and the New Orleans Saints (No. 4 in 2010). As a defensive coordinator or head coach (15 seasons), Williams has coached seven top-ten overall defenses.
Williams coached in New Orleans from 2009-2011. He helped the Saints capture two division titles (2009 and 2011), an NFC Conference Championship (2009), and Super Bowl XLIV, as well as an NFC Wild Card berth in 2010. In 2010 the Saints saw dramatic improvement in the NFL in yardage surrendered per game, moving from 25th in the NFL in 2009 (357.8 yards per game) to the fourth-best defense (306.3 yards per game) in 2010, and moved from 20th place in 2009 to seventh place in 2010 in opponents points per game (19.2 average).
Additionally, the Saints’ scoring defense allowed an average of only 17.2 points per game (third fewest in the NFC) over the course of the sea- son, a direct result of the team’s stingy net passing yards allowed per game (193.9 yards per contest average), which marked the fourth-fewest yards allowed through the air in the NFL. In 2010 the Saints defense also registered top-five final rankings in third down defense, with opposing offenses converting only 34.5% of their opportunities.
Additionally, New Orleans finished fourth-best against NFL quarterbacks by allowing only 75.3 in passer ratings, which directly corre- lated to the Saints’ allowing the fewest passing touchdowns allowed in the NFL during 2010 (13). Williams’ impact on the Saints’ defense was impressive as they improved significantly in several categories upon his arrival. After allowing opponents to score touchdowns in the red zone on 48.2 of their possessions in 2008, the Saints lowered that figure to 39.3 in 2009, second-lowest in the NFL.
The Saints recorded only 15 interceptions in 2008 and then finished second in the NFC and third in the NFL with 26 picks in 2009. He was in charge of a unit that recorded 35 defensive takeaways after recording only 21 a year earlier. Seven of those takeaways were returned for touchdowns. New Orleans had three defensive players named to the Pro Bowl following that season. Prior to joining the Saints, Williams had a one-year stint in Jacksonville as defensive coordinator/assistant head coach. In 2008, the Jaguars held 10 opponents to 20 points or less.
Williams spent the previous four seasons (2004-07) as assistant head coach/defense of the Washington Redskins. Washington had one of the NFL’s top defenses over that span, allowing just 19.4 points per game and ranking sixth overall in defense during the four-season stretch. In 2007, the Redskins ranked eighth in the NFL in total defense, including allowing only 91.3 yards per game rushing.
Prior to arriving in the NFL, Williams was a graduate assistant at the University of Houston from 1988-89 under former NFL head coach Jack Pardee. From 1984-87, Williams was the head coach at Belton (Mo.) High School after opening his coaching career at Excelsior Springs (Mo.) High School. Williams graduated from Truman State University, where he played quarterback and also played baseball. He later earned a master’s degree from Central Missouri.
Video: Williams talks 3rd season as the DC for Rams
(Sr DEF/assistant) CHUCK CECIL (Turns 52 on 11/08/2016)
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After three seasons leading the team’s secondary, Chuck Cecil is in his second year as the Rams’ senior defensive assistant. Cecil enters his 16th season as an NFL coach. During his time in St. Louis, Cecil has helped develop a young secondary that has now given the Rams a solid foundation on the back end of their defense.
Cecil’s young group saw two rookies deliver strong contributions in 2014, including CB E.J. Gaines, who started the first 15 games after joining the club as a sixth-round draft pick last spring, and CB Lamarcus Joyner, the team’s second-round pick who served as the primary nickelback before a midseason injury slowed him down.
Gaines led the Rams with 14 pass breakups and also intercepted two passes as a rookie.
A former All-Pro NFL safety, Cecil also tutored a pair of safeties in T.J. McDonald and Rodney McLeod, both of whom started all 16 games last season. McDonald was the Rams’ third leading tackler while breaking up eight passes and played every defensive snap for St. Louis in 2014. Cecil joined Coach Jeff Fisher’s staff after 10 years with the Tennessee Titans, where he coached the team’s secondary and spent two seasons as defensive coordinator.
During his two years as Tennessee’s defensive coordinator, the Titans ranked eighth in the league in interceptions (20) and second in interceptions returned for touchdowns (4). During his last three years with the Titans, their defense ranked third in the NFL in interceptions (62) behind only Green Bay and Baltimore.
