Eric Mangini (born January 19, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is currently the head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He is the former head coach for the New York Jets.
Mangini was a linebacker at Bulkeley High School in Hartford, Connecticut.
Mangini played nose tackle at Division III Wesleyan University and holds the school's single-season (11.5) and career (36.5) sacks records. During the second semester of his jun...
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Eric Mangini (born January 19, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is currently the head coach of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He is the former head coach for the New York Jets.
Mangini was a linebacker at Bulkeley High School in Hartford, Connecticut.
Mangini played nose tackle at Division III Wesleyan University and holds the school's single-season (11.5) and career (36.5) sacks records. During the second semester of his junior and senior years, he coached the Kew Colts, a semi-professional football team in Melbourne, Australia, to two regional championships. Mangini joined the Chi Psi Fraternity that coaching mentor Bill Belichick, a Wesleyan alumnus, was part of two decades earlier.
Mangini first caught the attention of Bill Belichick, whom he would coach under for nine seasons, as a 23-year-old ball boy with the Cleveland Browns. His work ethic impressed Belichick, and the head coach was instrumental in promoting Mangini to a public relations intern, and later...
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