Charlie Partridge
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| current_team =Indianapolis Colts
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| position = Defensive line coach
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|12|7}}
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| college = Iowa State
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- Drake (1996–1997)
Graduate assistant - Iowa State (1998–1999)
Graduate assistant - Eastern Illinois (2002)
Defensive line coach & linebackers coach - Pittsburgh (2003–2005)
Defensive ends coach - Pittsburgh (2006)
Special teams coordinator & defensive line coach - Pittsburgh (2007)
Special teams coordinator & linebackers coach - Wisconsin (2008–2010)
Special teams coordinator & defensive line coach - Wisconsin (2011–2012)
Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator, & defensive line coach - Arkansas (2013)
Assistant head coach & defensive line coach - Florida Atlantic (2014–2016)
Head coach - Pittsburgh (2017)
Defensive line coach - Pittsburgh (2018–2023)
Co-defensive coordinator & defensive line coach - Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2024}}–present)
Defensive line coach
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- Iowa State (2000–2001)
Director of football operations
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Charles James Partridge (born December 7, 1973) is an American football coach who is the defensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He served as the assistant head football coach and defensive line coach at the University of Pittsburgh, a position that he held since 2018. Partridge served as the head football coach at Florida Atlantic University from 2014 to 2016.
Playing career
A native of Plantation, Florida, Partridge attended Drake University, where he was a team captain of the football team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032808aaa.html |title=Q&A; with Charlie Partridge - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers Athletics |access-date=2010-10-18 |archive-date=2011-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622025851/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032808aaa.html |url-status=dead }} Later he also attended Iowa State University.
Coaching career
Partridge's first coaching experience was as a graduate assistant with the Drake Bulldogs and the Iowa State Cyclones. From there he became the defensive line coach of the Eastern Illinois Panthers. Partridge served as defensive line coach, linebackers coach, and special teams coordinator of the Pitt Panthers for five seasons before joining the Wisconsin Badgers. He was named co-defensive coordinator at Wisconsin in January 2011. On December 15, 2012 the University of Arkansas announced the hiring of Partridge as the defensive line coach. Partridge was widely credited as Wisconsin's lead recruiter in the state of Florida, and helped land five-star running back Alex Collins for the Razorbacks in his first two months on the job. Partridge followed former Wisconsin Badgers head coach Bret Bielema to Arkansas.
Partridge was hired as the head coach at Florida Atlantic on December 16, 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121613aaa.html |title=Florida Atlantic University to Introduce New Head Football Coach - Florida Atlantic Owls Official Athletic Site |access-date=2013-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217020731/http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121613aaa.html |archive-date=2013-12-17 |url-status=dead }} He was fired on November 27, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/11/27/florida-atlantic-fires-charlie-partridge-after-three-seasons/94512252/|title = Florida Atlantic fires Charlie Partridge after three seasons|website = USA Today}}
On February 14, 2017 Partridge was announced as the defensive line coach at Pittsburgh.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021417aab.html |title=Charlie Partridge Rejoins Pitt as Defensive Line Coach - Pitt Football - PittsburghPanthers.com - Official Athletic Site of the University of Pittsburgh |access-date=2017-02-14 |archive-date=2017-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214232813/http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021417aab.html |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
Partridge is married with two children.
Head coaching record
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| name = Florida Atlantic
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| startyear = 2014
| endyear = 2016
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| year = 2014
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| overall = 3–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 7th (East)
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| year = 2015
| name = Florida Atlantic
| overall = 3–9
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 6th (East)
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| year = 2016
| name = Florida Atlantic
| overall = 3–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–6th (East)
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| name = Florida Atlantic
| overall = 9–27
| confrecord = 7–17
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|overall = 9–27
| bowls = no
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References
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External links
- [https://pittsburghpanthers.com/staff-directory/charlie-partridge/409 Pittsburgh profile]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNGXdEhC-Io "Charlie Partridge, New Colts Defensive Line Coach, Wants to Serve Latu & Paye,"] Kent Sterling, via YouTube.com, June 17, 2024. (Video.)
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Category:Players of American football from Plantation, Florida