John Rosenberg (American football)

John Rosenberg
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Alma mater Harvard
Playing career
? Harvard
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1973 Villanova (DC)
1974–1982 Penn State (assistant)
1983 Philadelphia Stars (DB)
1984–1989 Brown
1994 Los Angeles Valley CC (DC)
1997 Cal State Northridge (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall 23–33–3

John David Rosenberg is an American football coach and graduate of Harvard University. His coaching career has spanned over thirty years at a variety of levels, including collegiate and professional teams in the United States, and club teams in Europe. Most notably, he served as head football coach at Brown University from 1984 to 1989, compiling a career college football record of 23 wins, 33 losses and three ties. Rosenberg is credited by some as the creator of the zone blitz defense made popular by the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] His career has included national championships in three countries.

USA

Penn State

Rosenberg was an assistant coach at Penn State for 11 seasons, working for head coach Joe Paterno. During this time he coached in 11 bowl games, including the National Championship team in 1982. He coordinated recruiting from 1974 to 1977, and also served as defensive backfield coach from 1977 to 1982.

Philadelphia

In 1983 he was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Stars in the first year of the United States Football League (USFL). Jim Mora Sr. was head coach and Carl Peterson, former president of the Kansas City Chiefs, was the general manager.

Brown University

Rosenberg was the head coach at Brown University in the Ivy League from 1984 to 1989. He led the Bears to three consecutive winning seasons, including a 7–3 mark in 1987. He resigned in 1990 following a 2–8 season in 1989 and a season with no victories in 1988. School officials acknowledged that calls from alumni for his dismissal had been growing. He had a 23–33–3 record in his six seasons at Brown.

Germany

Munich

In 1994 he went to Europe for the first time as head coach of the Munich Thunder of the Football League of Europe (FLE), which disbanded after one season. In 1995 he was head coach of the Berlin Adler in the German Football League (GFL). He also was the defensive coordinator of the Cologne Crocodiles from 1998 to 1999 and the Munich Cowboys from 2000 to 2001. He was the head coach for the Cowboys from 2007 from 2009. In 2010 he was head coach of the Plattling Black Hawks.

Hamburg

In 2002 he was head coach of the Hamburg Blue Devils in the GFL, winning the German Bowl for the German National Championship. In 2004 he coordinated the defense of the Braunschweig Lions, Germany's most winning team with 15 straight German Bowl appearances and ten National Championships.

Italy

In 2005 he became the head coach of the Bergamo Lions, one of Europe's most successful teams.[2] Bergamo has won the Italian League Championship for 10 straight years and won the Eurobowl (equivalent to European soccer's Champions League) in American Football in 2000, 2001, and 2002. He won the Italian League title in 2005 and lost the Eurobowl championship game to the Vienna Vikings, finishing with a 13–1 record.

Personal

Rosenberg received a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he studied social psychology and organizational behavior. He received a Masters Degree in Counselor Education from Penn State in 1972, with an emphasis on student personnel in higher education.

Rosenberg grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he has done some writing and editing for films and TV projects with football themes. He also was a sports radio talk show host in the early 1990s.

He holds a U.S. Patent for a board game he created in the late 1970s.[3]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (1984–1989)
1984 Brown 4–5 4–3 4th
1985 Brown 5–4–1 4–3 4th
1986 Brown 5–4–1 4–2–1 3rd
1987 Brown 7–3 5–2 T–2nd
1988 Brown 0–9–1 0–6–1 8th
1989 Brown 2–8 2–5 T–5th
Brown: 23–33–3 19–21–2
Total: 23–33–3

References

  1. Bramel, Jene (10 September 2010). "Guide to N.F.L. Defenses, Part 5: The Zone Blitz". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. "John Rosenberg is new head coach of Bergamo Lions". EuroBowl.info. European Federation of American Football. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Patent US4027882 – Franchise board game". Google.com. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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