Charles Evans Bresnahan is an American football coach and former player.
25 Facts About Chuck Bresnahan
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Chuck Bresnahan was the defensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders on two occasions and the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League as well as the Florida Tuskers and Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.
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Chuck Bresnahan served as defensive coordinator in the college ranks at the University of Central Florida, University of South Florida and University of Maine.
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Chuck Bresnahan served as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts of the NFL and the United States Naval Academy and the Georgia Institute of Technology in the college ranks.
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Chuck Bresnahan assisted in the Officiating Department of the NFL for 3 seasons.
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Chuck Bresnahan is the son of Tom Bresnahan, a long time NFL assistant and Offensive Coordinator who coached 4 Super Bowls under Marv Levy with the Buffalo Bills.
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Chuck Bresnahan began his coaching career at Navy under Gary Tranquill in 1986.
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Chuck Bresnahan was hired by the Head Coach, Kirk Ferentz, to be the defensive coordinator for the Maine Black Bears from 1992 to 1993.
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In 1994 Chuck Bresnahan made the move to the NFL when he was hired by then Head Coach, Bill Belichick, as the assistant linebackers coach for the Cleveland Browns.
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From 1996 to 1997 Chuck Bresnahan served as linebackers coach of the Indianapolis Colts.
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Chuck Bresnahan was the Oakland Raiders' defensive backs coach from 1998 to 1999 before he was promoted by then Head Coach, Jon Gruden, to defensive coordinator and spent 2000 to 2003 in that role.
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Chuck Bresnahan joined the Cincinnati Bengals' coaching staff in 2004 as a defensive assistant coach, and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2005 by then Head Coach, Marvin Lewis.
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In 2011 Chuck Bresnahan was hired back by the Oakland Raiders as their defensive coordinator.
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Chuck Bresnahan spent the 2012 season with the Sacramento Mountain Lions as their defensive coordinator; he was later part of a joint lawsuit that sued the team for unpaid salary.
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Chuck Bresnahan spent the 2015 season as the defensive coordinator of the University of Central Florida under head coach George O'Leary.
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Chuck Bresnahan was hired by Dean Blandino, NFL Vice President of Officiating, in 2016 to help bring a coaching perspective to the NFL Officiating Department.
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Chuck Bresnahan then joined Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Polian in his efforts to start the Alliance of American Football.
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Chuck Bresnahan was the league's Assistant Director of Officiating and worked under Polian in Football Operations.
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Chuck Bresnahan remained in this position until the Alliance declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 2,2019.
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Chuck Bresnahan was hired to help create and supervise the Sports Division of John Foley CenterPoint Companies, Inc serving as Vice President of Sports Division.
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Chuck Bresnahan was named head coach of the Jousters of The Spring League in October 2020, but was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Jousters after week 3, due to a disagreement on how to handle a COVID-19 breakout within his team.
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Chuck Bresnahan was officially hired by the Vegas Vipers on September 13,2022 On January 1,2024, it was announced the Vipers would not be a part of the UFL Merger.
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Chuck Bresnahan attended and graduated from St Mary's High School in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Chuck Bresnahan was a 1983 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
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Chuck Bresnahan's father Tom Bresnahan, was a longtime football coach and spent sixteen years as an NFL assistant, including 10 seasons with the Buffalo Bills, where he coached in their four straight Super Bowl appearances under Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach, Marv Levy.