1. John Eugene DeFilippo was born on April 12,1978 and is an American football coach who recently served as the Head Coach the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League.
28 Facts About John DeFilippo
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John DeFilippo played college football as a quarterback at James Madison University, and has served as offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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John DeFilippo won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, serving as the team's quarterbacks coach.
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In 1980, the DeFilippo family moved to Nashville, as Gene became offensive backfield coach at Vanderbilt.
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John DeFilippo later spent his childhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1984 to 1987 as his father was athletic director at USC Spartanburg, then in Lexington, Kentucky from 1987 to 1993, when his father was associate athletic director at the University of Kentucky.
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In 1993, Gene John DeFilippo became athletic director at Villanova University in Philadelphia.
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John DeFilippo enrolled at nearby Radnor High School in tenth grade and lived in a hotel with his father, from the summer to the early part of the school year.
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John DeFilippo graduated from Radnor in 1996 and attended James Madison University.
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John DeFilippo played at quarterback for the James Madison Dukes under head coach Alex Wood from 1996 to 1998 then Mickey Matthews in 1999.
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John DeFilippo graduated from JMU in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in speech communications with a concentration in public relations.
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John DeFilippo became quarterbacks coach at Fordham in 2000 upon graduating from James Madison.
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From 2003 to 2004, John DeFilippo was again quarterbacks coach at a Division I-AA program in New York City, Columbia, under Bob Shoop.
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John DeFilippo moved up to the NFL in 2005 as offensive quality control coach for the New York Giants under Tom Coughlin and held that position until 2006.
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In 2007, John DeFilippo joined Lane Kiffin's staff on the Oakland Raiders as quarterbacks coach and remained on staff in 2008 when Tom Cable replaced Kiffin during the season.
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John DeFilippo became quarterbacks coach for the New York Jets under Rex Ryan in 2009.
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John DeFilippo coached rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez, whom in 2009, became only the second rookie quarterback in NFL history to win multiple playoff games.
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John DeFilippo returned to the college ranks in 2010 as quarterbacks coach at San Jose State under Mike MacIntyre.
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In 2012, John DeFilippo returned to the Oakland Raiders as quarterbacks coach, first under Dennis Allen, and then Tony Sparano.
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On January 21,2015, John DeFilippo was hired as the Cleveland Browns' new offensive coordinator.
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However, after only one season, John DeFilippo was let go after head coach Mike Pettine was fired.
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On January 21,2016, John DeFilippo was hired as the quarterbacks coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Four days after winning Super Bowl LII, John DeFilippo was hired as offensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings, the same team his Eagles defeated in the NFC Championship a month earlier.
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On January 13,2020, John DeFilippo was fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars after only one season as the offensive coordinator.
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On January 16,2020, John DeFilippo was hired by the Chicago Bears to be their quarterbacks coach on Matt Nagy's staff.
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John DeFilippo had interviewed for the Bears' head coaching position in 2018, but lost out to Nagy.
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On February 8,2021, John DeFilippo was promoted to passing game coordinator while still holding the title of quarterbacks coach.
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On June 13,2022, John DeFilippo announced that he would not coach that year.
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On November 10,2022, John DeFilippo was hired as the head coach of the New Orleans Breakers.