(OC) ROB BORAS (Turns 46 on 09/30/2016)
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Rob Boras is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He served as head coach at Benedictine University in 1998, compiling an overall record of three wins and seven losses. During his career, he has also been an assistant coach at DePauw, Texas, UNLV, as well as for the NFL's Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Prior to joining the Rams, Boras spent two years in Jacksonville as the tight ends coach. Before joining the Jaguars, Boras spent six seasons (2004-09) with the Chicago Bears as the tight ends coach. Prior to his time in Chicago, Boras spent five seasons (1999-2003) at Nevada-Las Vegas under Head Coach John Robinson including three seasons as offensive coordinator.
During his tenure with the Rebels the school ranked among the nation’s leaders in rushing offense, finishing 15th in 2002, 16th in 2001 and 13th in 2000. Boras played center at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., from 1988-91. He began his coaching career overseeing the offensive line at his alma mater following his graduation with a degree in Political Science in 1992. He later earned a master’s degree in sports management from Indiana State University.
http://www.insidesocal.com/rams/201...ator-rob-boras-putting-his-imprint-on-things/
New Rams offensive coordinator Rob Boras putting his imprint on things OXNARD – It probably isn’t terribly accurate to refer to Rob Boras as the Rams new offensive coordinator. He did take over the position with four games remaining in the 2015 season, and the Rams did improve offensively with Boras calling the plays while going 3-1 to finish the season.
Still, it’s one thing taking over late in a season when you are essentially handcuffed from making the sort of drastic or subtle changes that are sometimes required to put your imprint on things. It’s quite another when you have the necessary time to add, tinker, alter and organize an offense to your liking. Boras now has that time. Which means the Rams offense is under construction at the moment.
Maybe not a complete gut job, but certainly major renovations. Coupled with breaking in a rookie quarterback the Rams just invested the first overall pick in in last April’s draft – and have every hope and intention of opening the season with as the starter – it’s been a bit of a shock to the system thus far.
Of course, when you are coming off a season in which you scored the second fewest points in the NFL, it could be argued nothing short of shock therapy is required to get things pointed in the right direction. And maybe that’s exactly what’s happening. Nevertheless, it’s pretty clear to even the untrained eye that getting the Rams offense in tune with Boras’ playbook is very much a work in progress during OTA’S.
“There’s ups and downs. That’s part of the process with everybody,” Boras said. “There’s enough of our offense that’s new right now that it’s kind of uncomfortable for everybody. And we’re trying to make it comfortable. And when that happens, we’ll all feel good. But right now it’s uncomfortable.” Boras insists a team-wide comfort level will eventually set in. But right now, he senses some heads swimming.
“In football, when you’re thinking, you can’t play fast and play physical. And right now there’s a lot of thinking going on,” Boras said. “And I know there’s no pads, but it’s still what you talk about. Once these guys just start reacting, whether it’s a quarterback, a receiver, a linemen, you name it. Then it’s just, they can use their God given abilities and go play football. But Right now, there’s a lot of thinking going on.”
Video: Boras gets motivated at OTA's
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egX6b0BrZ24
(PC/WR's) MIKE GROH (Turns 45 on 12/19/2016)
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One of the benefits of bringing in Groh is his extensive experience working in different systems. Over the past couple years, new Dolphins head coach Adam Gase has been widely regarded as one of the more innovative offensive minds in football. Gase was the quarterbacks coach in Denver when the club beat the Steelers in the 2011 playoffs with Tim Tebow as quarterback, and then ascended to offensive coordinator with Peyton Manning as the club’s signal-caller.
In 2015, Groh worked alongside Gase with the Bears under head coach John Fox. “Being in the system I just came out of whatever you want to call it, ‘Peyton’s system,’ the ‘Adam Gase offense’ is something that I think is sought after in this league right now,” Groh said. In addition to Gase, Groh worked with another well-regarded offensive mind in Chicago: Marc Trestman.
“My experience being in that system to go along with working for coach Trestman for a couple years, and being in the West Coast offense, I think, are some of the things they were looking for with some new pass ideas,” Groh said. “Hopefully, I can bring that.” It’s no secret the Rams’ passing game was poor in 2015, as the club ranked No. 32 in yards passing.
With Groh now on board, the expectation is that Los Angeles should be able to make significant strides next season by implementing the different concepts Groh has come across throughout his career. If there’s one player Groh seems to be particularly excited to coach, it’s wide receiver Tavon Austin. “Tavon he’s a threat to score every time he gets it,” Groh said.
