John Bonamego
| Central Michigan Chippewas | |
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| Position: | Head coach |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | August 14, 1963 |
| Place of birth: | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Paw Paw (MI) |
| College: | Central Michigan |
| Undrafted: | 1987 |
| Career history | |
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John Frank Bonamego (born August 14, 1963) is an American football head coach for Central Michigan University of the Mid-American Conference. He has two decades of college and pro coaching experience. He played college football at Central Michigan.
Bonamego has also coached for Maine, Lehigh and Army at the college level. He has been an assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints in the NFL.
On June 18, 2015, Bonamego announced that he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer, but that the cancer was caught early enough and was "very treatable'. On August 21, Bonamego announced that he had completed his radiation treatment at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor.
Bonamego graduated from Paw Paw High School in Paw Paw, Michigan. His father was an officer in the Army. He lived in eight zip codes – including military bases in Italy and Ethiopia – before he turned 18.
Bonamego played wide receiver and quarterback at Central Michigan University. He earned his degree in health and fitness in 1987.
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