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81-777: Marc Marlyn Trestman (born January 15, 1956) is an American professional football coach. He led the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in 2017. He was also named CFL Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2017. He has also coached in the National Football League (NFL). In addition, Trestman has served as

162-416: A punt is when the ball is released from the punter's hand and kicked downfield as close to the opponent's end zone as possible without entering it; the kicking team loses possession of the ball after the kick and the receiving team can attempt to advance the ball or call a fair catch. The other scrimmage kick is a field goal attempt. This must be attempted by place kick or (more rarely) drop kick , and if

243-534: A "football Think Tank" with contributors including Bill Parcells , Bill Cowher , Eddie George , Ronde Barber , and Bill Polian , among others. Trestman is Jewish. [REDACTED] Media related to Marc Trestman at Wikimedia Commons Head coach: Marc Trestman Gridiron football Gridiron football ( / ˈ ɡ r ɪ d aɪ . ər n / GRID -eye-ərn ), also known as North American football, or in North America as simply football ,

324-529: A 5–11 record at season's end. The season included blowout losses to New England and Green Bay midseason, as well as a five-game losing streak to end the season. Despite this, Trestman spoke with confidence that he would be back as the Bears' head coach next season following a 13–9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings . Trestman and general manager Phil Emery were fired at the end of the season. Trestman issued

405-567: A backup quarterback for Tony Dungy . He transferred as a senior to play quarterback at Minnesota State University Moorhead . Trestman received a B.A. degree in political science from Minnesota in 1979 and a J.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Law . He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1983. Trestman went to training camp with the Minnesota Vikings 1979 and 1980 as a defensive back . He entered football coaching at

486-722: A ball goes out of bounds), the actual time it takes for a football game to be completed is typically over three hours in the NFL and slightly under three hours in the CFL. According to 2017 study on brains of deceased gridiron football players, 99% of tested brains of NFL players, 88% of CFL players, 64% of semi-professional players, 91% of college football players, and 21% of high school football players had various stages of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Other common injuries include injuries of legs, arms and lower back. Wide receiver A forward pass -catching specialist,

567-408: A blocker to protect the left side of right-handed quarterbacks. The end stayed at the end of the offensive line in what today is a tight end position, while the running back - who would line up a yard or so off the offensive line and some distance from the end in a "flank" position - became known as a "flanker". Lining up behind the line of scrimmage gave the flanker two principal advantages. First,

648-410: A direct consequence of the team's poor performance during the 2018 campaign, winning only 4 games the year after winning a championship. The 2018 CFL season marked the first time during Trestman's CFL coaching career that a team he represented did not reach the playoffs. On March 2, 2019, Trestman was hired to be the head coach and general manager of the then-unnamed Tampa Bay XFL team soon to be named

729-533: A final statement before leaving: "I want to thank Virginia , George and the McCaskey family, Phil Emery and Ted Phillips for giving me the opportunity to be the head coach of the Chicago Bears. I also want to thank all the coaches and players who gave us everything we asked over the past two years. I have tremendous respect for this organization. Chicago is a special city with great fans. I appreciate

810-492: A flanker has more "space" between themselves and their opposing defensive cornerback , who can not as easily "jam" them at the line of scrimmage; second, flankers are eligible for motion plays, which allow them to move laterally before and during the snap. Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch is one of the earliest players to successfully exploit the potential of the flanker position as a member of the Los Angeles Rams during

891-740: A handoff or backward lateral. In Super Bowl XL , Antwaan Randle El , a four-year quarterback at Indiana University , threw a touchdown pass at the wide receiver position playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Seattle Seahawks , the first wide receiver in Super Bowl history to do so, along with Jauan Jennings in Super Bowl LVIII . Wide receivers often also serve on special teams as kick or punt returners , as gunners on coverage teams, or as part of

