Bob Slowik
{{short description|American football coach (born 1954)}}
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- Rutgers (1984–1989)
Secondary coach - East Carolina (1990–1991)
Outside linebackers coach - Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1992}})
Defensive assistant - Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1993}}–{{NFL Year|1998}})
Defensive coordinator - Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1999}})
Defensive coordinator - Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2003}})
Defensive backs coach - Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2004}})
Defensive coordinator - Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2005}}–{{NFL Year|2007}})
Defensive backs coach - Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2008}})
Defensive coordinator - Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2011}})
Defensive backs coach - Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2012}}–{{NFL Year|2013}})
Linebackers coach - Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2019}}–{{CFL Year|2020}})
Defensive coordinator - Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2021}})
Defensive assistant - Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2022|2024}})
Linebackers coach - Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2025}}–present)
Defensive coordinator
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Robert Slowik (born May 16, 1954) is a gridiron football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College career
Slowik played college football at the University of Delaware, where he was a two-year starter at cornerback prior to beginning his coaching career there as a graduate assistant.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/01-02/slowik050102.html|title=Packers promote UD grad Slowik|website=www1.udel.edu}}
Coaching career
Slowik was a defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL) and for the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/alouettes-name-slowik-defensive-coordinator-1.1245480 |title=Alouettes name Slowik defensive coordinator |publisher=TSN |date=January 22, 2019}} He has also been a coach for Rutgers, East Carolina University, and the Dallas Cowboys.
It was announced that Slowik had joined the Calgary Stampeders as a defensive assistant on June 17, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stampeders.com/2021/06/17/stampeders-complete-coaching-staff/ |title=Stampeders complete coaching staff |publisher=Calgary Stampeders |date=June 17, 2021}} In the following season, he was named the team's linebackers coach. He served in that capacity for three seasons before being promoted to defensive coordinator on December 16, 2024.{{Cite web|title=Stamps Announce 2025 Coaching Staff |url=https://www.stampeders.com/2024/12/16/stamps-announce-2025-coaching-staff/ |publisher=Calgary Stampeders |date=December 16, 2024}}
Personal life
Bob Slowik is the husband of coach Carol Thomson Slowik.{{cite web|url=http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2005/jul/greenbay072604.html|title=Ex-Hen Slowik leads Green Bay Packers defense|publisher=}}
Their son, Bobby Slowik, was the offensive coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) for 2 seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/texans-hiring-bobby-slowik-as-their-offensive-coordinator|title=Texans hiring Bobby Slowik as their offensive coordinator|work=NFL.com |date=February 12, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstontexans.com/news/12-things-to-know-about-offensive-coordinator-bobby-slowik|title=12 things to know about Offensive Coordinator Bobby Slowik|website=www.houstontexans.com}}
External links
- [https://www.stampeders.com/bob-slowik/ Calgary Stampeders bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111216172203/http://www.redskins.com/team/coaches/Bob-Slowik/5ecf4c35-8a17-4c17-b9e1-58cfbff9e2f9 Official Redskins website biography of Coach Slowik]
References
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{{Super Bowl XXVII}}
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