Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Redford, Michigan |
Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross |
Playing career | |
1979-1982 | Holy Cross |
Position(s) | Tight End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1983-1984 | Arizona (GA) |
1985 | Holy Cross (TE) |
1986-1995 | Bowling Green (OC/OL/TE) |
1996 | Boston College (OL) |
1997-2005 | Michigan (OL) |
1997-2001 | Michigan (OC) |
2002-2014 | New Orleans Saints (TE) |
2015 | Purdue Boilermakers (TE) |
2016 | Purdue Boilermakers (OC/TE) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Terry Malone is an American football coach and former player. Malone most recently served as the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach for the Purdue Boilermakers football team.
Born in Buffalo, New York and was raised in Redford, Michigan, Malone attended The College of the Holy Cross and played four seasons at tight end. Malone was the Crusaders' captain as a senior. He earned a bachelor's degree in history
Malone opened his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Arizona, under the late Larry Smith, before returning to his alma mater, Holy Cross, in 1985 to tutor the tight ends.
Malone served as offensive line coach, tight ends coach, and offensive coordinator at Bowling Green from 1986-1995, where he was a part of two squads to win MAC Championships and subsequent bowl games.
Malone spent the 1996 season as offensive line coach at Boston College.
Prior to the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Malone had been the offensive coordinator for the Michigan Wolverines football team. Malone's work with tight ends has a long history. He worked at the University of Michigan from 1997-2005, including his final four seasons as the Wolverines' offensive coordinator/tight ends. During Malone's nine seasons, Michigan won five Big 10 championships and appeared in eight New Year's Day bowl games.
In his tenure as coordinator the school had 14 All-Big Ten selections and four All-Americans. The wolverines had back-to-back conference Player of the Year winners on offense (Chris Perry, 2003 and Braylon Edwards, 2004). In 2004, the offense ranked second in the Big Ten and 24th in the nation in scoring by averaging over 30 points per contest. The Wolverines were led by Remington Trophy co-recipient David Baas and Edwards, who won the Biletnikoff Award as the century's top receiver. Chad Henne became the first true freshman quarterback in Big Ten history to lead his squad to a conference title and was the first to start a Rose Bowl.