Dave DeGuglielmo
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dave DeGuglielmo
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| caption = DeGuglielmo with the Birmingham Stallions in 2024
| current_team = Birmingham Stallions
| position = Offensive line coach
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|7|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| high_school = Lexington (MA)
| college = Boston University
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- Boston College (1991–1992)
Graduate assistant - Boston University (1993–1996)
Assistant head coach & offensive line coach - Connecticut (1997–1998)
Offensive line coach - South Carolina (1999–2003)
Offensive line coach - New York Giants ({{nfly|2004}}–{{nfly|2008}})
Assistant offensive line & quality control coach - Miami Dolphins ({{nfly|2009}}–{{nfly|2011}})
Offensive line coach - New York Jets ({{nfly|2012}})
Offensive line coach - New England Patriots ({{nfly|2014}}–{{nfly|2015}})
Offensive line coach - San Diego Chargers ({{nfly|2016}})
Assistant offensive line coach - Miami Dolphins ({{nfly|2017}})
Offensive line coach - Indianapolis Colts ({{nfly|2018}})
Offensive line coach - Miami Dolphins ({{nfly|2019}})
Offensive line coach - New York Giants ({{nfly|2020}})
Offensive line coach - Louisiana Tech (2021)
Offensive line coach - Boston College (2022)
Offensive line coach - Birmingham Stallions ({{UFL Year|2024}}–present)
Offensive line coach
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- 2× Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLIX)
- UFL champion (2024)
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Dave DeGuglielmo ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|d|eɪ|ɡ|uː|l|ˈ|j|ɛ|l|m|oʊ}} {{Respell|DAY|gool|YEL|moh}};{{Cite web|url = http://mmqb.si.com/2015/02/13/new-england-patriots-offensive-line-dave-deguglielmo/|title = Learning the Belichick Way|date = February 13, 2015|access-date = February 13, 2015|website = The MMQB|last = Bedard|first = Greg}} born July 15, 1968) is an American football coach for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He was most recently the offensive line coach for the Boston College Eagles. He has previously been offensive line coach for the NFL's New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, and New York Giants. DeGuglielmo was part of two Super Bowl-winning teams in his coaching career; the 2007 New York Giants and 2014 New England Patriots.
Early years
DeGuglielmo was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts. One of three children (an older brother Charlie, and younger a Sister Cristina), he is first generation Italian-American, as his father (Carmine Giuseppe DeGuglielmo / legally changed his name to Charles Joseph DeGuglielmo) emigrated to the US in 1954 with his family as a teenager, from a village outside of Avellino, Italy. His mother (June Dorothy Galassi) was born in Boston, and of Italian and French Canadian heritage.{{cite web | title = Giants.com - Dave DeGuglielmo | work = Giants.com | url = http://www.giants.com/team/coach.asp?coach_id=3 | access-date = January 15, 2008 | archive-date = February 27, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080227031443/http://www.giants.com/team/coach.asp?coach_id=3 | url-status = dead }}
Playing career
DeGuglielmo played both offensive and defensive tackle at Lexington High School (Massachusetts) under legendary Massachusetts high school football coach, Bill Tighe. During that time, Lexington High School won two Middlesex League Championships and played for the Division I Super Bowl title against nationally ranked Brockton High School (MA). Moving on to play collegiately at Boston University, he red-shirted his first year (1986) at BU. Despite being a non-scholarship "walk-on," he ultimately became a four-year letterman at Boston University from 1987 to 1990. DeGuglielmo trained under world-renowned strength and conditioning guru, Mike Boyle, who was at the time the Terriers' head strength and conditioning coach. Playing for three different head coaches in five years, and three different offensive line coaches in his first three seasons, he persevered and was voted captain of the 1990 Terriers. The second of his head coaches was Chris Palmer, future head coach of the Cleveland Browns. Palmer and DeGuglielmo would reunite in 2007 at the NY Giants. His final offensive line coach was Tony Sparano, who went on to become the head football coach of the Miami Dolphins. Sparano would later hire Deguglielmo as his offensive line coach in Miami.{{cite web |title=Dolphins Name Dave DeGuglielmo Offensive Line Coach |work=MiamiDolphins.com |url=http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/news/top_story.asp?contentID=6323 |access-date=January 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117151236/http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/news/top_story.asp?contentID=6323 |archive-date=January 17, 2009 }} Playing both guard and center, DeGuglielmo was a first-team All-New England selection as well as a two-time Academic All-Yankee Conference selection.
