Nick Rapone

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Nick Rapone
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position:Safeties Coach
Personal information
Born: (1956-04-25) April 25, 1956 (age 66)
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Career information
College: Virginia Tech
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards

Nick Rapone is an American football coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [1] He previously coached at the collegiate level at Temple, Pitt and Delaware.

Coaching career

Rapone began his career in coaching in 1979 as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh where he stayed for two years , before going on to East Tennessee State. Rapone began coaching under Bruce Arians at Temple University who he had previously played with and for at Virginia Tech. [2] Originally hired as a secondary coach, Rapone took on the additional responsibility of defensive coordinator for his final four years with the Owls. [3] Following his time at Temple, Rapone returned to Pitt, coaching there for four years. He then spent two seasons at New Castle (Pa.) High School serving as the head coach. [4] This led to his four year tenure at the University of Connecticut. Rapone returned to Temple for a second stint in 1999, working as the school's secondary coach until the 2006 season. [5] Rapone was at Delaware from 2006 until 2012 as the team’s defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. In 2013 Rapone made the jump to the NFL and was named defensive backs coach for the Arizona Cardinals [6] also under Bruce Arians. [7] He stayed with Arizona until Arians retirement following the 2017 season. Rapone returned to a familiar place in Delaware in 2018 as he was named the team’s cornerbacks coach. [8] In 2019 when Arians came out of retirement to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rapone went with him and was named the team’s safeties coach. [9] He remained with the team in 2022 when Todd Bowles who he coached at Temple took over as the team’s head coach.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers". www.buccaneers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Former Hokie Nick Rapone talks about coaching with Bruce Arians". WFXRtv. 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Owls in the NFL – Conference Championship Weekend". Temple University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Need a rooting interest? All the Pitt, Penn State, WPIAL ties in the NFL's championship weekend". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ↑ "Rapone to coach UD defensive secondary". www1.udel.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. ↑ "Get to Know the Arizona Cardinals Coaching Staff". 247Sports. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  7. ↑ Nickel, Tyler (2013-01-24). "The connection between Arians and DB coach Rapone". Revenge of the Birds. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  8. ↑ Tresolini, Kevin. "Former defensive coordinator Rapone rejoins Delaware football staff after 5 years in NFL". The News Journal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  9. ↑ Cubbal, Kayleen. "'I am thrilled to be going back to the NFL': Rapone expected to take job with Buccaneers". New Castle News. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
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