Gerald A. Azzinaro Jr. (; born July 11, 1958) is an

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coach who most recently served as the defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins football team. He played college football as a

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(AIC) and became a graduate assistant for the team in 1982. He was the linebackers and running backs coach for

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in 1985, and he was the head coach for

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in 1986. He was the defensive coordinator for AIC from 1987 to 1991, before becoming the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for

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in 1992. Azzinaro was promoted to defensive coordinator for the Minutemen in 1994, and subsequently moved on to Boston College as the team's defensive line coach in 1995. He was rehired by UMass in 1997 to be their defensive coordinator. After coaching the defensive line at

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in 1998, Azzinaro was the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for Syracuse from 1999 to 2003. He was the defensive coordinator for

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from 2004 to 2006. He was the defensive line coach for

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in 2007 and for

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in 2008. He coached the

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' defensive line for four years from 2009 to 2012 before

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brought him to coach alongside him while Chip coached the Eagles in 2013. However, in 2016, Azzinaro again followed

, this time to the

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where Kelly was named head coach, and hired Azzinaro in same role he had in Philadelphia.

Head coaching record

References

External links

UCLA profile
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