Coaching career
=New York Giants (first stint)=
DeGuglielmo left UCF within a month, joining the New York Giants staff as an assistant offensive line coach under head coach Tom Coughlin whom he had served as a graduate assistant at Boston College 13 years earlier. In his tenure, the Giants made the playoffs four consecutive years, won Super Bowl XLII, and set a franchise record for rushing yards (2,518) and yards per carry (5.0) in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Dante-Scarnecchia-to-retire-Dave-Deguglielmo-named-new-Offensive-Line-Coach/367f62a4-b7e3-40e7-b840-85b92291231a |title=Dante Scarnecchia to retire; Dave DeGuglielmo named new Offensive Line Coach |date=January 22, 2014 |publisher=New England Patriots |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-date=January 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123160751/http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Dante-Scarnecchia-to-retire-Dave-Deguglielmo-named-new-Offensive-Line-Coach/367f62a4-b7e3-40e7-b840-85b92291231a |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XLII - New York Giants vs. New England Patriots - February 3rd, 2008 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200802030nwe.htm |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=Miami Dolphins (first stint)=
From 2009 to 2011 he was the offensive line coach for the Miami Dolphins. In 2011 the Dolphins rushed for 1,987 yards in what was also Reggie Bush's first 1,000-yard season.
=New York Jets=
DeGuglielmo was named the New York Jets' offensive line coach on January 24, 2012.{{cite web|title=DeGuglielmo Named Jets' O-Line Coach |url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-1/DeGuglielmo-Named-Jets-O-Line-Coach/70d758d5-616c-48ed-ad67-c34460407373 |publisher=New York Jets |author=Jets Media Relations Department |date=January 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127203249/http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-1/DeGuglielmo-Named-Jets-O-Line-Coach/70d758d5-616c-48ed-ad67-c34460407373 |archive-date=January 27, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }} He was fired in 2013.{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/20632/jets-fire-loose-cannon-line-coach | title=Jets fire loose-cannon line coach | date=February 5, 2013 }}
=New England Patriots=
On January 22, 2014, the New England Patriots announced they had hired DeGuglielmo as the new offensive line coach to replace Dante Scarnecchia, who retired after 30 years with the team; DeGuglielmo had a preliminary agreement to serve as offensive line coach at University of Maryland six days prior to the Patriots' announcement.{{Cite web |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/22/dante-scarnecchia-retires-dave-deguglielmo-hired-as-patriots-offensive-line-coach/ |title=Dante Scarnecchia retires, Dave DeGuglielmo hired as Patriots offensive line coach |last=Alper |first=Josh |date=January 22, 2014 |publisher=NBC Pro Football Talk}} DeGuglilemo won a second Super Bowl ring in the Patriots' Super Bowl XLIX win over the Seattle Seahawks.{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XLIX - Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots - February 1st, 2015 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201502010sea.htm |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} The offensive line fared worse in 2015, and was ravaged with injuries, including a season-ending injury to left tackle Nate Solder. He was fired by the Patriots on January 25, 2016, one day after the Patriots' offensive line "collapse[d]"{{Cite web|title = Patriots' Offensive Line Collapses In AFC Championship Loss To Broncos|url = http://nesn.com/2016/01/patriots-offensive-line-collapses-in-afc-championship-loss-to-broncos/|website = NESN.com| date=January 24, 2016 |access-date = February 10, 2016|language = en-US}} in the AFC Championship game against the Denver Broncos.
