John Bonamego

John Bonamego
Iowa State Cyclones
Position:	Senior special teams analyst
Personal information
Born:	August 14, 1963 (age 61); Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Paw Paw (MI)
College:	Central Michigan
Undrafted:	1987
Career history
As a coach:
	Mount Pleasant HS (MI) (1987); Assistant coach; Maine (1988–1991); Assistant coach; Lehigh (1992); Assistant coach; Army (1993–1998); Assistant coach; Jacksonville Jaguars (1999–2001); Assistant special teams coach; Jacksonville Jaguars (2002); Special teams coordinator; Green Bay Packers (2003–2005); Special teams coordinator; New Orleans Saints (2006–2007); Special teams coordinator; Miami Dolphins (2008–2010); Special teams coordinator; New Orleans Saints (2011); Assistant special teams coach; Jacksonville Jaguars (2012); Special teams coordinator; Detroit Lions (2013–2014); Special teams coordinator; Central Michigan (2015–2018); Head coach; Detroit Lions (2019) ; Special teams coordinator; Los Angeles Rams (2020); Special teams coordinator; Los Angeles Rams (2021); Senior coaching assistant; Iowa State (2022–2023); Senior special teams assistant;
Career highlights and awards
	As a coach Super Bowl champion (LVI);

John Frank Bonamego (born August 14, 1963) is an American football coach who serves as a senior coaching assistant for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He has two decades of college and pro coaching experience. He played college football at Central Michigan and also was head coach of the team from 2015 to 2018.

Bonamego has also coached for Maine, Lehigh and Army at the college level. He has been an assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints in the NFL.

On June 18, 2015, Bonamego announced that he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer, but that the cancer was caught early enough and was "very treatable'.^[1] On August 21, Bonamego announced that he had completed his radiation treatment at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor.^[2]

^ Jahnke, James. "CMU's Bonamego has 'very treatable' cancer". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
^ Manzullo, Brian. "CMU's Bonamego finishes cancer radiation treatment". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 21, 2015.

[1] Jahnke, James. "CMU's Bonamego has 'very treatable' cancer". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 18, 2015.

[2] Manzullo, Brian. "CMU's Bonamego finishes cancer radiation treatment". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 21, 2015.

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