Pagano in 2009
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Indianapolis Colts | |
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Position: | Head Coach |
Personal information | |
Date of birth: | October 2, 1960 |
Place of birth: | Boulder, Colorado |
Career information | |
High school: | Boulder (CO) Fairview |
College: | Wyoming |
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Head coaching record | |
Regular season: | 49–31 (.613) |
Postseason: | 3–3 (.500) |
Career: | 52–34 (.605) |
Coaching stats at PFR |
Charles David "Chuck" Pagano (born October 2, 1960) is a former American football player and current head coach of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Pagano has previously served as the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens in 2011. He is the older brother of Oakland Raiders assistant coach John Pagano.
Pagano was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at strong safety at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado.
Collegiately, Pagano was a four-year letterman and four-year starter at strong safety at Wyoming and graduated with a degree in marketing in 1984.
Pagano's coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Southern California from 1984 to 1985 before a parallel move to University of Miami in 1986. He was outside linebackers coach at Boise State from 1987 to 1988, then coached defensive backs at East Carolina and UNLV in 1989 and 1990, respectively. By 1991, Pagano had been promoted to defensive coordinator for UNLV, but left the team midway through the season and returned to East Carolina to coach defensive backs and outside linebackers a year later.
Pagano first linked with Butch Davis in 1995, returning to the University of Miami to coach the secondary and coordinate special teams. In his five years there, he recruited and coached four first round NFL draft picks, and during the 2000 season, his secondary was named the nation's best by College Football News. His defensive backs did not allow a passing touchdown over the last 27 quarters of the 1999 season. Miami also blocked 39 kicks in 59 games, including a school record 12 blocks in 1996.