Tom Cable graduated from Snohomish High School in 1982 and accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Idaho from first-time head coach Dennis Erickson.
17 Facts About Tom Cable
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Tom Cable played on the offensive line for the Vandals for head coaches Erickson and Keith Gilbertson, blocking for quarterback Scott Linehan.
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Tom Cable then embarked on a career as a college football coach.
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Tom Cable was a graduate assistant for three years and an assistant coach for a decade, ascending to offensive coordinator at Colorado in 1999.
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Tom Cable succeeded fellow alumnus Chris Tormey, who had departed earlier in the month after five seasons for Nevada.
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Tom Cable then became the offensive coordinator at UCLA for two seasons under head coach Karl Dorrell, a former colleague at Colorado.
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Tom Cable joined the Oakland Raiders as offensive line coach for the 2007 season, under first-year head coach Lane Kiffin.
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On February 4,2009, Tom Cable was officially introduced as the Raiders new head coach.
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Two weeks later on January 18,2011, Tom Cable was hired by the Seattle Seahawks as offensive line coach and assistant head coach, under head coach Pete Carroll.
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Tom Cable won his first Super Bowl ring as an assistant coach to the Seahawks.
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Tom Cable has become synonymous in recent years for transitioning players with little or no experience at offensive line and quickly making them into NFL starting-caliber offensive lineman.
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The second was Garry Gilliam, whom Tom Cable signed as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
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The Seahawks signed him as an undrafted free agent after Tom Cable insisted and he won the Seahawks' starting left tackle position in less than 20 months.
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Three days later on January 13,2018, Tom Cable returned to Oakland as the offensive line coach in returning Raider head coach Jon Gruden's new staff.
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On November 1,2009, the ESPN show Outside the Lines reported that Tom Cable was accused of physical abuse against two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend.
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One of the accusers filed a civil suit against Tom Cable, which was later settled.
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Tom Cable dropped over 138 pounds of weight while a Seahawks coach due to what he termed clean eating.