![]() Mangini in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
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Born: | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | January 19, 1971
Career information | |
High school: | Hartford (CT) Bulkeley |
College: | Wesleyan |
Position: | Nose tackle |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Head coaching record | |
Regular season: | 33–47 (.413) |
Postseason: | 0–1 (.000) |
Career: | 33–48 (.407) |
Coaching stats at PFR |
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 and 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.