Lou Spanos
 Spanos in 2012 | |
| Ole Miss Rebels | |
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| Position: | Defensive Analyst |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 27, 1971 |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Keystone Oaks (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Tulsa |
| Career history | |
| As a coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Career: | 1–9 (college) |
Louis G. Spanos (born March 27, 1971) is an
Throughout his career, Spanos has been to the Super Bowl three times, winning two of them with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006 and 2009, and had been to the College National Championship once; in 2019 with Alabama.
Playing career
Spanos attended
Coaching career
Spanos stayed at Tulsa for a year after his playing career concluded to assist coaching the linebackers. He joined the Steelers in 1995. Spanos is one of only two assistant coaches to be on the Super Bowl XXX, Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII coaching staffs, joining defensive line coach John Mitchell.
On January 16, 2010, Spanos was hired by
On September 5, 2021, Huskies head coach Randy Edsall announced plans to retire at the end of the 2021 season; a day later, UConn announced that Edsall would step down immediately as a result of a "mutual decision" between him and the university. Spanos was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[5]
Spanos resigned as defensive coordinator at UConn in August 2022, two weeks before the beginning of the football season.[6][7]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UConn Huskies (NCAA Division I FBS independent) (2021) | |||||||||
| 2021 | UConn | 1–9[a] | |||||||
| UConn: | 1–9 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–9 | ||||||||
Notes
- ^ Served as interim head coach after Randy Edsall stepped down on September 6.
Personal life
As of 2021[update], Spanos and his wife reside in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with their three children.[8]
References
- ^ Foster, Chris (January 17, 2012). "UCLA football: Redskins' Lou Spanos to be Bruins defensive coordinator". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "Lou Spanos (bio)". Pittsburgh Steelers. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ Dulac, Gerry (January 13, 2010). "Steelers lose one defensive assistant, possibly another". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Terl, Matt. "Lou Spanos Named Linebackers Coach, Kirk Olivadotti Retained". Redskins Blog. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Randy Edsall Steps Aside Immediately as Head Football Coach". 5 September 2021.
- ^ Parks, James (21 August 2022). "College football coach leaves team a week before season starts". College Football HQ. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ Vannini, Chris (2022-12-15). "How Jim Mora took UConn from rock bottom to a bowl game in one year". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ Sapakoff, Gene (2021-11-14). "Sapakoff: Clemson, Dabo add to Mount Pleasant's Lou Spanos' bizarre year". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2023-05-10.