Aaron Kromer (born April 30, 1967) is an

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coach who is the offensive line coach for the

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of the

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(NFL). Kromer served as the interim head coach of the

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for the first six games of the 2012 season.

Playing career

Kromer is a 1985 graduate of

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, where he played football and

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. He played

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for three seasons at

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from 1987 to 1989.

Coaching career

Kromer began his NFL coaching career in 2001 with the

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. In 2003, he helped lead the Raiders to an AFC championship and to

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. Kromer was hired by the

in 2008 as the running backs coach, before becoming the offensive line coach the following season. Under his tenure as OL coach, the Saints sent five players to a combined nine

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s, and tied for the fewest sacks in the league with 96. Under Kromer, the Saints line twice won the Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award as the best offensive line in the league (in 2009 and 2011). The Saints won

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with Kromer. He filled in as the Saints' interim head coach for the first six games of the

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and

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served their suspensions for "

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". The Saints went 2-4 during that season-opening stretch, losing each of their first four games by eight points or less. On January 16, 2013, Kromer was announced as the new offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the

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. He joined

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's initial coaching staff, after working with Trestman in Oakland. In his first year, the Bears offense had the second-best scoring offense in the league with 445 points, behind the

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, while finishing fifth with 4281 passing yards. The offense also broke team records in total yards (6,109), passing yards (4,450), passing touchdowns (32) and first downs (344). On February 12, 2014, offensive line assistant Pat Meyer was named offensive line coach while Kromer, who served as offensive coordinator and line coach in 2013, remained the offensive coordinator and continued to be involved in all aspects of the offense, including the line with an increased role with the passing game. On January 17, 2015, the

reached a two-year deal with Kromer to be the team's new offensive line coach. He was later suspended for 6 games by the Buffalo Bills from an incident in which he was accused of striking a group of minors who were caught committing theft of property and vandalism. Two weeks later all charges were dropped against Kromer. On January 30, 2018,

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head coach

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promoted him to run game coordinator, after

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left to become the

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of the

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. In order to help fill the void, McVay also named tight ends coach

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the pass game coordinator. In 2019 Kromer helped coach the Rams to an NFC Championship and to

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. Kromer was not retained by the Rams as a coach in February 2021. On February 7, 2022, the

signed Kromer as their new offensive line coach.

Head coaching record

* – Interim head coach

References

External links

Los Angeles Rams bio
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