Al Roberts

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About Al Roberts

AL ROBERTS ~With over 40 years of coaching Al Roberts a veteran of 18 years as a NFL special teams coach, he is an emotional, demonstrative coach who seeks to establish a true motivational relationship with his players.~Roberts broke into the NFL in 1984-85 as running backs and special teams’ coach with the Houston Oilers. He was in the NFL again from 1988-90 as special teams’ coach at Philadelphia under Buddy Ryan. He moved to the N.Y. Jets from 1991-93 under head coach Bruce Coslet.~In 1994, Buddy Ryan became head coach of the Arizona Cardinals and invited Roberts back to his staff. Roberts left the Cardinals after the ’95 season, in conjunction with Ryan’s departure, and spent 1996 as running backs and special teams coach at the University of Washington. Roberts’ prize pupil with the Huskies was former New England Patriots HB Corey Dillon, and the two formed a close relationship as Dillon broke six school records. Another prize pupil is Arizona Cardinals Kicker Neal Rackers, who set the all time NFL field goal record in 2006 with 33 straight.~Roberts has 11 seasons of college coaching experience. In seven of those seasons his teams advanced to bowl games: 1978 Rose Bowl, 1979 Sun Bowl, 1980 Rose Bowl, 1981 Rose Bowl, 1983 Aloha Bowl, 1887 Holiday Bowl and the 1996 Holiday Bowl.~ PLAYING AND COACHING HISTORY ~ 1964-65: Played at Univ. of Washington. 1967-68: Played at Univ. of Puget Sound. 1969-72: Assistant coach (AC). Mercer Island High School (Wash.). 1973-76 Head coach, Garfield High School (Wash.). 1977-82: AC Univ. of Washington. 1983-84: AC, L.A. Express (USFL). 1984-85: AC, Houston Oilers. 1986-87: AC, Purdue. 1988-90: AC, Philadelphia Eagles. 1991-93: AC New York Jets. 1994-95: AC, Arizona Cardinals. 1996: AC, Univ. of Washington. 1997-2002: AC, Cincinnati Bengals. 2007– 2008: AC St. Louis Rams. 2009-2010: AC, Florida Tuskers (UFL). 2011 – Present: AC, O’Dea High School (Seattle WA).