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972-574: A head coach, offensive coordinator and positions coach for a number of different teams, with the most notable of these tenures being a two-season stint as the head coach of the NFL's Chicago Bears in 2013 and 2014 . He played college football as a quarterback for three seasons with the Minnesota Golden Gophers , and one season for the Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons . Trestman's most recent coaching position

1053-506: A liking to McGill's rugby-style rules and adopted them. In turn, they were used when Harvard and Yale University played their first intercollegiate sports game in 1875, after which the rugby-style Canadian game was adopted by Yale players and spectators from Yale and Princeton University . This version of the game was subsequently played with several other U.S. colleges over the next several years. American football teams and organizations subsequently adopted new rules which distinguished

1134-409: A play in a huddle and freely substitute players to set into a formation , in which the offense must remain perfectly still for at least one second (the formation requirement does not apply to Canadian football). At least half of the players (seven in standard American and Canadian football, four in standard indoor ball) on the offense must line up on the line of scrimmage in this formation, including

1215-407: A ten-yard penalty against offensive players and a five-yard penalty against defensive ones), and pass interference (when either a receiver or the defending player pushes or blocks the other to prevent them from catching the pass). A team on offense cannot score points as the direct result of a penalty; a defensive foul committed in the team's own end zone, if the penalty is assessed from the spot of

1296-540: Is 60 timed minutes in length, split into four 15-minute quarters. (High school football uses 12-minute quarters, and the general rule is that the younger the players, the shorter the quarters typically are.) Because of the halftime, quarter breaks, time-outs, the minute warnings ( two minutes before the end of a half in the NFL , three minutes in Canadian football ), and frequent stoppages of the game clock (the clock stops, for example, after every incomplete pass and any time

1377-552: Is a family of football team sports primarily played in the United States and Canada. American football , which uses 11 players, is the form played in the United States and the best known form of gridiron football worldwide, while Canadian football , which uses 12 players, predominates in Canada. Other derivative varieties include arena football , flag football and amateur games such as touch and street football . Football

1458-501: Is an IFAF member. The sport is typically known as simply "football" in the countries where it originated, regardless of the specific variety. In Europe the sport is commonly known as "American football". Various sources use the term "North American football" when discussing the American and Canadian games together, but this term is quite rare. The two sports are also sometimes known as "gridiron football". The name originated with

1539-427: Is awarded one single point . If the team in possession of the ball, at any time, advances (either by carrying or catching) the ball into the opponent's end zone, it is a touchdown , and the team scores six points and a free play known as a try . In a try, a team attempts to score one or two points (rules vary by each league, but under standard rules, a field goal on a try is worth one point while another touchdown

1620-474: Is played at professional , collegiate , high school , semi-professional, and amateur levels. These sports originated in the 19th century out of older games related to modern rugby football , more specifically rugby union football. Early on, American and Canadian football developed alongside (but independently from) each other; the root of the game known as "football" today originates with an 1874 game between Harvard and McGill Universities , following which

1701-535: Is teaching a course on leadership called "A Playbook for Leadership and the Law." He also co-hosted The Leadership Gameplan Podcast on behalf of the University of Miami School of Law with Greg Levy. Trestman is a "Football Player Development" instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide , founded and run by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook . He is also a frequent contributor to The 33rd Team,

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1782-827: Is usually called " soccer " in Australian English . The governing body for American football in Australia is Gridiron Australia . Similarly, in the UK American football is known as American football, as "football" is used to refer to soccer . The sport developed from informal games played in North America during the 19th century. Early games had a variety of local rules and were generally similar to modern rugby union and soccer . The earliest recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861. Later in

1863-404: Is worth two). At the college and professional levels, the defense can also score on a try, but only on the same scale (thus a botched try the defense returns for a touchdown scores only two points and not six). Kickoffs occur after every touchdown and field goal. If a team is in its own end zone and commits a foul, is tackled with the ball, or bats, fumbles, kicks or throws the ball backward out of

