Jeff Reinebold (born November 19, 1957) is an American

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coach who is currently serving as the defensive tackles coach for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team. Reinebold has also coached for the

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, and

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. In addition to the CFL, he has coached in the NCAA,

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and

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. He has also served in an executive for University of Hawaii—Mānoa. Reinebold appears as a football analyst on

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Coaching career

Early years

Reinebold grew up in Manor, Saskatchewan, and after playing

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for the

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under

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, he accepted the position of offensive graduate assistant coach at Western Montana College. He then coached at Dartmouth,

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and Penn before getting his first head coaching job at

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in 1989, where he led the program to its first non-losing season in six years. The next season, he took the job of outside linebackers coach at

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CFL

He began his professional coaching career in 1991 with the

of the

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(CFL) as a special teams and receivers coach under

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. That season, the Lions set a pro football record for passing yards, with quarterback

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throwing for over 6,000 yards; and under Reinebold BC would have four 1,000-yard receivers that included

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, Matt Clark, Ray Alexander and Mike Trevathan. In 1994, Reinbold moved to the expansion team the

as the special teams coordinator and defensive back coach under

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. After the Posse folded, he stayed in the CFL, moving to the

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as special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. In 1997 and 1998 Reinebold would serve as the head coach and general manager of the

, leaving after a 7–29 record.

NFL Europe

After coaching the

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of NFL Europe for one season in 1995, he returned to the CFL in 1996 serving as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. In 1999, he returned to

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and

s coach of the

. Under Reinebold, the Rhein Fire would win the

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VIII. In 2001 following the World Bowl win with Rhein, Reinebold would move to the

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of the NFLE as defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator. At one time Reinebold would have 11 of his former defensive backs on active NFL rosters. In 2004 Reinebold was appointed NFL Europe's senior manager of international player development.

Return to collegiate football

In 2003 Reinebold served as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at

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. In 2005 Reinebold moved to the

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under

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and was with the Warriors' 2006 Hawaii Bowl and 2007 Sugar Bowl teams. While defensive line coach at Hawaii Reinebold would coach three players who would be drafted into the NFL; all of which were defensive ends: Ikaika Alama-Francis, Mel Purcell and David Viekune. After three years with the Warriors, Reinebold moved with June Jones to the SMU Mustangs in 2008 where he coached wide receivers. Also while at Hawaii Reinebold was named one of the nation's top 20 recruiters by Rivals.com, and is the only BCS non-AQ conference coach to ever make that list. Reinebold then moved back to mainland United States, where he was the wide receivers coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he participated in three straight bowl fames and a CUSA Championship Game.

Return to the CFL

As defensive coordinator with the Eastern Division Champion

, the Als defense would lead the CFL's Eastern Division in both scoring and total defense and win an Eastern Division crown going 11–7. The Als defense would improve over the 2011 edition in 12 statistical categories and place 5 players on the Eastern Division All Star team and two, LB Shea Emry and S Kyries Hebert, were named CFL All-Stars. Despite the Alouettes finishing first in the East Division, the team struggled on defense and gave up 30 or more points in its first four games, and conceded more than 40 points twice after that. Reinebold's contract was not renewed the following season. On February 5, 2013, Reinebold was hired as the

for the

. On January 23, 2017, he was hired as the defensive coordinator for the Hamilton Tiger Cats. After a 0–6 start to the season the Ti-Cats relieved Reinebold of his duties. He was the

special teams coach for the 2018 season; on January 16, 2019, it was announced he would return to Hamilton as their special teams coordinator. Reinebold remained with the Ticats through the

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and 2021 seasons before announcing his departure via Twitter on December 31, 2021. He had been with the Tiger Cats' for seven seasons. Reinebold's coaching career in the CFL spanned 17 seasons. Reinebold was hired to be the special team coordinator for the

for the 2022 season, but left the team for personal reasons prior to the start of the season.

University of Hawaii—Mānoa (II)

Reinebold was named the director of player development at

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on Aug. 5, 2022.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats (III)

On May 11, 2023, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that Reinebold had returned for his third stint with the organization, this time in the role of special teams coordinator and assistant defensive backs coach.

Personal

In February 2010, Reinebold announced on his Facebook page that he was diagnosed with cancer.

Head coaching record

College

CFL

References

External links

Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio

Montreal Alouettes bio
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