=San Diego Chargers=
In 2016 he worked as the assistant offensive line coach for the Chargers.
=Miami Dolphins (second stint)=
In 2017 he worked as the offensive line coach for the Dolphins under Adam Gase.
=Indianapolis Colts=
In 2018, DeGuglielmo was hired to be the offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts by Josh McDaniels and was retained by Frank Reich when he took the position of head coach. However, he was fired after the 2018 season.{{Cite web |last=Patra |first=Kevin |date=January 15, 2019 |title=Colts fire offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-fire-offensive-line-coach-dave-deguglielmo-0ap3000001010858 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US}}
=Miami Dolphins (third stint)=
On July 29, 2019, just four days into training camp, the Miami Dolphins dismissed offensive line coach Pat Flaherty and promoted DeGuglielmo to the position. DeGuglielmo had previously been hired as a team analyst.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Barry |date=July 29, 2019 |title=Flores sends a message with firing of offensive line coach just days into Dolphins camp |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article233268253.html |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Miami Herald}}
=New York Giants (second stint)=
DeGuglielmo was hired as the Giants offensive line coach under Joe Judge midway through the season, replacing the terminated Marc Colombo.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Michael David |date=November 18, 2020 |title=Giants fire offensive line coach Marc Colombo |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/11/18/giants-fire-offensive-line-coach-marc-colombo/ |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=ProFootballTalk |publisher=NBC Sports |language=en-US}} DeGuglielmo tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the team's week 17 game against the Dallas Cowboys on January 3, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Michael |date=January 3, 2021 |title=OL Coach DeGuglielmo tests positive for COVID-19 |url=https://www.giants.com/news/ol-coach-dave-deguglielmo-tests-positive-for-covid-19 |access-date=March 3, 2021 |website=Giants.com}}
=Louisiana Tech=
DeGuglilemo was hired by Louisiana Tech as their offensive line coach on February 3, 2021.{{cite news |title=Dave DeGuglielmo Announced as LA Tech Offensive Line Coach |url=https://latechsports.com/news/2021/2/3/football-dave-deguglielmo-announced-as-la-tech-offensive-line-coach.aspx |website=LATechSports.com |date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=March 3, 2021}}
=Boston College=
In February 2022, DeGuglielmo was hired as the offensive line coach on Jeff Hafley's staff at Boston College.{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Mass. Native and NFL Veteran Dave DeGuglielmo Named O-Line Coach |url=https://bceagles.com/news/2022/2/17/football-mass-native-and-nfl-veteran-dave-deguglielmo-named-offensive-line-coach.aspx |access-date=February 17, 2022 |website=Boston College Eagles Athletics |publisher=Boston College Athletic Communications}} On February 2, 2023, it was reported that Boston College was parting ways with DeGuglielmo.{{Cite web |last=Flannery |first=Curtis |date=February 2, 2023 |title=Boston College Football Reportedly Parting Ways with OL Coach Dave DeGuglielmo |url=https://www.bcinterruption.com/2023/2/2/23583480/boston-college-football-reportedly-parting-ways-ol-coach-dave-deguglielmo-guge-bc-eagles-jeff-hafley |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=BC Interruption |language=en}}
= Birmingham Stallions =
On February 17, 2024, it was revealed that DeGuglielmo would serve as the offensive line coach for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL).{{cite tweet |number=1758938753807139107 |user=LukeMillerPFN |title=Per @Cleriga's interview with @CoachSHoltz, the Stallions' OL Coach for 2024 will be Dave DeGuglielmo. |first=Luke |last=Miller |date=February 17, 2024 |access-date=February 19, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dave-deguglielmo/2100 Boston College Eagles bio]
{{Super Bowl XLII}}
{{Super Bowl XLIX}}
{{2024 Birmingham Stallions}}
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