Doug Colman
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Doug Colman
| number = 58, 59
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|4}}
| birth_place = Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 250
| high_school = Ocean City (NJ)
| college = Nebraska
| draftyear = 1996
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 171
| pastteams =
- New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1996|1998}})
- Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|1999}})
- Oakland Raiders (2000)*
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2000}})
- New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2001}})*
| pastcoaching =
- Nebraska (2008-2009)
Defensive & Special Team Quality Control Coach - Tulane (2010-2011)
Linebackers & Nickels Coach, Special Teams Assistant - Coastal Carolina (2012–2013)
Linebackers Coach, Co-Special Coordinator - Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2014|2017}})
Assistant Special Teams Coordinator, Defensive Assistant- Linebackers - Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2018}})
Assistant Special Teams coach - Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2019|2021}})
Assistant Special Teams coach
| highlights =
- 2× National champion (1994, 1995)
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 48
| pfr = ColmDo20
}}
Douglass Clayton Colman (born June 4, 1973) is an American football coach, former player and son of former NFL player Wayne Charles Colman. He was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the New York Giants, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns after playing college football at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Playing career
Colman started his career at Ocean City High School where he is a member of the hall of fame. As a senior, he was named "South Jersey Defensive Player of the Year" at linebacker and also gained more than 1,000 yards as fullback. Later he played college football at and graduated from the University of Nebraska. The Cornhuskers won back-to-back, undefeated national championships in the 1994 and 1995 seasons and were Big 8 Conference Champions 1991-1995. He was then drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round (171st pick overall) of the 1996 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1996 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/draft.htm |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Colman spent five seasons in the NFL from 1996 to 2000, playing a total of 64 games for the Giants, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns. He helped the Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Colman appeared as a substitute,{{cite news
|url=http://www.sportspool.com/football/super_bowl/Superbowl_XXXIV_roster.php
|title=Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters
|publisher=sportspool.com
|access-date=April 13, 2012}} however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams. That same year Colman had participated in the "Music City Miracle" vs. the Buffalo Bills that allowed the Titans to continue in the playoffs.
Coaching career
Following his stay in the NFL, Colman coached freshman football at his alma mater Ocean City High School. In 2002, he became an assistant coach and teacher for Oakcrest High School before becoming head coach at Absegami High School in 2003. During his tenure at Absegami, Colman compiled an overall record of 40–15, with two appearances in the South Jersey Group IV championship game, winning it in 2006. Colman's Braves also won three straight Cape-Atlantic American Conference championships. He guided Absegami High School to its only football championships.
Colman joined the Amsterdam Admirals for the 2007 season as a member of the NFL Europe coaching program, serving as an assistant linebackers and special teams coach during the team's final season. He spent the next two years as the defensive quality coach working with linebackers and special teams at his alma mater, Nebraska. In 2010, Colman joined Bob Toledo's staff at Tulane University where he coached the linebackers and assisted with special teams. After two seasons in that capacity, he was hired as the linebackers coach and assistant special teams coordinator at Coastal Carolina.{{Cite web |url=http://www.houstontexans.com/team/coaches/doug-colman/9018cf39-3cea-4c99-b826-cb2d3f879053 |title=Houston Texans: Doug Colman |access-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530143931/http://www.houstontexans.com/team/coaches/doug-colman/9018cf39-3cea-4c99-b826-cb2d3f879053 |archive-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status=dead }} Colman was marked to be Penn State's new linebacker coach before following Bill O'brien to the Houston Texans.
He was recently the special teams and linebacker assistant for the Houston Texans.{{Cite web |url=http://www.houstontexans.com/team/coaches/doug-colman/9018cf39-3cea-4c99-b826-cb2d3f879053 |title=Houston Texans: Doug Colman |access-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530143931/http://www.houstontexans.com/team/coaches/doug-colman/9018cf39-3cea-4c99-b826-cb2d3f879053 |archive-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status=dead }} He was fired on January 2, 2018.{{cite web|date=January 2, 2018|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/Texans-move-on-assistants-Larry-Izzo-John-Butler-12467354.php?ipid=happening|title=Texans move on from assistants Larry Izzo, John Butler, Charles London|work=chron.com|access-date=January 2, 2018}}
He was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the special teams assistant for the 2018 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/coaches-roster/doug-colman |title=Doug Colman |website=www.dallascowboys.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234220/https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/coaches-roster/doug-colman |archive-date=January 15, 2019}}
In 2019, Colman was hired by the Cleveland Browns as the Special Teams assistant coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches-roster/doug-colman?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|title=Cleveland Browns|website=www.clevelandbrowns.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 15, 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Footballstats |pfr=C/ColmDo20}}
{{1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football navbox}}
{{1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football navbox}}
{{Giants1996DraftPicks}}
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Category:American football linebackers
Category:Amsterdam Admirals coaches
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Category:Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football coaches
Category:High school football coaches in New Jersey
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Category:New York Giants players
Category:People from Somers Point, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from Atlantic County, New Jersey