Doug Riesenberg

{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Doug Riesenberg

| number = 72, 79

| position = Offensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|23}}

| birth_place = Carroll, Iowa, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 280

| high_school = Moscow (ID)

| college = California

| draftyear = 1987

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 168

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1987|1995}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1996}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXV)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 145

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 132

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 7

| pfr = RiesDo20

}}

Douglas John Riesenberg (born July 23, 1965) is an American former professional football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and started in Super Bowl XXV.

Born in Carroll, Iowa, Riesenberg moved to Moscow, Idaho, before his freshman year of high school. At Moscow High School, he was an all-state football player for the Bears on both offense and defense,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vf1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5256,1277157|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|location=(Washington)|title=Vikes snag six all-state spots|date=December 2, 1982|page=40}} an all-state basketball player, and a three-time state champion in the discus.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l1dWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5003,5548817|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Moscow prep honored|date=October 10, 1983|page=20}}

His father, Louis, a professor at the University of Idaho since 1979, was the chairman of the agricultural education department.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z5MrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2744,5939773|newspaper=Idahonian|location=(Moscow)|agency=Associated Press|title=Bjorkman speaks up in defense of Riesenberg|date=January 25, 1991|page=3B }}{{cite web|url=http://tools.idahostatesman.com/salaries/?action=showentrydetail&entryid=22584&tag=RIESENBERG-LOUIS-E-UNIVERSITY-OF-IDAHO-State-of-Idaho|work=Idaho Statesman.com |location=(Boise) |title=Idaho salaries database|access-date=August 31, 2012}}

After being heavily recruited by colleges from coast to coast, Riesenberg attended the University of California, Berkeley, to study electrical engineering and computer science. He played defense and moved to offense for his senior season in 1986 for the Golden Bears. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1987 NFL draft by the New York Giants.{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Riesenberg later attended Oregon State University in Corvallis to complete his engineering and education studies in 2005. He coached offensive line at Redwood High School (Larkspur) (helping the Giants to win MCAL titles in 1998 and 2000, also serving as the offensive coordinator for the latter) for four years at Corvallis High School, and two years at Philomath High School. Riesenberg is now a math teacher and offensive line coach at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/high-school/super-bowl-win-doesn-t-define-riesenberg-s-life/article_5ee0f588-0ed0-11df-b970-001cc4c002e0.html|newspaper=Corvallis Gazette-Times|location=(Oregon)|last=Hatch|first=Brooks|title=Super Bowl win doesn't define Riesenberg's life|date=January 31, 2010|access-date=August 31, 2012}}