Mike Tice

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Mike Tice
Mike Tice 2014.jpg
Tice in 2014
No. 86, 87, 83
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1959-02-02) February 2, 1959 (age 65)
Central Islip, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Central Islip
(Central Islip, New York)
College: Maryland
Undrafted: 1981
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:107
Receiving yards:894
Receiving touchdowns:11
Head coaching record
Regular season:32–33 (.492)
Postseason:1–1 (.500)
Career:33–34 (.493)
Player stats at NFL.com
Coaching stats at PFR

Michael Peter Tice (born February 2, 1959) is a former American football tight end and coach. He played college football at the University of Maryland, College Park and spent 11 seasons playing in the National Football League (NFL) before spending 22 seasons as a coach, including four seasons as the Minnesota Vikings head coach.

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Playing career

Tice attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he played quarterback. He played tight end in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1995 with the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings.

Tice was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Coaches and Football Categories with the Class of 2013.

Coaching career

Minnesota Vikings

Immediately after his retirement, Tice joined the Vikings' coaching staff, serving first as tight ends coach (1996) and offensive line coach (1997–2001). Tice took over head coaching duties on an interim basis for the final game of the 2001 season, replacing Dennis Green. On January 10, 2002, Tice was named the 6th head coach in franchise history, Bud Grant having been both 2nd and 4th. He was the first former Viking player to assume the role.

In 2002, the Vikings led the NFL in rushing for the first time in team history, and in 2003, they led the league in total offense for the first time. A season later, the Vikings broke team records with 6,339 total yards and 4,754 passing yards and scored 50 touchdowns. [1]

In March 2005, the NFL began to investigate Tice for organizing and profiting from a Super Bowl ticket scalping operation within the Vikings organization. He later admitted that these charges were true and the NFL fined him $100,000 on June 30, 2005. At the time, it was the largest fine ever handed down to a head coach in NFL history, and is still the largest for a head coach who does not also have the title or powers of general manager.

Tice was also the head coach during the Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal which occurred in October 2005. Some commentators believe that this incident led to his demise in Minnesota. [2]

Tice's contract with the Minnesota Vikings was allowed to expire after the last game of the 2005 season on January 1, 2006. The Vikings had just defeated the Chicago Bears, but a loss to the Baltimore Ravens eliminated the Vikings from playoff contention and effectively sealed Tice's fate. During his tenure of more than four years as the Vikings head coach, he had a regular season record of 32-33-0, while going 1-1 in the playoffs. Also during his tenure, the Vikings recorded an NFL record for the most consecutive games with over 300 yards of offense with 36. [1]

Jacksonville Jaguars

Tice was hired as assistant head coach/offense of Jacksonville by Jack Del Rio, another former Viking.

Chicago Bears

On January 15, 2010, Tice was hired as offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears. On October 3, 2010 his offensive line allowed 9 sacks in one half to the New York Giants. On September 17, 2010, against the Cowboys, his line only gave up one sack and held DeMarcus Ware, one of the leading sackers since he came into the NFL, sackless. Despite this, the Bears allowed 105 sacks in his two years as offensive line coach.

On January 6, 2012, the Bears promoted Tice to offensive coordinator, filling the void left by the resignation of Mike Martz. [3]

On January 16, 2013, the Bears hired Marc Trestman to be the Bears new head coach after Lovie Smith was fired. It was also announced that the Bears had hired Aaron Kromer to replace Tice as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Tice was dismissed by the Bears on January 17, 2013. [4]

Atlanta Falcons

Tice was hired to be the Atlanta Falcons offensive line coach in January 2014. [5]

Oakland Raiders

Tice was hired to be the Oakland Raiders offensive line coach in January 2015. [6] On February 6, 2018, Tice announced that he was retiring from coaching. He said that he was ready to move on from the coaching ranks because “players today don't want to be coached." [7]

Head coaching record

TeamYearRegular seasonPostseason
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
MIN 2001 010.0004th in NFC Central----
MIN 2002 6100.3752nd in NFC North----
MIN 2003 970.5632nd in NFC North----
MIN 2004 880.5002nd in NFC North11.500Lost to Philadelphia Eagles in NFC Divisional Game
MIN 2005 970.5632nd in NFC North----
MIN Total32330.49211.500
Total [8] 32330.49211.500

Personal life

Mike Tice is the older brother of John Tice, also a former tight end at the University of Maryland, who played ten seasons in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints. John was an assistant coach for the Vikings in Mike's tenure. His son, Nate, was a quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers and became an NFL writer and podcaster after working in the back office for NFL teams. [9] [10] [11] During Mike's time with Seattle, his teammates referred to his eating style as "Mike Tice's Lunchout" in a humorous parody of the then popular video game, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! [12] Tice currently lives in the Seattle area with his wife, Diane.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tice's approach is appealing to Garza". www.chicagobears.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ Rand, Michael (October 7, 2015). "Remembering the Vikings' Love Boat scandal 10 years later". StarTribune.
  3. ↑ Klemko, Robert (January 6, 2012). "Bears promote Mike Tice to offensive coordinator". USA Today .
  4. ↑ Mayer, Larry (January 17, 2013). "Trestman in process of assembling coaching staff". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Falcons hire Mike Tice as offensive line coach
  6. ↑ @MikeSilver (January 16, 2015). "Nice score for the Raiders: Mike Tice coming over from Falcons to coach o line..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Mike Tice to retire from coaching because "players don't want to be coached"". February 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Mike Tice Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Preparing for the NFL draft: Son of former Vikings coach Mike Tice takes us inside the process". Star Tribune. April 21, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  10. ↑ Tomasson, Chris (May 8, 2020). "Former Vikings coach Mike Tice having a blast with his podcast. 'He's like a kid again.'". Twincities.com. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Big Ten Blog".
  12. ↑ Sheff, David. "Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World. Vintage, 1994. P 312. ISBN   0679736220.
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