Dallas Cowboys coaching spotlight: Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli

[waving monkey]

After the 2017 season ended, Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett decided to make some wholesale changes to the structure of the Dallas Cowboys to avoid another disappointment, if 9-7 can really be called a disappointment. While offensive coordinator Scott Linehan and defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli both remained with the team, much of the staff around them has changed. This series is meant to profile each coach, including the ones who stayed, and analyze how their presence will contribute to the 2018 Dallas Cowboys. Today, we are looking at the grizzled Vietnam vet who runs the defense, Hot Rod Marinelli. Be sure to check out our other profiles below:

Jason Garrett
Scott Linehan
Kellen Moore
Gary Brown
Sanjay Lal
Kyle Valero
Doug Nussmeier
Paul Alexander
Marc Colombo


Rod Marinelli is not your father’s football coach. He’s actually more like your grandfather’s football coach. When Marinelli first got into coaching, Tom Landry had just won his first Super Bowl with the Cowboys. Old soul is almost too accurate a descriptor for Marinelli.

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[GenoT]

Had to stop reading at this...

“...if 9-7 can really be called a disappointment.”

If the bar for the Dallas Cowboys gets set any lower, we’re gonna need a shovel to find it.