Austin’s ability to impact a game is obvious, as evidenced by his 1,187 all-purpose yards and 10 total touchdowns in 2015. Now Groh will be able to help the West Virginia product take the next step in his development. But as the passing game coordinator, Groh will work with the entire offense. He expressed a sense of optimism about the different position groups on the unit. “I think we’re evolving right now,” Groh said. “We’re talking about what we want to do to try to move the ball and be more effecient offensively. But we have some very good players.
http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/Mike-Groh/3c0cf60d-4ab9-4dc2-b430-b31d6eaeb1b9
Prior to joining the Bears, Groh spent two seasons as Alabama's wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, helping lead the Crimson Tide to back-to-back national championships, his third overall at Alabama after serving as the offensive graduate assistant in 2009. In addition, Groh was recognized as the 2013 national recruiter of the year by Rivals and 24/7 Sports.
Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant as the Tide recorded a 14-0 record en route to the national championship. In between his stints at Alabama, Groh spent the 2010 season as the quarterbacks coach at Louisville. Groh coached at his alma mater, Virginia, for eight seasons (2001-08), including the final three years as the offensive coordinator for the Cavaliers.
Groh started as the wide receivers coach before added the role of overseeing the quarterbacks in 2003. He also added the title of recruiting coordinator in 2005. As the starting quarterback at Virginia in 1994-95, Groh is the only signal-caller in school history to lead the Cavaliers to nine wins and a bowl victory in consecutive seasons.
Groh played his final season at Virginia as a graduate student, after receiving his undergraduate degree in rhetoric and communication studies from Virginia in 1995. He attended the Baltimore Ravens training camp as a free agent in 1996 and later played in the World League for the Rhein Fire in 1997. Groh spent the 2000 season as an offensive assistant/quality control coach for the New York Jets.
VIDEO: Groh interview under the lights
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dRiM8tq0-w
VIDEO: Groh talking OTA's
(Assistant HC) DAVE MCGINNIS (Turns 65 on 08/07/2016)
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The 2015 season will mark the 31st of Dave McGinnis’s NFL coaching career. McGinnis, who boasts 43 years coaching at the collegiate and professional levels, is in his fifth season with the Rams. As assistant head coach, McGinnis helps Head Coach Jeff Fisher in a variety of areas, including administration, scheduling and coaching all three phases - offense, defense and special teams - of the team.
McGinnis joined the Rams after eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans. In 2011, he served as senior assistant coach. He coached Tennessee’s linebackers for seven years and spent six seasons as assistant head coach. McGinnis worked under Fisher for seven seasons in Nashville. The 2016 season is McGinnis’ 31st in the NFL, a tenure that includes three and a half years as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2000-2003. One of the most respected defensive minds in the game, McGinnis directed the Cardinals defense as their defensive coordinator from 1996 to 2000.
McGinnis built his reputation and knowledge during a 10-year stint (1986-95) with the Chicago Bears as a linebackers coach, where he worked with one of the best linebacker corps in the game: Mike Singletary, Wilber Marshall and Otis Wilson. He coached Hall of Famer Mike Singletary for seven of his 12 years in the league with each ending in a trip to the Pro Bowl. Singletary was also the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1988.
During his tenure in Chicago, the Bears advanced to the playoffs six times and the defense finished in the top six of the NFL in defense six times, including a first or second place ranking three times. Prior to joining the NFL ranks, McGinnis spent 13 years in college football with stops at his alma mater Texas Christian University (1973-74, ‘82), Missouri (1975-77), Indiana State (1978, ‘80-81) and Kansas State (1983-85). McGinnis was a three-year starter as a defensive back at TCU, where he graduated in 1973 with a degree in business management.
(Special Teams) JOHN FASSEL (Turns 43 on 01/10/2017)
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The Rams have developed a reputation for delivering the unexpected in the kicking game, and special teams coordinator John Fassel is at the helm of the trickery that has helped St. Louis become one of the NFL’s best when it comes to special teams. Fassel is in this Fifth season with the Rams in 2016. Fassel joined the Rams after spending the past three years in the same capacity with the Oakland Raiders.
The Raiders saw much success under Fassel’s leadership, garnering some of the league’s top special teams accomplishments. His units led the NFL in special teams takeaways, turnover differential and points scored in 2009 and 2010. Fassel also oversaw the advancement of returner Jacoby Ford, leading to a breakout rookie season with three kickoff returns for touchdowns in 2010 and one in 2011.
Under Fassel’s tutelage, P Shane Lechler earned a Pro Bowl spot in three consecutive years. In 2009, he led the NFL with a Raider record 51.1-yard average per attempt. His net average of 43.9 yards per punt also set an all-time NFL record and surpassed his own record set in 2008. In addition, K Sebastian Janikowski achieved a career single-season high 89.7 field goal percentage, missing only three attempts (47, 57 and 66 yards) in 2011.
