Ron Zook
American football player and coach (born 1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ronald Andrew Zook[1] (/zʊk/; born April 28, 1954) is an American football coach and former player who recently served as the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL. He was the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2005 to 2011.
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Born: | (1954-04-28) April 28, 1954 (age 70) Ashland, Ohio, U.S. |
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High school: | Loudonville |
College: | Miami (OH) |
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Career: | NCAA: 57–65 (.467) |
Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he played college football. He has worked as an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1996–1998), Kansas City Chiefs (1999), and New Orleans Saints (2000–2001). In August 2012, he was hired as a college football studio analyst by CBS Sports.[2] He was also employed as the special teams coach for the Green Bay Packers.[3] In 2019, he was the special teams coordinator and secondary coach for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football (AAF).