Mike Solari

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Mike Solari
Dallas Cowboys
Position:Offensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1955-01-16) January 16, 1955 (age 69)
San Francisco (CA) El Camino
College:San Diego State
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Coaching stats at PFR

Mike Solari (born January 16, 1955) is an

offensive lineman at San Diego State University
.

Playing career

Solari got his start as playing both ways at

.

Coaching career

After SDSU, Solari coached at the high school level in Southern California, for the

Mission Bay Pirates in the Pacific Beach sector of San Diego, and as a wrestling and assistant track coach at Orange Glen High School in 1978–79. Next he began his college coaching career at nearby MiraCosta College, a community college in Oceanside. He then went to United States International University (USIU) as an assistant football coach on Tom Walsh
's staff.

Solari spent time at Boise State, Cincinnati, Alabama, Kansas and Pittsburgh as assistant football coach.

He was with the Dallas Cowboys as assistant offensive line coach and special teams coach.

Solari joined the

1992 as tight ends coach and assistant offensive line coach. There he won a Super Bowl ring as a member of 1994
49ers coaching staff.

In

Washington, Solari was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2006. After the conclusion of the 2007 season, Solari was fired by the Chiefs following a 4-12 season and was replaced by former Georgia Tech head coach and long-time NFL coach Chan Gailey.[1]

Solari joined the Seahawks staff in 2008, he changed its offensive line scheme to more zone blocking.[2]

On January 21, 2010, Solari was named offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers.[3]

Solari joined the Packers staff as an offensive line assistant following the 2014 season.[4]

On January 21, 2016, Solari was hired by the New York Giants as offensive line coach.[5]

On January 15, 2018, Solari was rehired by the Seattle Seahawks as their offensive line coach.[6]

On February 5, 2023, Solari returned to the Dallas Cowboys, being hired as the team's offensive line coach.[7]

Personal life

He is married to wife Patti and has three children; Tamara, Stephanie and Michael.

References

  1. ^ "Chiefs fire offensive coordinator, 3 other coaches". Daily News. January 2, 2008.
  2. ^ "Seahawks hire former Chief Solari as offensive line coach". ESPN. January 25, 2008.
  3. ^ "Solari Named 49ers Offensive Line Coach". 49ers.com. January 21, 2010. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Packers to add veteran 49ers position coach Mike Solari". FOX sports. February 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Mike Solari to join Giants as offensive line coach". ProFootballTalk. January 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Garafolo, Mike (January 15, 2018). "One more assistant coach about to return to Seattle: Mike Solari will once again be the team's OL coach, replacing Tom Cable, source says. Solari is the latest Ben McAdoo NYG assistant to find work elsewhere". @mikegarafolo. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Cowboys hire Mike Solari as OL coach, interview 2 candidate soft vacant OC position". dallasnews.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.