From 2005-07, Fassel was Baltimore’s assistant special teams coach. He helped the Ravens to top-10 finishes in punt and kickoff return average in 2006 and 2007 and his units returned five kicks for touchdowns in two seasons. From 2003-04, he was the head coach and assistant athletic director at New Mexico Highlands University. Fassel also served six months as the school’s interim athletic director and taught undergraduate and graduate courses.
He earned a master’s degree in athletic administration at Idaho State University, where he was a graduate assistant and sports science instructor from 2000-01. In 1999 and 2001, Fassel coached wide receivers and recruited for Bucknell. In Spring 2000, Fassel was the strength and conditioning and wide receivers coach for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe.
Fassel played wide receiver at Weber State, graduating in 1999 with a degree in Exercise Science. He was signed as a rookie free agent wide receiver with the Indianapolis Colts. Fassel is the son of former NFL coach Jim Fassel, a longtime NFL coach who guided the New York Giants to the Super Bowl during the 2000 season. John is a triathlete who has finished three Ironman distance triathlons.
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-ra...ck-plays-work-on-special-teams-a-long-process
Part of Fassel's weekly routine involves putting together a tape of unique special-teams plays that took place the previous weekend. "We watch every snap of every game from the previous week and build a little tape on situations, highlights, lowlights, just anything that could happen," Fassel said.
"You cut it down to 10-15 minutes and watch other teams, other players and that type of stuff, crazy situations, great plays. It’s something we started doing a couple years ago." That study, along with Fassel's imagination and Fisher's chutzpah, has helped the Rams forge ahead on some of the more creative special-teams looks to be found anywhere in the league.
Since Fisher and Fassel arrived in 2012, Hekker has attempted eight passes on fake punts or field goals (he's the holder). Hekker's completed six of those for 99 yards, with a touchdown and five first downs. In other words, the Rams have been able to snatch an extra possession or score points six times in the past three-plus seasons. That might not seem like much, but considering how few snaps special teams get during the course of a game, it's fairly substantial.
To be sure, reaching the point where Fisher is comfortable enough to call a tricky special-teams play is easier than with other coaches, but it still requires a lot of work. Fassel said "The Mountaineer" punt return from last season was the exception to the rule, where he saw something on film and the team put it in and executed it in fairly short order.
But most other plays take something closer to weeks, months or even years from conception to execution. Fassel even goes so far as to have different players sub in during practice on a play before he wants to call it, because players can get injured or fatigued enough to take them off their respective units for a play or more in the middle of a game.
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(O-LINE) PAUL T. BOUDREAU (Turns 67 on 12/30/2016)
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No offensive line coach in the NFL has more experience as an assistant at the professional level than Paul T. Boudreau, who enters his 29th season in 2015. This year marks Boudreau’s fourth season of his second stint with the Rams.
St. Louis made huge strides up front in Boudreau’s first season with the new group. The Rams boasted the 12th best average in the NFL in sacks allowed per pass play. Rams quarterbacks were sacked just 35 times in 2012, which were 20 less than the 55 allowed in 2011. Boudreau’s group also helped RB Steven Jackson reach the 1,000 yard mark for an eighth-straight season.
As was the case in 2013, Boudreau was forced to shuffle his hand several times in 2012. The Rams started seven different offensive line combinations and nine different players started a game on the offensive line that season. RT Barry Richardson was the only Ram to start all 16 games at the same position on the offensive line. Prior to joining Jeff Fisher’s staff in 2012, Boudreau spent four seasons as the offensive line coach with the Atlanta Falcons.
In both 2010 and 2011, the Falcons finished in the top 10 in the NFL in points scored, including a fifth place finish en route to a 2010 NFC South championship. Boudreau’s linemen helped the team total the second fewest sacks allowed per play in a single season with just one per 21.1 pass plays in 2009. His line’s strong play also enabled the Falcons offense to amass 330 first downs that year, the second-most ever in a season.
From 2006-07, Boudreau served as the offensive line coach for the Rams. In 2007, Rams running back Steven Jackson tallied his second consecutive 1,000-yard season behind Boudreau’s offensive line. In 2006, Jackson gained a career-high 1,528 rushing yards while nine different players started on the offensive line.
