Chet Parlavecchio

Chet Parlavecchio
Chet Parlavecchio
Tennessee Titans
Assistant Special Teams Coach
Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: February 14, 1960 (1960-02-14) (age 51)
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey
Career information
College: Penn State
NFL Draft: 1982 / Round: 6 / Pick: 152
Debuted in 1983 for the Green Bay Packers
Last played in 1983 for the St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
Career history
 As player:
 As coach:
Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of 1983
Games played     12
Stats at NFL.com

Chester Louis "Chet" Parlavecchio is an American football coach and former linebacker in the National Football League who is currently an assistant special teams coach with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1982 NFL Draft and later split the 1983 NFL season between the Packers and the St. Louis Cardinals.[1] He played college football at Penn State University, where he was part of the 1982 Associated Press National Championship team that defeated the University of Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, and graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey.

Coaching career

Parlavecchio was named assistant special teams coach for the Tennessee Titans on February 22, 2011.[2]

Prior to his taking this position Parlavecchio spent nearly three decades as a high school football coach in his native New Jersey. He was hired by Bloomfield High School in 1986 and went on to coach at Irvington High School, Passaic Valley High School, Clifton High School, and Elizabeth High School before leaving coaching following the 2009 season. He led each of those schools to at least one playoff appearance and won the North II, Group IV state championship with Elizabeth in 2006.

Parlavecchio also coached in the college ranks for a season, serving as a linebacker coach at Temple University.

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