Doug Colman

Doug Colman

Personal information
Born:	(1973-06-04)June 4, 1973 Somers Point, New Jersey,U.S.
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
As a player:
New York Giants(1996–1998) Tennessee Titans(1999) Cleveland Browns(2000)* Oakland Raiders(2000)* New York Jets(2001)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
University of Nebraska Cornhuskers(2008-2009) Defensive & Special Team Quality Control Coach Tulane University Green Wave(2010-2011) Linebackers & Nickels Coach, Special Teams Assistant Coastal Carolina(2012–2013) Linebackers Coach, Co-Special Coordinator Houston Texans(2014–2017) Assistant Special Teams Coordinator, Defensive Assistant- Linebackers Dallas Cowboys(2018) Assistant Special Teams coach Cleveland Browns(2019–2021) Assistant Special Teams coach
Career highlights and awards
2×National champion(1994,1995)

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

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.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,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

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.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.He was fired on January 2, 2018.

He was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the special teams assistant for the 2018 season.

In 2019, Colman was hired by the Cleveland Browns as the Special Teams assistant coach.

External links

• Career statistics and player information fromPro Football Reference