Prior to joining the Rams, Boudreau was the offensive line coach for three seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-05). In 2003, the Jacksonville offensive line set a franchise record by allowing only 28 sacks (tied for ninth in the NFL). Running back Fred Taylor also rushed for a team-record
From 1997-98, Boudreau coached the offensive line for the New England Patriots following a three-year stint with the Detroit Lions guiding the same unit. His first position in the NFL came in New Orleans from 1987-93. In his seven seasons with the Saints, Boudreau’s line placed in the top three in fewest sacks allowed on four occasions. In 1992, the Saints allowed a league-low 15 sacks.
(QB's) CHRIS WEINKE (Turns 44 on 07/31/2016)
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Feb 19, 2015: INDIANAPOLIS -- The St. Louis Rams are hiring a former NFL quarterback to coach their quarterbacks. But it might not be the one you expect. A week after Rams coach Jeff Fisher interviewed Jeff Garcia for the vacant quarterbacks coach job, he decided to hire Chris Weinke for the job.
Weinke comes to St. Louis after spending the past four years working for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He interviewed with Fisher last week before Fisher spoke to Garcia about the opening. At IMG, Weinke spent his time tutoring quarterbacks of all ages from all over the country. Weinke has worked with a who's who of NFL quarterbacks in his time at IMG, including players like Seattle's Russell Wilson, Carolina's Cam Newton and Minnesota's Teddy Bridgewater.
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Chris Weinke, one of the most accomplished players in college football history, is in his first season as Rams’ quarterbacks coach. Prior to joining Jeff Fisher’s staff in February, Weinke spent four years as the director of the IMG Academy football program in Bradenton, Fla. During his tenure with IMG, he helped college prospects prepare for the NFL Draft, including current NFL starting quarterbacks Teddy Bridgewater, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson.
Weinke enjoyed a seven-year NFL playing career with the Carolina Panthers (2001-06) and San Francisco 49ers (2007). He was a fourth-round draft pick of the Panthers in 2001 and started 19 games for the club, including 15 as a rookie. Weinke was Jake Delhomme’s backup on the 2003 team that won the NFC title before suffering a 32-29 loss to the Patriots.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-rookie-quarterbacks-20160510-story.html
May 9, 2016: Before he moves forward as Rams quarterback, Jared Goff needs to move backward. Again and again. The No. 1 pick in last month's NFL draft is making the transition from a spread to a pro-style offense, taking snaps from under center for the first time since his freshman year in high school. It's a fairly common transformation these days — fellow first-round pick Paxton Lynch faces a similar learning curve with the Denver Broncos but it's more complicated than meets the eye.
"Passing the football is rhythm and timing," Rams quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke said during a rookie mini-camp last week. "When I'm under center, that rhythm and timing is different than when I'm in the shot gun. If I haven't done it since I was 14 years old, and now I come to this level with the speed of the game, there's a transition.
"We felt like this kid has the mental capacity to pick it up, the physical ability to be able to make the transition, and we saw it today. We had a walk-through earlier, and from that walk-through to the second walk-through he got better. So there's growth on Day 1, and that's what we truly believed in when we drafted the guy.
(RB's) SKIP PEETE (Turns 54 on 01/30/2017)
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The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to terms with Skip Peete, who will serve as the team’s running backs coach under Head Coach Jeff Fisher. “Skip’s success in the NFL is well documented and I think our young backs will benefit from his knowledge and experience,” Fisher said. “He’s ready to get to work and we’re excited to have him here.” Peete joins the Rams after spending the previous three seasons with the Chicago Bears (2013-2015).
In his first year with Chicago, running back Matt Forte was named to his second-career Pro Bowl after finishing second in the NFL with 1,339 rushing yards and third with 1,933 yards from scrimmage. Both were career-bests for Forte ranking ninth and fifth, respectively, in single-season franchise history and most among players other than Hall of Famer Walter Payton.
Prior to coaching with the Bears, Peete spent six seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (2007-12). Under his watch, the Cowboys rushing attack set a franchise single-season record in 2009 with a 4.8 yards per carry average (2,103 yards on 436 attempts), which ranked second in the NFL that season. Dallas’ 131.4 rushing yards per game was seventh in the league in 2009.
From 1998-2006, he oversaw the Oakland Raiders’ running backs. During that time, Peete directed Tyrone Wheatley (1,046 in 2000) and LaMont Jordan (1,025 in 2005) to career highs in rushing yards. Before coming to the NFL, Peete coached for 10 years in the collegiate ranks. He began his career at the University of Pittsburgh (1988-92) and went on to coach wide receivers at Michigan State (1993-94) and Rutgers (1995) and then running backs at UCLA for two seasons (1996-97).
