[h=1]Lou Anarumo[/h] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Miami Dolphins | |
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| Position: | Defensive Coordinator |
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| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: | August 18, 1966 (age 49) |
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| Career information | |
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| College: | Wagner University |
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| Career history | |
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- Wagner (1989-1990)
(Running backs coach)
- Syracuse (1990-1991)
(Graduate assistant--assistant defensive backs coach)
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (1992-1994)
(Defensive coordinator/defensive backs)
- Harvard (1995-2000)
(Assistant head coach/defensive backs/special teams)
- Marshall (2001-2003)
(Defensive backs coach)
- Purdue (2004-2011)
(Defensive backs coach)
- Miami Dolphins (2012-2015)
(Defensive backs coach)
- Miami Dolphins (2015-present)
(Defensive coordinator)
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Lou Anarumo
Lou Anarumo is an
American football coach. He is currently the
defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the
Miami Dolphins of the
National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the defensive backs coach at
Purdue under
Joe Tiller and
Danny Hope from 2004-2011.
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[h=2]Early years[/h] Anarumo was born in
Staten Island, New York in 1966. He attended
Wagner College where he earned his degree in
special education. While at Wagner, he served as the
Junior Varsity head coach at
Susan E. Wagner High School in Staten Island.[SUP]
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[h=2]Coaching career[/h] Anarumo served as the part-time running backs coach at Wagner in the spring of 1990 before he moved to the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy during the fall of 1990 to serve in the same capacity. From there, Anarumo went to
Syracuse University where he served as a graduate assistant under Phil Elmassian working with the defensive backs. Anarumo then returned to the Merchant Marines as the defensive coordinator before being hired at
Harvard to serve as the assistant head coach and defensive backs coach. It is at Harvard that Anarumo met former boss
Joe Philbin, who at the time served as Harvard's offensive line coach. Anarumo made a stop at Marshall before being hired to replace Elmassian at
Purdue where he served until he was hired by the
Miami Dolphins in 2012.[SUP]
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[3][/SUP] On October the 8th, 2015 he was chosen to be the interim defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins to replace Kevin Colye who was fired the same day.
