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18 Facts About Clancy Barone

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Clarence Barone was born on July 26,1963 and is an American football coach who most recently served as the tight ends coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League.

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Clancy Barone previously served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons and most recently was the tight ends coach of the Chicago Bears.

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Clancy Barone began his coaching career at American River College as an offensive line coach.

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From 1991 to 1992, Clancy Barone served as the offensive line coach at Sacramento State University.

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Clancy Barone was given an additional title as run game coordinator at Wyoming in 1998.

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From 2000 to 2002, Clancy Barone was served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of Houston and as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Texas State University in 2003.

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In 2004, Clancy Barone was hired by the Atlanta Falcons as their offensive line coach.

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In 2005, Clancy Barone switched the tight ends coach and worked with all-pro tight end Alge Crumpler.

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In 2007, Clancy Barone was hired by the San Diego Chargers as their tight ends coach, where he worked with tight end Antonio Gates.

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In 2009, Clancy Barone was hired by the Denver Broncos as their tight ends under head coach Josh McDaniels.

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In 2011, Clancy Barone was retained and switched back to tight ends coach under new head coach of the Broncos, John Fox.

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Clancy Barone coached Broncos tight end Julius Thomas and in 2013, the Broncos had an offensive record-breaking season and made an appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII.

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In 2015, Clancy Barone was retained by the Broncos new head coach Gary Kubiak and Clancy Barone was switched back to offensive line coach.

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Clancy Barone worked with All-Pro players Alge Crumpler and Antonio Gates, and Julius Thomas all of whom made multiple Pro Bowl appearances under his guidance.

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Clancy Barone coached teams that led the NFL in rushing four times.

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In January 2017, Clancy Barone was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as their tight ends coach under head coach Mike Zimmer.

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In 2018, following the sudden death of offensive line coach Tony Sparano, Clancy Barone was moved to co-offensive line coach along with Andrew Janocko.

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On January 9,2020, Clancy Barone was hired by the Chicago Bears as their tight ends coach under head coach Matt Nagy.