Collegiately, Peete played two seasons at Arizona (1981-82) before transferring to Kansas. During his time at Kansas, Peete was an All-Big Eight wide receiver (1985) and was voted team captain in his senior year of 1986. He played wide receiver and special teams for one season in the NFL with the New York Jets. His father, Willie, is a longtime collegiate and NFL coach and his brother, Rodney Peete, is a former NFL quarterback, who played 16 seasons.
(TE's) JOHN LILLY (Turns 49 on 06/21/2017)
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Feb 16, 2016: ATHENS — The man who was undefeated as Georgia’s offensive play-caller is headed to the NFL. John Lilly, who stepped in as Georgia’s offensive coordinator in each of the past two bowl games, has been hired by the Los Angeles Rams as their tight ends coach, someone familiar with the situation confirmed.
The news means Lilly will re-join Todd Gurley, the star tailback and NFL rookie of the year – who was sitting courtside at Georgia’s basketball game against Florida on Tuesday night. The Rams also have former Georgia star linebacker Alec Ogletree. And one of his tight ends will be Jared Cook, the former South Carolina tight end who is from the Atlanta area.
Lilly called plays for Georgia in the 24-17 win over Penn State in the TaxSlayer Bowl, as well as the prior season’s rout of Louisville in the Belk Bowl.
Lilly’s entire coaching career has been at the college level. He served as Georgia’s tight ends coach from 2008 until this past season, when he was not retained by new head coach Kirby Smart. Prior to Georgia he worked at Florida State. The Rams have relocated to Los Angeles from St. Louis for the 2016 seasons. They’re the same organization that Brian Schottenheimer left as offensive coordinator to come to Georgia last year, a move that proved fateful for both parties.
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(D-Line) MIKE WAUFLE (Turns 63 on 06/27/2017)
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Mike Waufle is widely regarded as one of the best in the NFL at his craft, and the results produced by his position group during Waufle’s four seasons in St. Louis give merit to such opinions. 2016 marks the 19th season in which he’s coached the position at the NFL level.
In his first 17 NFL seasons, Waufle’s teams have finished in the top 10 in sacks nine times, including the 2013 campaign when the Rams finished third in the category. In Waufle’s first season with the Rams, St. Louis tied for the league lead in sacks and finished first outright in sacks per pass play. Long (11.5) and Quinn (10.5) gave the Rams a pair of double-digit sackers for the first time since 2000. In addition, DT Michael Brockers was named to Pro Football Weekly’s All-Rookie team, and DE William Hayes reached a new career high with 7.0 sacks.
Waufle joined the Rams after a two-year stint with the Oakland Raiders. In 2010, Waufle’s first year in Oakland, the Raiders finished tied for second in the NFL in sacks with 47, just one off the pace of Pittsburgh’s league-leading total of 48. Like the Rams did in 2012, Oakland led the NFL in sacks per pass play in 2010. DT Richard Seymour went to the Pro Bowl following both of his seasons in which Waufle was his position coach.
From 2004-09, Waufle served as defensive line coach with the New York Giants and helped guide some of the NFL’s top pass rushers. The Giants led the NFL in sacks in 2007, and their defensive line sacked Tom Brady five times in Super Bowl XLII to help lead New York to a world championship. Waufle began his coaching career at Alfred University in New York. He served as defensive line coach at Fresno State from 1985-88. From 1980-84, he was an assistant at Utah State, his alma mater, working one season as secondary coach, two years as offensive line coach and two seasons as defensive line coach.
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June 2016: By Mike Lambert: A lot of people must be scratching their heads at why the Los Angeles Rams are collecting so many failed defensive linemen. Simple. They have a secret weapon. His name is Mike Waufle. The teams’ defensive line coach since Jeff Fisher took over the team in 2012, he brings with him quite the reputation in NFL circles.
Aside from being an ex-member of the United States Marine Corps, he has built a long and illustrious history as a developer and teacher of top pass rushers in pro football. Not much has changed since. Waufle has worked his same magic with the Rams, turning Robert Quinn and now Aaron Donald into All-Pro stars. So it is into these capable hands that Fisher and GM Les Snead have dropped two former 1st round draft picks in hopes he might reverse the way both their careers have gone.
Quinton Coples was the 16th overall pick of the New York Jets in 2012. Viewed as a physical freak of nature at 6'6, 290 lbs he had the look of a player that could dominate. His three years with the Jets were hardly dominant. Granted, they weren’t terrible with 16.5 sacks in three years but they were well below expectations. With a new regime arriving under Todd Bowles he was traded to Miami midway through last season, didn’t play much and was released this off-season.
