(1963-08-14) August 14, 1963 (age 60) Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
High school:
Paw Paw (MI)
College:
Central Michigan
Undrafted:
1987
Career history
As a coach:
Mount Pleasant HS (MI) (1987) Assistant coach
Maine (1988–1991) Assistant coach
Lehigh (1992) Assistant coach
Army (1993–1998) Assistant coach
Jacksonville Jaguars (1999–2001) Assistant special teams coach
Jacksonville Jaguars (2002) Special teams coordinator
Green Bay Packers (2003–2005) Special teams coordinator
New Orleans Saints (2006–2007) Special teams coordinator
Miami Dolphins (2008–2010) Special teams coordinator
New Orleans Saints (2011) Assistant special teams coach
Jacksonville Jaguars (2012) Special teams coordinator
Detroit Lions (2013–2014) Special teams coordinator
Central Michigan (2015–2018) Head coach
Detroit Lions (2019) Special teams coordinator
Los Angeles Rams (2020) Special teams coordinator
Los Angeles Rams (2021) Senior coaching assistant
Iowa State (2022–present) Senior special teams assistant
Career highlights and awards
As a coach
Super Bowl champion (LVI)
John Frank Bonamego (born August 14, 1963) is an American football coach who serves as a senior coaching assistant for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He has two decades of college and pro coaching experience. He played college football at Central Michigan and also was head coach of the team from 2015 to 2018.
Bonamego has also coached for Maine, Lehigh and Army at the college level. He has been an assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints in the NFL.
On June 18, 2015, Bonamego announced that he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer, but that the cancer was caught early enough and was "very treatable'.[1] On August 21, Bonamego announced that he had completed his radiation treatment at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor.[2]
^Jahnke, James. "CMU's Bonamego has 'very treatable' cancer". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
^Manzullo, Brian. "CMU's Bonamego finishes cancer radiation treatment". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
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against the Cleveland Browns on September 10. In the first half, kicker John Carney provided all of the Saints' first 9 points. He put up a 43-yarder...
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then coach George Perles Michigan State won the 1989 Aloha Bowl and 1990 John Hancock Bowl and took a share of the 1990 Big Ten championship. As of 2010[update]...
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