Doug Colman
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Born: | Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. | June 4, 1973
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Ocean City (NJ) |
College: | Nebraska |
NFL draft: | 1996 / Round: 6 / Pick: 171 |
Career history | |
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Douglass Clayton Colman (born June 4, 1973) is an
Playing career
Colman started his career at
Coaching career
Following his stay in the NFL, Colman coached freshman football at his alma mater Ocean City High School. In 2002, he became an assistant coach and teacher for Oakcrest High School before becoming head coach at Absegami High School in 2003. During his tenure at Absegami, Colman compiled an overall record of 40–15, with two appearances in the South Jersey Group IV championship game, winning it in 2006. Colman's Braves also won three straight Cape-Atlantic American Conference championships. He guided Absegami High School to its only football championships.
Colman joined the Amsterdam Admirals for the 2007 season as a member of the NFL Europe coaching program, serving as an assistant linebackers and special teams coach during the team's final season. He spent the next two years as the defensive quality coach working with linebackers and special teams at his alma mater, Nebraska. In 2010, Colman joined Bob Toledo's staff at Tulane University where he coached the linebackers and assisted with special teams. After two seasons in that capacity, he was hired as the linebackers coach and assistant special teams coordinator at Coastal Carolina.[3] Colman was marked to be Penn State's new linebacker coach before following Bill O'brien to the Houston Texans.
He was recently the special teams and linebacker assistant for the Houston Texans.[4] He was fired on January 2, 2018.[5]
He was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the special teams assistant for the 2018 season.[6]
In 2019, Colman was hired by the Cleveland Browns as the Special Teams assistant coach.[7]
References
- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Super Bowl XXXIV Team Rosters". sportspool.com. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "Houston Texans: Doug Colman". Archived from the original on May 30, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Houston Texans: Doug Colman". Archived from the original on May 30, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Texans move on from assistants Larry Izzo, John Butler, Charles London". chron.com. January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "Doug Colman". www.dallascowboys.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019.
- ^ "Cleveland Browns". www.clevelandbrowns.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference