George Perles
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- Seasons coached
- 35
- First season
- 1959
- Teams
- 3
Career
6 stints
- 1959–1970Michigan StateDefensive Line
- 1972–1977Pittsburgh SteelersDefensive Line
- 1978Pittsburgh Steelersdc
- 1979–1982Pittsburgh SteelersAssistant Head Coach
- 1982Philadelphia StarsHead Coach
- 1983–1994Michigan StateHead Coach
Coaching tree
1 mentor, 14 protégés, 8 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
16
- 1994Brad SalemMentored · Michigan State
- 1993–1994Skip PeeteMentored · Michigan State
- 1992–1994Morris WattsMentored · Michigan State
- 1991Billy DavisMentored · Michigan State
- 1991–1993Dan EnosMentored · Michigan State
- 1991–1993Ed ZaunbrecherMentored · Michigan State
- 1988–1994Pat ShurmurMentored · Michigan State
- 1987–1994Pat MorrisMentored · Michigan State
- 1987Phil ParkerMentored · Michigan State
- 1986–1990Morris WattsMentored · Michigan State
- 1985–1986Ed WarinnerMentored · Michigan State
- 1985–1987Nick SabanMentored · Michigan State
- 1983–1992Charlie BaggettMentored · Michigan State
- 1983–1994Norm ParkerMentored · Michigan State
- 1982Joe PendryMentored · Philadelphia Stars
1 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
5
- 1995Nick SabanSucceeded by · Michigan State
- 1983Frank WatersSucceeded · Michigan State
- 1979Woody WidenhoferSucceeded by · Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1978Bud CarsonSucceeded · Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1972Dan RadakovichSucceeded · Pittsburgh Steelers
Tenure
35 seasons
- Michigan StateHead coach · 1983–199412
- Michigan StatePosition coach · 1959–197012
- Pittsburgh SteelersPosition coach · 1972–19776
- Pittsburgh SteelersCoordinator · 1978–19825
- Philadelphia StarsHead coach · 19821
Pipeline
4 of 5 coordinators
- 17 seasonsPat Shurmurunder at Michigan State 1988 · head coach at Cleveland Browns2011
- 8 seasonsMorris Wattsunder at Michigan State 1986 · head coach at Michigan State2002
- 3 seasonsNick Sabanunder at Michigan State 1985 · head coach at Toledo1990
- 2 seasonsJoe Pendryunder at Philadelphia Stars 1982 · head coach at Pittsburgh Maulers1984
Moves
Nothing on the wire for George Perles. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.