1944-632: The Detroit Lions as quarterbacks coach in 1997 . That year Lions quarterback Scott Mitchell passed for 3,484 yards, fourth most in team history. In 1998 , he was with the Arizona Cardinals as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. That year quarterback Jake Plummer threw for 3,737 yards, and the Cardinals made the playoffs for the first time since 1982 and won their first post season game in 51 years. He next went to

2025-676: The Miami Dolphins before returning to the college ranks (see above). In 2007, Trestman spent time with the New Orleans Saints as a consultant for Sean Payton . On December 18, 2007, Trestman was named head coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The Alouettes lost 22–14 to the Calgary Stampeders in the 2008 Grey Cup championship game. At the conclusion of

2106-609: The Oakland Raiders in 2001 as the quarterbacks coach. In 2002 he was promoted to offensive coordinator and the Raiders led the NFL in total offense with 389.8 yards per game and passing yards with 279.7 per game. Under Trestman's guidance, Raiders QB Rich Gannon won the 2002 NFL MVP award as the Raiders reached Super Bowl XXXVII , losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Trestman spent the 2004 season with

2187-543: The Tampa Bay Vipers . On February 14, 2024, Trestman was hired by Jim Harbaugh to join the Los Angeles Chargers as a senior offensive assistant. Trestman has two daughters. In 2010, he released his first book as an author titled PERSEVERANCE: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork . Currently, he is serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami Florida School of Law where he

2268-466: The University of Miami in 1981 as a volunteer coach. In 1983, he was named quarterbacks coach . That year, quarterback Bernie Kosar passed for 2,329 yards and Miami won the national championship. The next year, Kosar completed 262 passes for 3,642 yards, both school records. In 2005, Trestman returned to college football coaching as the NC State Wolfpack offensive coordinator, guiding

2349-418: The end . Originally, the ends played on the offensive line , immediately next to the tackles, in a position now referred to as the tight end . By the rules governing the forward pass, ends (positioned at the end of the line of scrimmage) and backs (positioned behind the line of scrimmage) are eligible receivers . Most early football teams used the ends sparingly as receivers, as their starting position next to

2430-407: The end zone to score a touchdown . Especially fast receivers are typically perceived as "deep threats", while those with good hands and perhaps shifty moves may be regarded as "possession receivers" prized for running crossing routes across the middle of the field, and converting third-down situations. Taller receivers with a height advantage over typically shorter defenders tend to play further to

2511-406: The western provinces , demanded changes to the game based on the innovations in American football. Over the years, the sport adopted more Americanized rules, though it retained some of its historical features, including a 110-yard (100 m) field, 12-player teams, and three downs instead of four. Around the same time Camp devised the rules for American football, the Canadian game would develop in

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2592-508: The "slot" (open space) between the furthest receiver and the offensive line, typically lining up off the line of scrimmage like a flanker. The first use of a slot receiver is often credited to Al Davis , a Gillman assistant who took the concept with him as a coach of the 1960s Oakland Raiders . Other members of the Gillman coaching tree , including Don Coryell and John Madden , brought these progressive offensive ideas along with them into

2673-611: The 1860s, teams from universities were playing each other, leading to more standardized rules and the creation of college football . While several American schools adopted rules based on the soccer rules of the English Football Association , Harvard University held to its traditional "carrying game". Meanwhile, McGill University in Montreal used rules based on rugby union . In 1874, Harvard and McGill organized two games using each other's rules. Harvard took

2754-480: The 1950s. While some teams did experiment with more than two wide receivers as a gimmick or trick play , most teams used the pro set (of a flanker, split end, half back, full back, tight end, and quarterback) as the standard group of ball-handling personnel. An early innovator, coach Sid Gillman used 3+ wide receiver sets as early as the 1960s. In sets that have three, four, or five wide receivers, extra receivers are typically called slot receivers, as they play in

