Greg McMackin

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Name = Greg McMackin
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1949|4|24
Birthplace = flagicon|Oregon Springfield, OR
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Sport = Football
College = Hawaiokinai
Conference = Western Athletic Conference
Title = Head coach
Contract = $1,100,000 [http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/SPORTS0201/801160422/1032/SPORTS0201&template=UHsports "Honolulu Advertiser:" McMackin accepts UH head coaching job] ]
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Player = Y
Years = 1965-1969
Team = Southern Oregon
Position = Defensive Back
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1969-19701971-19731973-19761976-19781978-19841984-19851985-19861986-1990
1990-19921992-19931993-19951995-199819992000-20032003-20052006-20072008-"present"
CoachTeams = Arizona
(Graduate assistant)
Aloha HS
(Head Coach)
Western Oregon State
(Defensive Coordinator)
Idaho
(Defensive Coordinator)
San Jose State
(Assistant Head Coach / Recruiting Coordinator / Defensive Secondary Coach)
Stanford
(Linebackers)
Denver Gold
(Secondary)
Oregon Tech
Utah
(Defensive Coordinator)
Navy
(Defensive Coordinator)
Miami (Fl.)
(Defensive Coordinator)
Seattle Seahawks
(Defensive Coordinator)
Hawaiokinai
(Defensive Coordinator)
Texas Tech
(Defensive Coordinator)
San Francisco 49ers
(Linebackers)
Hawaiokinai
(Defensive Coordinator)
Hawaiokinai
(Head Coach)
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Greg McMackin (born birth date|1949|4|24 in Springfield, Oregon) is an American football coach, formerly a defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, the Miami Hurricanes, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He accepted an offer to become head coach at Hawaiokinai on January 16, 2008.

Career

McMackin has coached extensively at both the college, and NFL levels.

At the professional level, McMackin has coached for two NFL teams: as defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks from 1995-1998, and as linebackers and assistant head coach for the San Francisco 49ers from 2003-2005.

He also coached for the Denver Gold of the defunct USFL.

At the college level, McMackin gained prominence as the defense coordinator for the University of Miami for the 1993 and 1994 seasons. There, Miami won two Big East Championships and ranked first in total defense, scoring defense and pass defense. [ [http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mcmackin_greg00.html Player Bio: Greg McMackin :: Football ] ] Further, the Hurricanes allowed just seven touchdowns on defense in one season. [ [http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mcmackin_greg00.html Player Bio: Greg McMackin :: Football ] ] While there, he coached Lombardi Award winner Warren Sapp, Ray Lewis and six First-Team Consensus All-Americans. The Hurricanes played in the national championship game (Orange Bowl) in 1994.

McMackin has served as defensive coordinator at six colleges: UH, Texas Tech, Miami, Navy, Utah, and Idaho.

Briefly, during the first half of the 2007 spring semester, McMackin was an instructor at Texas Tech.

McMackin, previously the defensive coordinator for the Hawaiokinai Warriors, was one of several individuals being considered to fill the vacancy left by June Jones as head coach. Jones left the Hawaiokinai Warriors in January to become the head coach of SMU.

On January 15th, 2008, McMackin took over the position of head coach for the Hawaiokinai Warriors. Upon signing his 5-year contract, McMackin will become the highest-paid state employee with a $1.1 million annual salary. The previous record was held by his predecessor June Jones, with a $800,016 annual salary.

Accomplishments

* In 1999, led the University of Hawaii's defense to orchestrate the biggest single-season turnaround in NCAA football history [ [http://media.www.kaleo.org/media/storage/paper872/news/2007/08/22/News/Warriors.Defensive.Transition.Hit.Or.Miss-2934281.shtml Warriors defensive transition: hit or miss? - News ] ]
* Named one of the nation's top coaches by American Football Magazine while at Texas Tech. [ [http://hawaiiathletics.com/coach_bio.html?pid=3&coachid=191 University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics ] ]
* Named Big 12 Conference's top recruiter by Rivals.com [ [http://hawaiiathletics.com/coach_bio.html?pid=3&coachid=191 University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics ] ]
* As the defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, coached seven All-Pro selections, and established a franchise-record for seven interceptions in one game. Overall, Seattle's defense improved from 30th to 8th. [ [http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/coach_bio.html?pid=3&coachid=191 University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics ] ]
* As defensive coordinator for the University of Miami, McMackin's defense was ranked first in the nation in total defense, scoring defense and pass defense. [ [http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/coach_bio.html?pid=3&coachid=191 University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics ] ]
* Both of Hawaii's WAC championships during former coach June Jones' tenure at Hawaii came during both of McMackin's two years as defensive coordinator for Hawaii. [ [http://hawaiiathletics.com/coach_bio.html?pid=3&coachid=191 University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics ] ]
* Authored "Coaching the Defensive Backfield" in 1992, which is in its seventh printing. [cite book |title=Coaching the Defensive Backfield |last=McMackin |first=Greg |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1992 |publisher=Harding Press |location=Haworth, NJ |isbn=0962477931 |pages= ]
* In 2008, McMackin became the highest paid State of Hawaii employee ($1.1 million) upon becoming the Hawaiokinai Warriors football head coach.

Notable Players Coached

*Ray Lewis, Miami
*Warren Sapp, Miami
*Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, Miami
*Gill Byrd, San Jose State
*Michael Sinclair, Seattle Seahawks
*Jeff Ulbrich, Hawaiokinai and San Francisco 49ers
*Julian Peterson, San Francisco 49ers

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