- Tony Sparano
Infobox NFL PlayerCoach
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1961|10|7
Birthplace=West Haven, Connecticut
College=New Haven
Position=Head Coach
coach=yes
coachingyears=1984-1987
1988
1989-1993
1994-1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003-2007
2008-"present"
coachingteams=New Haven (OL coach)Boston University (OL coach)
Boston University (OC)
New Haven (HC)Cleveland Browns
(Offensive Quality Control Coach)
Cleveland Browns (OL coach)Washington Redskins (TEs coach)Jacksonville Jaguars (TEs coach)Dallas Cowboys (OL/Assist. HC)Miami Dolphins (head coach)
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PFRCoach=Tony Sparano (born birth date|1961|10|7 in
West Haven, Connecticut ) is the currenthead coach for theMiami Dolphins of theNational Football League . He previously spent five seasons as an assistant for theDallas Cowboys . He has over 20 years of college and NFL coaching experience, although the Dolphins job is his first as an NFL head coach [ [http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/news/top_story.asp?contentID=5637 Tony Sparano Becomes Eighth Head Coach In Dolphins History - NEWS: Top Story Presented by WACHOVIA - MiamiDolphins.com ] ] .New Haven
Sparano is a 1982 graduate of the
University of New Haven , where he was a four-yearletterman and starting center for the New Haven Chargers, an NCAA Division II program. From 1994-1998, Sparano served as head football coach for his alma mater, his only head coaching job prior to the Miami Dolphins.In the media
Tony was featured in a segment of
ESPN 's "SportsCenter " where they made light of his name being so close to fictional TV mobsterTony Soprano . SportscasterKenny Mayne and Sparano himself reenacted the now infamous final scene of theHBO program "The Sopranos ". Cameos in the segment were made byDallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo ,tight end Jason Witten ,Dallas Mavericks ownerMark Cuban and even by members of the cast of "The Sopranos".References
External links
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGwMfhc1qXA YouTube - Mayne Event: Tony Sparano]
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