Doug Marrone Biography

Doug Marrone is an American football coach and former offensive lineman who is currently the offensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he was head coach at Syracuse from 2009 to 2012.

Doug Marrone Age

Marrone was born Douglas Charles Marrone on July 25, 1964, in the Bronx, New York, United States. He is 60 years old.

Doug Marrone Height

Marrone stands at a height of 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall.

Doug Marrone Family

Marrone was born in New York to his parents though he has not disclosed any information about them. It is also not known if has any siblings.

Doug Marrone Wife

Marrone is married to Helen Marrone since 1999 and together they have two daughters, Madeline and Annie, and a son, Mack. His wife, Helen Marrone, is a Tennessee native and comes from a football family. Her father, James “Boots” Donnelly, was the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State from 1979 to 1998.

Doug Marrone Net worth

He has an estimated net worth of $ 10 million dollars which he has earned from his career as a football coach.

Doug Marrone Education

Marrone attended and graduated from Syracuse University where he used to play American football from 1983 to 1985 as an offensive line; he then returned to graduate from the university in 1991.

Doug Marrone Coaching career

Doug Marrone Syracuse University

On December 11, 2008, after the 2008 season, Marrone was chosen as Syracuse University’s head football coach by athletic director Daryl Gross. He was the first Syracuse alumnus to serve as head football coach since Reaves H. Baysinger in 1948. Before he was hired at Syracuse, he served as an assistant coach for numerous universities and NFL teams starting in 1992, including a stint with the New Orleans Saints as an offensive coordinator from 2006 to 2008.

Reportedly, alumni such as Tim Green and Floyd Little wanted Marrone from the moment the previous coach, Greg Robinson, was fired. When he was interviewed by Green, it was learned that Marrone had kept a folder of current high school players in the Syracuse area to get a head start in recruiting.

In Marrone’s first season, the Syracuse Orange finished with four wins, one more than the previous year. The Orange doubled that output the following season. The eight wins in 2010 were the most since 2001 for the Orange. The 2010 season was highlighted by a victory over Kansas State and a victory in the first-ever Pinstripe Bowl in New York City.

This was Orange’s first bowl win since 2001. In 2011, the team started 5–2, which included a win over the #11 West Virginia Mountaineers. After the 5–2 start, the Orange failed to win another game in the season, ending with a 5–7 record. In 2012, he coached the Orange to a record of 8–5 and a share of the Big East title as the result of a four-way tie.

Doug Marrone Buffalo Bills

On January 6, 2013, Marrone was chosen to succeed Chan Gailey as head coach of the Buffalo Bills. His overall record during his two seasons as head coach of the Bills was 15–17. During his Bills’ tenure, Marrone nicknamed himself “Saint Doug,” referring to the fact that it takes two miracles to be canonized as a saint (he believed winning at Syracuse was one miracle and winning at Buffalo would qualify as the other).

In 2014, the Bills finished with a record of 9–7, second place in the AFC East, and two wins away from making the playoffs. This was the Bills’ first winning season in ten years (when the Bills finished 9–7 under Mike Mularkey in 2004).

At the end of the 2014 season, it was revealed that Marrone had a three-day “out” clause in his contract in the event of an ownership change; the clause was triggered by the sale of the Bills in 2014 after the death of the Bills’ founder and long-time owner. He exercised the out clause and quit on December 31, 2014, and still collected his 2015 salary in full.

After Marrone quit, several players expressed their displeasure and disgust with both the decision and the way that he informed the team. One of the captains and the longest-tenured player on the team, running back Fred Jackson, said it was “like getting punched in the stomach.” He interviewed with the New York Jets for their head coaching position; his interview reportedly did not go well.

Doug Marrone Jacksonville Jaguars

Following his two-year stint as the head coach for the Buffalo Bills, the Jacksonville Jaguars hired Marrone as assistant head coach and offensive line coach on January 20, 2015. On December 19, 2016, Marrone was named the interim head coach of the Jaguars following the firing of former head coach Gus Bradley.

He coached the final two games of the 2016 season. On January 9, 2017, the Jaguars officially removed the interim tag and named Marrone the fifth head coach in team history. That same day, the Jaguars also announced the return of Tom Coughlin, their first head coach, who was hired as the Executive Vice President of Football Operations.

In 2017, the Jaguars won the AFC South division championship, making the playoffs for the first time since the 2007 season. On January 7, 2018, the Jaguars won their first playoff game under Marrone, defeating the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card Round, 10–3. They upset the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Divisional Round, advancing to the AFC Championship Game, where they were defeated by the New England Patriots by a score of 24–20. On February 23, 2018, the Jaguars extended their contract through 2021.

Doug Marrone Coaching Tree

Marrone has served under three NFL head coaches:

• Herm Edwards (2002–2005)
• Sean Payton (2006–2008)
• Gus Bradley (2015–2016)

Marrone has served under five collegiate head coaches:

• Bill Schmitz (1993)
• Barry Gallup (1994)
• George O’Leary (1996–1999)
• Jim Donnan (2000)
• Phillip Fulmer (2001)

Assistant coaches under Marrone who became NCAA or NFL head coaches:

• Mike Pettine: Cleveland Browns (2014–2015)
• Scott Shafer: Syracuse (2013–2015)
• Tyrone Wheatley: Morgan State (2019–present)