Then there is Dominique Easley. A former 1st round of New England in 2014, he arrived with history of knee problems that continued to dog him through his two seasons there. He had just three sacks in that span and the Patriots released him in April. His reputation as a great interior pass rusher at Florida, along with rumors he wasn’t happy in New England, compelled the Rams to put him under the direction of Waufle. If the 61-year old can mold those two and get them to play to their potential, an already great defensive front becomes a frightening one.
(Assistant D-Line) CLYDE SIMMONS (Turns 52 on 08/04/2016)
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Clyde Simmons, who was one of the NFL’s top defensive ends during his 15-year playing career, enters his fourth season as the Rams’ assistant defensive line coach. In three years with the Rams, Simmons has helped oversee one of the top defensive lines in the NFL. Last season, Simmons helped tutor DT Aaron Donald, who earned AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors while leading all NFL rookies with 9.0 sacks.
Donald went to the Pro Bowl and finished second among all NFL defensive tackles in sacks. In addition, DE Robert Quinn went to his second-straight Pro Bowl after recording 10.5 sacks. In his first season in St. Louis, Simmons helped tutor a defensive line that was one of the strongest units on the team. The Rams tied for the NFL lead with 52 sacks, paced by 11.5 from DE Chris Long and 10.5 from DE Robert Quinn. In addition, DT Michael Brockers was named to Pro Football Weekly’s All-Rookie Team.
Simmons, a two-time Pro Bowler and two-time First-Team All-Pro, broke into the coaching ranks in 2010 when he spent the season as a coaching intern with the New York Jets. During his time on Rex Ryan’s staff, Simmons worked mostly with the defensive line. Simmons’ playing career included stints with the Eagles (1986-93), Cardinals (1994-95), Jaguars (1996-97), Bengals (1998) and Bears (1999-2000).
He racked up 121.5 career sacks, which ranks 16th in NFL history entering the 2014 season. Simmons led the NFL with 19 sacks in 1992. After retiring as a player following the 2000 season, Simmons spent time working as a private mortgage officer and as a probation officer in Georgia. He also coached at Greater Atlanta Christian High School in Norcross, Ga.
(LB's) FRANK BUSH (Turns 54 on 01/10/2017)
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A veteran of 24 NFL seasons, Frank Bush enters his third season as the Rams’ linebackers coach. In his first two seasons in St. Louis, Bush guided the team’s top two tacklers in each campaign while grooming the young LB Alec Ogletree and helping the veteran LB James Laurinaitis continue to flourish. In 2014, Ogletree led the Rams in tackles for a second-consecutive season as he narrowly edged Laurinaitis, 169-168, in the category.
Three of the six linebackers on the team’s active roster that season were rookies, including Ogletree, who led the team in tackles (155) and tied for third in the NFL with six forced fumbles. With Bush as defensive coordinator in 2009, the Texans established new franchise lows for fewest points allowed per game (20.8) and yards allowed per game (324.9); in both 2009 and 2010, Houston yielded the two lowest rushing yardage totals in their franchise’s history.
Under his direction, Houston saw the emergence of DE Mario Williams and LB DeMeco Ryans into Pro Bowl players and LB Brian Cushing earned Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2009. His first two years with the Texans, Bush was the senior defensive assistant and worked primarily with the defensive line. Before joining the Texans, Bush spent three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals as the linebackers coach and was tabbed as assistant head coach for his final year.
While with the Cardinals, he guided LB Carlos Dansby’s development into a top-flight player. The defense as a whole made significant strides during his tenure as they improved from 26th the year before his arrival in total defense to 12th in 2004 and eighth in 2005. Bush spent nine seasons coaching on Mike Shanahan’s Denver Broncos teams from 1995-03 in a variety of capacities.
In his first five years (1995-99) in Denver, he was the linebackers coach. Additionally, he spent one season as secondary coach (2000) and three seasons as the special teams coach (2001-03) with the Broncos. In his time with Denver, Bush earned two Super Bowl rings. Bush started his coaching career with the Houston Oilers as the linebackers coach from 1992-94. Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher worked with Bush on that Houston staff.
Bush was a three-year starter at linebacker for North Carolina State and was a fifth-round selection of the Houston Oilers in the 1985 NFL Draft. He earned all-rookie honors in his first season before an injury in his second campaign ended his career as a player. Bush stayed with the Oilers following his retirement as a player, joining the front office as a college scout (1987-92).
