Doug Colman
Personal information | |
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Born: | Somers Point, New Jersey,U.S. | June 4, 1973
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Ocean City (NJ) |
College: | Nebraska |
NFL draft: | 1996/ Round: 6 / Pick: 171 |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Douglass Clayton Colman(born June 4, 1973) is anAmerican footballcoach, former player and son of former NFL playerWayne Charles Colman.He was alinebackerin theNational Football League(NFL) for five seasons with theNew York Giants,Tennessee TitansandCleveland Brownsafter playingcollege footballat theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Playing career
[edit]Colman started his career atOcean City High Schoolwhere he is a member of the hall of fame. As a senior, he was named "South Jersey Defensive Player of the Year" at linebacker and also gained more than 1,000 yards as fullback. Later he playedcollege footballat and graduated from theUniversity of Nebraska.TheCornhuskerswon back-to-back, undefeated national championships in the 1994 and 1995 seasons and were Big 8 Conference Champions 1991-1995. He was then drafted by theNew York Giantsin the sixth round (171st pick overall) of the1996 NFL draft.[1]Colman spent five seasons in the NFL from 1996 to 2000, playing a total of 64 games for the Giants,Tennessee TitansandCleveland Browns.He helped the Titans toSuper Bowl XXXIVin which Colman appeared as a substitute,[2]however they lost to theKurt Warner-ledSt. Louis Rams.That same year Colman had participated in the "Music City Miracle"vs. theBuffalo Billsthat allowed the Titans to continue in the playoffs.
Coaching career
[edit]Following his stay in the NFL, Colman coached freshman football at his alma materOcean City High School.In 2002, he became an assistant coach and teacher forOakcrest High Schoolbefore becoming head coach atAbsegami High Schoolin 2003. During his tenure at Absegami, Colman compiled an overall record of 40–15, with two appearances in the South Jersey Group IV championship game, winning it in 2006. Colman's Braves also won three straight Cape-Atlantic American Conference championships. He guided Absegami High School to its only football championships.
Colman joined theAmsterdam Admiralsfor the 2007 season as a member of theNFL Europecoaching program, serving as an assistant linebackers and special teams coach during the team's final season. He spent the next two years as the defensive quality coach working with linebackers and special teams at his alma mater, Nebraska. In 2010, Colman joinedBob Toledo's staff atTulane Universitywhere he coached the linebackers and assisted with special teams. After two seasons in that capacity, he was hired as the linebackers coach and assistant special teams coordinator at Coastal Carolina.[3]Colman was marked to be Penn State's new linebacker coach before following Bill O'brien to the Houston Texans.
He was recently the special teams and linebacker assistant for the Houston Texans.[4]He was fired on January 2, 2018.[5]
He was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the special teams assistant for the 2018 season.[6]
In 2019, Colman was hired by the Cleveland Browns as the Special Teams assistant coach.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"1996 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.com.RetrievedMarch 30,2023.
- ^"Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters".sportspool.com.RetrievedApril 13,2012.
- ^"Houston Texans: Doug Colman".Archived fromthe originalon May 30, 2018.RetrievedOctober 17,2016.
- ^"Houston Texans: Doug Colman".Archived fromthe originalon May 30, 2018.RetrievedOctober 17,2016.
- ^"Texans move on from assistants Larry Izzo, John Butler, Charles London".chron.com.January 2, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 2,2018.
- ^"Doug Colman".www.dallascowboys.com.Archived fromthe originalon January 15, 2019.
- ^"Cleveland Browns".www.clevelandbrowns.com.RetrievedMarch 15,2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromPro Football Reference
- 1973 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Amsterdam Admirals coaches
- Cleveland Browns players
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football coaches
- High school football coaches in New Jersey
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- New York Giants players
- People from Somers Point, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Union County, New Jersey
- Tennessee Titans players
- Tulane Green Wave football coaches