Lou Spanos
Connecticut Huskies | |
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Position: | Defensive coordinator |
Personal information | |
Born: | March 27, 1971 |
Career information | |
High school: | Pittsburgh (PA) Keystone Oaks |
College: | Tulsa |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Head coaching record | |
Career: | 1–9 (college) |
Louis G. Spanos (born March 27, 1971) is an American football coach who was recently the interim head coach for the Connecticut Huskies football team.[1] He was a defensive quality control and assistant linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers for many years,[2] the linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins,[3] and the defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins football team.
Playing career[]
Spanos attended Keystone Oaks High School, located in the South Hills suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and played in the 1989 Big 33 Football Classic. A 1994 graduate of the University of Tulsa, Spanos was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at center. He served as the center for Tulsa quarterback Gus Frerotte.
Coaching career[]
Spanos stayed at Tulsa for a year after his playing career concluded to assist coaching the linebackers. He joined the Steelers in 1995. Spanos is one of only two assistant coaches to be on the Super Bowl XXX, Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII coaching staffs, joining defensive line coach John Mitchell.
On January 16, 2010, Spanos was hired by Mike Shanahan and the Washington Redskins to be their linebackers coach.[4] After the 2011 season, he left the Redskins to coach the UCLA Bruins defense. On January 18, 2014, Spanos left the Bruins and was hired by Ken Whisenhunt of the Tennessee Titans as linebackers coach.
On September 5, 2021, Huskies head coach Randy Edsall announced plans to retire at the end of the 2021 season; a day later, UConn announced that Edsall would step down immediately as a result of a "mutual decision" between him and the university. Spanos was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[5]
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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UConn Huskies (NCAA Division I FBS independent) (2021–present) | |||||||||
2021 | UConn | 1–9 [a] | |||||||
UConn: | 1–9 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–9 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Notes[]
- ^ Served as interim head coach after Randy Edsall stepped down on September 6.
Personal life[]
Spanos and his wife Timme reside in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with their two sons, Zachary and Caleb, and daughter Gabriella.
References[]
- ^ Foster, Chris (January 17, 2012). "UCLA football: Redskins' Lou Spanos to be Bruins defensive coordinator". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "Lou Spanos (bio)". Pittsburgh Steelers. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ Dulac, Gerry (January 13, 2010). "Steelers lose one defensive assistant, possibly another". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Terl, Matt. "Lou Spanos Named Linebackers Coach, Kirk Olivadotti Retained". Redskins Blog. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2021/9/5/football-randy-edsall-announces-that-he-will-retire-following-the-2021-season.aspx
External links[]
- Official biography, UConn Huskies
- Steelers assistant coach Spanos likes to keep ties to Keystone Oaks[permanent dead link], Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 20, 2007
- Q&A with Lou Spanos, Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World, February 1, 2009
- Tomlin's coaching staff is complete, Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 30, 2007
- 1999 Coaching Staff, Steelers Zone, article undated
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Pittsburgh Steelers coaches
- Tennessee Titans coaches
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane football players
- UCLA Bruins football coaches
- Washington Redskins coaches
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane football coaches
- Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches
- UConn Huskies football coaches