Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born | c. 1932 |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Playing career | |
1951–1953 | UCLA |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1957 | Iowa State (line) |
1958–1962 | Oklahoma (ends) |
1963–1967 | Colorado (chief assistant) |
1968–1973 | New Mexico |
1974–1977 | San Diego Chargers (DL/LB) |
1978–1985 | St. Louis Cardinals (LB) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1987–1997 | San Diego Chargers (dir. pro pers.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 24–37–2 |
Rudolph A. "Rudy" Feldman (born c. 1932) is a former American football player, coach, and executive. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Mexico from 1968 to 1973, compiling a record of 24–37–2. Feldman played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1951 to 1953. Prior to his stint at New Mexico, he was an assistant coach at Iowa State University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Colorado Boulder. After leaving New Mexico, he was an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers and the St. Louis Cardinals. He finished his career in the front office for the Chargers, serving as director of pro personnel from 1987 to 1997.
Feldman grew up in Palo Alto, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he lettered for the Bruins as a guard for three seasons, from 1951 to 1953, under head coach Henry Russell Sanders. Feldman was co-captain of the 1953 Bruins team, which won the Pacific Coast Conference title and appeared in the 1954 Rose Bowl. Feldman was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity at UCLA.