Pat Narduzzi

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Name = Patrick Narduzzi
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Birthplace = New Haven, CT
Sport = College Football
College = Michigan State University
Title = Defensive Coordinator
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Team = Youngstown State University
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Patrick Narduzzi is currently the defensive coordinator at Michigan State University. Narduzzi was a candidate for the head coaching position at Cincinnati, but Central Michigan University head coach Brian Kelly was named head coach on December 3, 2006. Narduzzi had informed University of Cincinnati officials that if he was not offered permanent head coach position, he would follow Mark Dantonio to Michigan State University as defensive coordinator.

He attended Youngstown State University and the University of Rhode Island and earned his Masters from Miami University.

Career

Narduzzi began his career at Miami University in 1990 where he was a graduate assistant in 1990 and 1991 and where he tutored the receivers in 1992. From 1993 to 1999 Narduzzi coached at the University of Rhode Island coaching the linebackers from 1993 to 1997 and as the defensive coordinator from 1998 to 1999. From 2000 to 2002, he served as the linebackers coach at Northern Illinois University. He was defensive coordinator at Miami University in 2003 before joining the University of Cincinnati staff as defensive coordinator in 2004.

University of Cincinnati

Pat became the defensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati in 2004, but left in 2007 to coach at Michigan State University.

External links

* http://gobearcats.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/narduzzi_pat00.html
* http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/cinn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/06FBguide-Coaches107-128.pdf

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