Bruce Coslet was born on August 5,1946 and is an American former professional football player and coach.
11 Facts About Bruce Coslet
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Bruce Coslet played for the Bengals in the National Football League through 1976.
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Bruce Coslet played college football at the University of the Pacific before playing for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1969 to 1976.
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Bruce Coslet was named the offensive coordinator for the Bengals in 1986 under head coach Sam Wyche.
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However, he was given a clear directive by management: if the Jets did not make the playoffs in 1993, Bruce Coslet would be fired at the end of the season regardless of the team's record.
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Five days later on January 7,1994, having refused to give up calling the shots for the offense, Bruce Coslet was fired and Pete Carroll was promoted to head coach.
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In 1994 Bruce Coslet returned to the Bengals, who were now coached by Dave Shula, and retook his offensive coordinator position.
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Cincinnati was not the same place that Bruce Coslet had left, as the team was now one of the most consistently losing teams in the league.
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Blake developed a rapport with young wide receivers Carl Pickens and Darnay Scott, who were his two main targets, and Bruce Coslet's playcalling used that to the team's advantage.
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Bruce Coslet elected to give the starting job to veteran Neil O'Donnell, who had just been released from a multimillion-dollar long-term deal he'd signed with the Jets prior to the 1996 season.
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Bruce Coslet's unit ranked near the bottom of the league in both points scored and total yards.