2835-561: The 1970s ), and a distinctive brown leather ball in the shape of a prolate spheroid with pointed ends. The international governing body for the sport is the International Federation of American Football (IFAF); although the organization plays all of its international competitions under American rules, it uses a definition of the game that is broad enough that it includes Canadian football under its umbrella, and Football Canada (the governing body for Canadian football)

2916-652: The 1970s and early 1980s, but it was not until the 1990s that teams began to reliably use three or more wide receivers, notably the " run and shoot " offense popularized by the Houston Cougars of the NCAA and the Houston Oilers of the NFL, and the "K Gun" offense used by the Buffalo Bills . Charlie Joiner , a member of the " Air Coryell " San Diego Chargers teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s,

2997-461: The American school adopted the Canadian school's more rugby-like rules. Over time, Canadian teams adopted features of the American variant of the game and vice versa. Both varieties are distinguished from other football sports by their use of hard plastic helmets and shoulder pads , the forward pass , the system of downs , a number of unique rules and positions , measurement in customary units of yards (even in Canada, which largely metricated in

3078-460: The Bears, who concluded 2013 with the second-best scoring offense with 445 points, only trailing the record-setting Denver Broncos offense, and a 14-place increase from 2012. The Bears also had the fifth-best offensive yardage gained with 4281 yards. The offense also broke team records in total yards (6,109), passing yards (4,450), passing touchdowns (32) and first downs (344). The Bears struggled during Trestman's second season as head coach, earning

3159-400: The NFL, wide receivers use the numbers 0–49 and 80–89. A "route tree" system typically used in high school and college employs numbers zero through nine, with zero being a "go route" and a nine being a "hitch route" or vice versa. In high school they are normally a part of the play call, but are usually disguised in higher levels of plays. The wide receiver grew out of a position known as

3240-609: The Vikings. He spent two years there and then left coaching for three years, and worked in the municipal bond market during that timespan. He returned to the NFL in 1995 as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator with San Francisco , where he served in that capacity through 1996 . The first year he was in San Francisco, the team led the NFL with 457 points scored, 644 pass attempts and 4,779 passing yards. Trestman joined

3321-412: The Year . In every other year it was awarded to either a quarterback or running back. No wide receiver has ever won MVP . Jerry Rice is the leader in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns on the all-time list for receivers, along with being a 3-time SB champion and 10-time All-Pro selection. The wide receiver's principle role is to catch forward passes from the quarterback . On passing plays,

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3402-415: The ball carrier at any time the ball is in play, provided they do not grab the face mask of the helmet or make helmet-to-helmet contact when doing so. At any time, the player with the ball can attempt a backward, or lateral, pass to any other player in order to keep the ball in play; this is generally rare. Any player on defense can, at any time, attempt to intercept a forward pass in flight, at which point

3483-405: The ball carrier is tackled, or, if the ball is kicked out of bounds , let the ball go dead on its own (the last case usually happens when the ball is kicked all the way into or through the opponent's end zone, resulting in a touchback and the ball being brought several yards out of the end zone to begin play). A kicking team can, under special circumstances, attempt to recover its own kick , but

3564-655: The circumstances. Trestman inherited a roster that finished last in the league the previous season, and guided the team to a 9–9 record, which was good enough for first place in the East and a first-round bye in the playoffs. On Sunday, November 26, 2017, Trestman won his third Grey Cup when the Argonauts defeated the Stampeders 27–24. During that season he won the Annis Stukus Trophy and was named CFL coach of

3645-401: The defense, as in an end-around or reverse . All-time NFL receiving yardage leader Jerry Rice also rushed the ball 87 times for 645 yards and 10 touchdowns in his 20 NFL seasons. In even rarer cases, receivers may pass the ball as part of an outright trick play. Like a running back, a receiver may legally pass the ball so long as they receive it behind the line of scrimmage, in the form of

3726-399: The end of a quarter.) After the halftime break, a new kickoff occurs. Whichever team has more points at the end of the game is declared the winner; in the event of a tie, each league has its own rules for overtime to break the tie. Because of the nature of the game, pure sudden-death overtimes have been abolished at all levels of the game as of 2012. At all adult levels of the game, a game

