Rick Forzano
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- Seasons coached
- 7
- First season
- 1970
- Teams
- 2
Career
3 stints
- 1970–1972NavyHead Coach
- 1973Detroit LionsAssistant Coach
- 1974–1976Detroit LionsHead Coach
Coaching tree
0 mentors, 9 protégés, 8 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Protégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
10
- 1976Bill BelichickMentored · Detroit Lions
- 1975–1976Fritz ShurmurMentored · Detroit Lions
- 1975–1976Joe BugelMentored · Detroit Lions
- 1975Rey DempseyMentored · Detroit Lions
- 1974–1976Tommy HudspethMentored · Detroit Lions
- 1971–1972Elliot UzelacMentored · Navy
- 1971–1972Rick LantzMentored · Navy
- 1970–1972Frank GanszMentored · Navy
- 1970Jim StanleyMentored · Navy
- 1970–1972Joe BugelMentored · Navy
Succeeded
3
- 1976Tommy HudspethSucceeded by · Detroit Lions
- 1974Tommy HudspethSucceeded by · Detroit Lions
- 1973George WelshSucceeded by · Navy
Tenure
7 seasons
- Detroit LionsHead coach · 1974–19763
- NavyHead coach · 1970–19723
- Detroit LionsPosition coach · 19731
Pipeline
2 of 2 coordinators
- 1 seasonRey Dempseyunder at Detroit Lions 1975 · head coach at Southern Illinois1976
- 3 seasonsJim Stanleyunder at Navy 1970 · head coach at Oklahoma State1973
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Rick Forzano. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.