Cable in 2015
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Position: | Offensive line coach & Assistant head coach |
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Date of birth: | November 26, 1964 |
Place of birth: | Merced, California |
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High school: | Snohomish (WA) |
College: | Idaho |
Undrafted: | 1987 |
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Regular season: | NFL: 17–27 (.386) NCAA: 11–35 (.239) |
Coaching stats at PFR |
Thomas Lee Cable, Jr. (born November 26, 1964) is an American football coach currently working as the offensive line and assistant head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Idaho and was on the replacement team for the Indianapolis Colts during the 1987 NFL players' strike. After being an assistant coach for several college football teams, as well as head coach at Idaho, Cable became an offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons and Oakland Raiders of the NFL before serving as head coach for the Raiders from 2008 to 2010.
Cable was born in Merced, California. He played high school football in Snohomish, Washington, northeast of Seattle. He graduated from Snohomish High School in 1982 and accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Idaho from first-time head coach Dennis Erickson.
Cable played on the offensive line for the Idaho Vandals for head coaches Dennis Erickson and Keith Gilbertson, blocking for quarterback Scott Linehan. Idaho won the Big Sky title in 1985 and advanced to the Division I-AA playoffs in 1985 and 1986. He was a member of the 1987 Indianapolis Colts strike replacement team, but did not play in the two games he was on the team's active roster.