Ralph Harry Friedgen was born on April 4,1947 and is a former American football coach.
21 Facts About Ralph Friedgen
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Ralph Friedgen was most recently the special assistant coach for Rutgers in 2015 after serving as their offensive coordinator in the 2014 season.
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Ralph Friedgen was the head coach at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2000 to 2010.
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Ralph Friedgen was previously an offensive coordinator at Maryland, Georgia Tech, and in the National Football League with the San Diego Chargers.
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Ralph Friedgen was born on April 4,1947, in Harrison, New York.
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The younger Ralph Friedgen worked under his father as a water boy and manager, and the two often attended New York Giants and Jets games together.
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Ralph Friedgen attended Harrison High School where he played quarterback on his father's team.
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Ralph Friedgen's recruitment was handled by Lee Corso, then an assistant coach at the school.
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Ralph Friedgen returned to the University of Maryland in 1982 to serve as offensive coordinator under head coach Bobby Ross, who was his mentor during his tenure at The Citadel.
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In 1992, Ralph Friedgen followed Ross again, this time to the NFL's San Diego Chargers, where he orchestrated an offense that led the franchise to an appearance in Super Bowl XXIX.
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In 1997, Ralph Friedgen returned to Georgia Tech, where, as offensive coordinator, he developed the balanced offensive attack that would become his trademark.
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Ralph Friedgen brought 32 years of assistant coaching experience with him upon his return to College Park.
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In November 2000, Ralph Friedgen was named the head coach of the University of Maryland football team.
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Ralph Friedgen was charged with rebuilding a struggling program that had only one winning season and no bowl game appearances since 1990.
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Ralph Friedgen received numerous "Coach of the Year" plaudits including the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year.
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The University of Maryland football team became one of five programs nationally to reach the ten-win plateau from 2001 to 2003, and Ralph Friedgen became the first coach in ACC history to win ten or more games in his first three seasons as a head coach.
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The Baltimore Sun surmised that Ralph Friedgen would have repeated as ACC Coach of the Year had it not been for Wake Forest's impressive season under Jim Grobe.
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Maryland entered the 2008 season with 30 senior players, the largest class since Ralph Friedgen took over as head coach in 2001.
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The article said that Ralph Friedgen "privately resented" the athletic department naming Franklin his successor, due to how it affects other members of the coaching staff.
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On November 19,2010, Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson announced that Ralph Friedgen would be returning for the 2011 season, the final year of his contract.
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Ralph Friedgen has been married to his wife Gloria since 1973.