Joseph Coniglio (born May 28, 1985) is an American

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coach. He is the

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s coach for the

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of the

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(NFL). He also coached for

Kent State Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New Philadelphia, ...

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, and

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. He played

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for Miami (OH) as a

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Early life and playing career

Coniglio grew up in

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, and played

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for

Boylan Catholic High School Boylan Central Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school located in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1960, Boylan is the only Catholic high school in the city. At the start of the 20102011 school year, there were 1187 st ...

as a

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. In two seasons with Boylan Catholic he rushed for 2,806 yards and 42 touchdowns while also being named league MVP in 2003. Following Coniglio's graduation from high school, he committed to play

for

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public university, public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest List of colleges and universities in Ohio, university in Ohi ...

as a fullback. In 2004, Coniglio

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. In 2005, he transitioned to

and finished second on the team in

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s with four and third in

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with eight. In 2006, he led the team in sacks with five and tackles for loss with 7.5. He also ranked second of the defensive lineman with 28 tackles. In 2007, he was named Third-Team All-

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and had a career-high 6.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, and forty tackles. In 2008 he finished with four sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, alongside his only career

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Coaching career

Following Coniglio's graduation from Miami (OH), he was hired as a defensive

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for

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a Public university, public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Kent State University at Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Kent State ...

as he finished his

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under head coach Doug Martin for 2009 and 2010 and

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in 2011. His roles with

were as the special assistant to the head coach, defensive graduate assistant, video coordinator, and defensive volunteer. He mostly worked with the Golden Flashes

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. In 2012, Coniglio joined

Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan, Northern or NMU) is a public university in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School. In 1963, the state designa ...

for his first full-time position as the run game coordinator and defensive line coach under first-year head coach Chris Ostrowsky. In 2014, Coniglio joined the

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of Rhode Island. The univer ...

as the special teams coordinator and retained his role as defensive line coach under head coach first-year Jim Fleming who he had worked with while Fleming was the

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s coach for Kent State in 2010. He helped improve the team from winning seven total games in his first four seasons to winning six in his last season in 2018. In 2019, Coniglio rejoined Kent State as the outside linebackers coach under head coach Sean Lewis. In 2021, Coniglio joined the

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under head coach

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as a defensive assistant and under

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Brian Newberry who was the defensive coordinator during the 2012 season with

. In 2022, he was promoted to outside linebackers coach. In 2023, he was promoted to special teams coordinator alongside retaining his outside linebackers role. In 2023, before Coniglio accepted the promotion to special teams coordinator, he was hired by the

of the

(NFL) by his former roommate and current Rams head coach

Sean McVay Sean Patrick McVay (born January 24, 1986) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He became the youngest NFL head coach in the modern era when he was hired ...

as the team's outside linebackers coach alongside linebackers coach Chris Shula.

Personal life

While at

, Coniglio was roommates with

head coach

References

External links

Los Angeles Rams bio

Navy profile

Kent State profile

Rhode Island profile

Miami (OH) profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coniglio, Joe 1985 births Living people American football defensive ends American football fullbacks American football running backs Kent State Golden Flashes football coaches Los Angeles Rams coaches Miami RedHawks football players Navy Midshipmen football coaches Northern Michigan Wildcats football coaches Rhode Island Rams football coaches Coaches of American football from Illinois Players of American football from Rockford, Illinois