Jim Tomsula
| Washington Redskins | |
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| Position: | Defensive line coach |
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| Date of birth: | April 14, 1968 |
| Place of birth: | Homestead, Pennsylvania |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Munhall (PA) Steel Valley |
| College: | Catawba |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 6–11–0 |
| Postseason: | 0–0 |
| Career: | 6–11-0 |
Jim Tomsula (born April 14, 1968) is an American football coach who is the current defensive line coach for the Washington Redskins. He was formerly the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers for one season in 2015. Tomsula was also the head coach for the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe in 2006, and has had various other coaching positions. Tomsula was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Homestead. Attending Catawba College, he played defensive end from 1987–90, after transferring from Middle Tennessee State University after the 1986 season.
Tomsula began his coaching career as a strength and conditioning coach at Catawba in 1989. After serving as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern under Defensive Coordinator Fred Hamilton, who helped Tomsula gain his defensive mind, from 1992 to 1995, he returned to Catawba where he was a member of the coaching staff until 2005.
Tomsula was an assistant for several years in NFL Europe. He was the defensive line coach for the England Monarchs in 1998 and for the Scottish Claymores from 1999 to 2003. Then in 2004, he became the defensive coordinator for the Berlin Thunder a position he held for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Tomsula became the head coach of the Rhein Fire for the 2006 season.
The 49ers hired Tomsula to serve as their Defensive Line Coach during the 2007 season and he coached in that role through the 2014 season. During the 2010 season, Tomsula was named interim head coach for the Week 17 game versus the Arizona Cardinals, after head coach Mike Singletary was fired with one game remaining in the season. He won his first game as 49ers head coach, 38–7 over the Arizona Cardinals. Jim Harbaugh retained Tomsula in his previous position as defensive line coach following Harbaugh's hire as the 49ers head coach for the 2011 season. Tomsula would remain as defensive line coach through all four seasons of the Harbaugh era.
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