Gary Zauner

{{short description|American football coach (born 1950)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{update|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gary Zauner

| image = Brian Billick & Coach Zauner (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| alt = Candid photograph of Zauner standing in front of Brian Billick on a football sideline wearing a black polo shirt and white baseball cap both of which bear the Baltimore Ravens logo

| caption = Zauner (front) and Ravens coach Brian Billick in 2003

| current_team =

| position = Placekicker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|11|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Milwaukee (WI) Hamilton

| college = Wisconsin–La Crosse

| pastcoaching =

• Brigham Young (1979–1980)
  Special teams coordinator
• San Diego State (1981–1985)
  Special teams coordinator
• New Mexico (1987–1988)
  Special teams coordinator
• Long Beach State (1990–1991)
  Special teams coordinator
• Minnesota Vikings (1994–2001)
  Special teams coordinator
• Baltimore Ravens (2002–2005)
  Special teams coordinator
• Arizona Cardinals (2006)
  Special teams coordinator
• California Redwoods (2009)
  Special teams coordinator

As kicking consultant:

• Philadelphia Eagles (1980)
• Cleveland Browns (1988)
• San Diego Chargers (1991)
• San Francisco 49ers (1991)
• Chicago Bears (1992)
• Kansas City Chiefs (1992)
• Seattle Seahawks (1993)
• New York Giants (1993)

}}

Gary Zauner (born November 2, 1950) is an American football coach who most recently served as the special teams coordinator for the California Redwoods of the United Football League.{{cite news |title=Coach Zauner Joins The United Football League's (UFL) California Redwoods As Special Teams Coordinator |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2864484.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113231228/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2864484.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |work=PRWeb.com |date=September 12, 2009 }}

Previously, he had coached 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals. He has coached kickers for over 35 years in high school, college and the NFL. Further, he was a successful college kicker playing for the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.

Zauner also operates a kicking consulting service located in Fountain Hills, Arizona.