In what was statistically their best season under Fewell, the 2008 Bills defense ranked 2nd in the AFC in negative yardage plays, recorded 7 games of holding opposing offenses to less than 100 yards rushing, finished 4th in the NFL in red zone defense (41.8%), and allowed just 14 passing TDs all year. Following the season finale, the Bills fired their entire coaching staff, including Fewell. After a disappointing start, the Bills fired head coach Dick Jauron and Fewell was appointed interim head coach, leading Buffalo to a 3-4 finish. Louis Rams was a defensive backs coach, 2005 Chicago Bears was a defensive backs coach.įewell was hired as defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills in 2006 and served in the position through Week 10 of the 2009 season. Perry Fewell was fired as head coach of the Buffalo Bills on January 4, 2010ġ985-1986 North Carolina Tar Heels was a special assistant, 1987 Army Black Knights was a assistant coach, 1988-1991 Kent State Golden Flashes served as defensive assistant, 1992-1994 Army Black Knights was a defensive assistant, 1995-1997 Vanderbilt Commodores was a assistant head coach and defensive backs coach, in 1998-2002 was with Jacksonville Jaguars as a defensive backs coach,Ģ003-2004 St. He was named interim head coach after serving as the team's defensive coordinator from 2006 to 2009 under head coach Dick Jauron. Before that he served as the interim head coach and defensive coordinator of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills. Perry FewellCurrently serves as the Defensive Coordinator of the New York Giants. But an NFL head coaching job may be intriguing to him. He has agreed to stay on with Stanford and they will throw a ton of cash at him to keep him.
My View: I think Harbaugh is a real possibility as the Broncos head coach. Second year starting quarterback Andrew Luck was named a Heisman Trophy finalist, the second year in a row that a finalist was from Stanford. This marked the first 11 win season in program history, earning Stanford a #4 BCS ranking a BCS bowl invitation to the Orange Bowl, where they will play against Virginia Tech. The 2010 season brought more success for Harbaugh and the Cardinal who went 11–1 in the regular season, with their only loss coming from Oregon, a team that ultimately remained undefeated and went to the National Championship Game.
On December 13, 2009, Harbaugh was rewarded with a three-year contract extension through the 2014 season. Running back Toby Gerhart was named a Heisman Trophy finalist, finishing second to Mark Ingram in the closest margin of voting in Heisman history. In 2009, the Cardinal had a comeback season, finishing the regular season at 8–4, finishing #21 in the polls, and receiving an invitation to play in the 2009 Sun Bowl, the Cardinal's first bowl appearance since 2001. In January 2009, Harbaugh was confirmed to have been interviewed by the New York Jets for the head coach position, although the job was eventually offered to Rex Ryan. Harbaugh's father, Jack, was Stanford's defensive coordinator from 1980–1981, while Harbaugh attended Palo Alto High School, located directly across the street from Stanford Stadium. Harbaugh was named the head football coach at Stanford University in December 2006, replacing Walt Harris. In 2006, USD again went 11–1 winning their second consecutive Pioneer League title in the process.
The following year, the team improved to 11–1 and won the 2005 Pioneer Football League Championship. In his first year, he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of 7–4, including 5 straight wins to end the season. Prior to the 2004 season, Harbaugh was named head football coach at the University of San Diego. In 2002 he was an offensive assistant coach, and in 2003 he was the quarterbacks coach. Harbaugh was an assistant coach with the Oakland Raiders in 2002–2003. His father was a football coach for 18 years, including 14 years as head coach at WKU. He was involved in recruiting 17 players on WKU's 2002 Division I-AA national champion team. Serving as an offensive consultant, he scouted and recruited high school student-athletes throughout several states including Florida, Indiana and Illinois. During his final eight seasons in the NFL (1994–2001), Harbaugh was an NCAA-certified unpaid assistant coach under his father, Jack, at Western Kentucky University.