Eric Mangini

Eric Mangini
Mangini posing with sunglasses
Mangini in 2012
Personal information
Born: (1971-01-19) January 19, 1971 (age 53)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Career information
High school:Hartford (CT) Bulkeley
College:Wesleyan
Position:Nose tackle
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Head coaching record
Regular season:33–47 (.413)
Postseason:0–1 (.000)
Career:33–48 (.407)
Record at Pro Football Reference

Eric Anthony Mangini (born January 19, 1971) is a former American football coach and current television sports analyst. Mangini is a former head coach, having served as the coach of the New York Jets from 2006 until 2008 and the Cleveland Browns in 2009 until 2010. After departing Cleveland, Mangini became an NFL analyst for ESPN. He returned to coaching with the San Francisco 49ers, starting in 2013 as the team's tight ends coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2015, only to be fired in 2016 by new head coach Chip Kelly.[1] Mangini then became an analyst for Fox Sports 1.[2]

Mangini is also known for being a former assistant under Bill Belichick, serving under him as a defensive assistant while Belichick was the defensive coordinator with the Jets and later following him to the New England Patriots.

  1. ^ Smith, Michael David (January 22, 2016). "Chip Kelly fires Eric Mangini as 49ers defensive coordinator". ESPN. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Andrew Bucholtz (August 8, 2017). "Eric Dickerson joins Fox Sports' crowded group of FS1 NFL analysts". Awful Announcing. Retrieved November 26, 2017.