(DEF/assistant) MIKE SINGLETARY (Turns 58 on 10/09/2016)
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Jun 29, 2016: LOS ANGELES- Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary will work with the Los Angeles Rams' defense this season, returning to coaching after a two-year absence. Singletary revealed the plans in a radio interview Tuesday, and the Rams later confirmed the arrangement. Los Angeles coach Jeff Fisher hasn't defined a role for Singletary, who is likely to be an adviser to the defense.
Singletary was the San Francisco 49ers' head coach from 2008 to 2010, going 18-22. He was a linebackers coach with the Minnesota Vikings from 2011 to 2013 before spending the past two years out of coaching. He played 12 seasons for the Chicago Bears, winning a Super Bowl while becoming one of the best middle linebackers in NFL history
(DB's) BRANDON FISHER (Turns 32 on DOB n/a)
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Brandon Fisher, who enters his fourth season with the Rams, was promoted to defensive backs coach this offseason after spending the previous three seasons assisting Chuck Cecil with the secondary. Fisher also had a big hand in developing CB E.J. Gaines, who started the first 15 games of his rookie season after joining the club as a sixth-round draft pick last spring.
In 2012, Fisher helped guide a secondary that was one of the best in the NFL at limiting big plays. St. Louis allowed just 36 completions of 20 yards or more in Fisher’s first season in St. Louis, which was the second-lowest total in the league. Fisher spent the 2011 season with the Detroit Lions as an assistant to the defensive coaching staff. He was part of a Lions staff that led the club to the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 1998. Fisher spent part of the 2010 season helping the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coaching staff.
Fisher was a standout linebacker at the University of Montana where he played in 54 games (30 starts) and finished with 169 career tackles. As a senior, he was a second team All-Big Sky Conference pick and helped lead the Grizzlies to a 14-1 record with their only loss being to Villanova (23-21) in the Football Championship Subdivision title game.
Fisher began his collegiate career as a safety, but began the transition to linebacker in 2008. As a business marketing major at Montana, Fisher was named to the All-District 7 academic squad with a 3.9 GPA as well the as FCS Athletic Director Association’s Academic All-Star team. Fisher is the son of Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher.
(Strength/Conditioning) ROCK GULLICKSON (Turns 62 on 04/11/2017)
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Rock Gullickson enters his seventh season as the strength coach for the Rams. Upon joining the Rams in 2009, Gullickson headed up a dramatic reconstruction of the weight room and shifted the program emphasis to training for power and explosiveness. Gullickson changed the entire layout by creating free weight stations that allow players to move easily from station to station.
He also created a team-orientated strength and conditioning program that focused on the shared experience of the program. Emphasis is placed on increasing strength levels with modifications based on specific player needs. Before joining the Rams, Gullickson occupied a similar position with the Green Bay Packers from 2006-2008. In 2007, Gullickson was named NFL Strength Coach of the Year, an award that is given based on a vote of all 32 strength and conditioning coaches in the NFL.
Soon after his arrival in Green Bay, Gullickson helped restructure the Packers’ weight room, adding new free weight equipment and adjusting the layout of the conditioning area. Gullickson followed a similar template when he was at Montana State, designing a weight room facility that was a feature of the football program that won the 1984 National Collegiate Division I-AA championship. Gullickson made his NFL coaching debut in 2000 with the New Orleans Saints, serving as strength and conditioning coach through the 2005 season.
FULL LIST OF COACHES & ASSISTANTS
Stan KROENKE (Owner)
Kevin DEMOFF (Chief Operating Officer)
Les SNEAD (General Manager)
Jeff FISHER (Head Coach)
Dave MCGINNIS (Assistant Head Coach)
Greg WILLIAMS (Defensive Coordinator)
Chuck CECIL (SR Defensive Assistant/Secondary)
John FASSEL (Special Teams)
Mike WAUFLE (Defensive Line)
Clyde SIMMONS (Assistant Defensive Line)
Frank BUSH (Line Backers)
Mike SINGLETARY (Defensive Assistant)
Brandon FISHER (Secondary)
Dennard WILSON (Secondary)
Jeff IMAMURA (Defensive Quality Control)
Rob BORAS (Offensive Coordinator)
Mike GROH (Passing Coordinator/WR's)
Chris WEINKE (Quarterbacks)
Paul BODREAU (Offensive Line)
Skip PEETE (Running Backs)
John LILLY (Tight Ends)
Keenan SMITH (Assistant Wide Receivers)
Barret TROTTER (Offensive Quality Control)
Rock GULLICKSON (Head Strength & Conditioning)
J. AGGABAO (Assistant Strenght & Conditioning)
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