- John Bonamego
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College=Central Michigan, Maine
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1988-91
1992
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1999-2001
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2008-present
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Lehigh
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Army
AssistantJacksonville Jaguars
Assistant Special Teams
Special Teams CoordinatorGreen Bay Packers
Special Teams CoordinatorNew Orleans Saints
Special Teams CoordinatorMiami Dolphins
Special Teams CoordinatorJohn Bonamego (born
August 14 ,1963 inWaynesboro, Pennsylvania ) is anAmerican football special teams coordinator for theMiami Dolphins of theNational Football League . He has two decades of college and pro coaching experience. He playedcollege football at Central Michigan.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 andNew Orleans Saints in the NFL.Early years
Bonamego graduated from
Paw Paw High School inPaw Paw, Michigan .Playing career
Bonamego played
wide receiver andquarterback at the University of Central Michigan. He earned his degree in health and fitness in 1987.Coaching career
Beginnings
In 1987, Bonamego coached at Mount Pleasant High School in Michigan and was a player-coach in
Europe with theVerona Redskins.College
Bonamego served as a college assistant for 11 years, coaching for Maine from 1988 to 1991, Lehigh in 1992 and Army from 1993 to 1998.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Bonamego first joined the NFL in 1999 as an assistant special teams coach for the
Jacksonville Jaguars . He held the position for three seasons before serving his final year with the team as special teams coordinator in 2002. That season, the Jaguars blocked four kicks and were second in the league in kickoff coverage. PunterChris Hanson was also selected to Pro Bowl.Green Bay Packers
In 2003, Bonamego joined the
Green Bay Packers as a the head special teams coach and served in that capacity for three seasons underMike Sherman .New Orleans Saints
In 2006, Bonamego was hired by
Sean Payton as special teams coordinator for theNew Orleans Saints and held the job for two seasons.Miami Dolphins
After two seasons in New Orleans, replaced special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong for the
Miami Dolphins and first-year head coachTony Sparano . Bonamego and Sparano had previously coached together with the Jaguars from in 2002 when Sparano wastight ends coach.External links
* [http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/team/coachingstaff/coachingstaff_Bonamego_j.asp Miami Dolphins bio]
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