Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini
Eric Anthony Manginiis an American football coach who last served as the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Mangini had been with the 49ers since 2013 and served as the team's tight ends coach for two seasons before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 January 1971
CityHartford, CT
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Each year we've lost guys. We just have to adjust to the transition and that's what we're doing.
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Mike and I have been close friends for 11 years. I have tremendous respect for his knowledge, his leadership abilities, and his character and together we will eagerly embrace the challenge of building a championship team.
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I worked for some of the greatest coaching minds in the NFL.
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I think Chad is a great competitor. I think he's a hard worker. I think he's smart, and I respect all the things Chad has done. I haven't talked to any of the doctors. I haven't sat down with Chad. So until I do that, I won't really feel comfortable commenting any further.
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I was going to be an investment banker and got involved with a semipro team there just on a whim. It changed my life. I found out I loved football.
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I have always had the highest regard for him both as an individual and as one of the fiercest and most determined athletes in the game.
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I've got tremendous mentors. I've worked with some of the greatest coaching minds in the NFL.
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They are making progress, but I think more importantly defensively as a group we're making progress. If we don't play good team defense, regardless of Monty and Chad, then that's going to be an issue.
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The only time I was an old guy was when I was a ball boy.
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We're going to play whatever gives us the best chance to win. So if it's 3-4, 4-3, 2-6, whatever it is, if it's going to help us beat our opponent that's what we're going to play.
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Ultimately, we agreed that the best course of action would be for the Jets to go in a different direction. We wish him and his family well.
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I think the main qualities that made this job attractive to me were the commitment by the front office to winning, and to building an organization for the long term. I look forward to building an organization that people can be proud of, that's built with character, that's built with toughness, built with discipline.
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This is a team effort 100 percent. I am going to work with Terry as much as I can. He's going to work with me as much as he can so that we can get the right players for the system and build moving forward.
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I thank you guys for having the vision to make me your head coach.