Noel Scott Mazzone was born on March 21,1957 and is an American football coach and former player who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League.
13 Facts About Noel Mazzone
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Noel Mazzone is former offensive coordinator at the University of Arizona.
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Noel Mazzone spent one season at Boulder High School, coaching future University of Colorado greats Tom Gebhardt and Eric McCarty.
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In 1982, Noel Mazzone received his first full-time position, coaching quarterbacks and receivers under Leon Fuller at Colorado State.
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When Wacker left TCU for the head coaching position at the University of Minnesota in 1992, Noel Mazzone followed Wacker to serve the same position with the Gophers.
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In 1995, Noel Mazzone was hired as offensive coordinator by Tommy Tuberville, who had just become head coach at Ole Miss.
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When Erickson left the collegiate ranks to coach the San Francisco 49ers, Noel Mazzone chose to remain in college football, becoming offensive coordinator under Chuck Amato at North Carolina State, where he coached Philip Rivers, who would be the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft.
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In January 2005, Noel Mazzone returned to Ole Miss to serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under head coach Ed Orgeron.
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Noel Mazzone was fired as offensive coordinator at the end of the 2005 season but remained an employee at Ole Miss for contractual reasons.
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In 2006, Noel Mazzone took his first position in the NFL when new head coach Eric Mangini hired him as wide receivers coach for the New York Jets.
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In January 2009, Noel Mazzone was under consideration by Randy Shannon for the vacant position as offensive coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes, and in February of that year was under consideration by Dave Wannstedt as offensive coordinator for the University of Pittsburgh.
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Noel Mazzone was being considered for the job coaching quarterbacks under Mangini with the Cleveland Browns.
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In 2012, it was announced that Mazzone would be joining Jim L Mora's coaching staff at UCLA as offensive coordinator.