3807-433: The field of play through the same end zone, the defense scores a safety , worth two points. After a try, safety or field goal, the team that had possession of the ball goes back to the middle of the field and kicks the ball off to their opponent, and play continues as it did in the beginning of the game. Play continues until halftime . (Each team switches their side of the field with the other halfway through each half, at

3888-405: The foul, places the ball at the one-yard line. In contrast, a defensive team can score points as a direct result of a penalty; if the offense commits a foul under the same scenario, the defensive team receives two points and a free kick. In all other circumstances (except for the open-ended and extremely rare unfair act clause), a penalty cannot exceed more than half the distance to the end zone. If

3969-465: The fourth Bears head coach to win his debut game, joining George Halas (1920), Neill Armstrong (1978) and Dick Jauron (1999). After winning in week two against the Minnesota Vikings , Trestman also joined Halas and Armstrong as the only coaches in Bears history to win his first two games as Bears head coach. The week fifteen win against the Cleveland Browns improved the Bears to 8–6; at

4050-445: The game from rugby. Many of these early innovations were the work of Walter Camp , including the sport's line of scrimmage and the system of downs . Another consequential change was the adoption of the forward pass in 1906, which allowed the quarterback to throw the ball forward over the line of scrimmage to a receiver. Canadian football remained akin to rugby for decades, though a progressive faction of players, chiefly based in

4131-639: The hands team during onside kicks . Devin Hester , from the Chicago Bears , touted as one of the greatest kick and punt returners of all time, was listed as a wide receiver (after his first season, during which he was listed as a cornerback). Five-time All-Pro and ten-time Pro Bowl member Matthew Slater was a gunner for the New England Patriots who was likewise listed as a wide receiver, however he had only one reception in his career. In

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4212-433: The intent of drawing defenders away from the intended action. Well-rounded receivers are noted for skill in both roles; Hines Ward in particular received praise for his blocking abilities while also becoming the Pittsburgh Steelers ' all-time leading receiver and one of 13 in NFL history through 2009 with at least 1,000 receptions. Occasionally wide receivers are used to run the ball, usually in plays seeking to surprise

4293-405: The kicked ball passes through the goal set at the edge of the opponent's end zone, the team scores three points. (Four-point field goals have been offered in a few variations of the game under special rules, but the NFL, college and high school football only offer three-point field goals.) In Canada, any kick that goes into the end zone and is not returned, whether it be a punt or a missed field goal,

4374-447: The line), who must catch the ball before it touches the ground. The play stops when a player with the ball touches any part of their body other than hand or foot to the ground, runs out of the boundaries of the field, is obstructed from making further forward progress, or a forward pass hits the ground without being caught (in the last case, the ball returns to the spot it was snapped). To stop play, players on defense are allowed to tackle

4455-448: The offensive side of the ball, typically on the line of scrimmage, and are positioned on the periphery of the formation. They are often split out wide from the offensive line, hence the name "wide" receiver. The primary objective of a wide receiver is to catch passes from the quarterback and gain yardage. Wide receivers must possess a combination of speed, agility, and hands to excel in their role. They must be able to quickly accelerate off

4536-407: The offensive tackles at the end of the offensive formation often left them in heavy traffic with many defenders around. By the 1930s, some teams were experimenting with spreading the field by moving one end far out near the sideline, drawing the defense away from running plays and leaving them more open on passing ones. These "split ends" became the prototype for what has evolved into being called today

4617-425: The opponent. Whether this yardage is measured from the original spot of the ball before the play, the spot of the illegal action, or the end of the play depends on the individual foul. The most common penalties include false start (when an offensive player jumps to begin the play before the ball is snapped, a five-yard penalty), holding (the grabbing of a player other than the ball carrier to obstruct their progress;

4698-409: The outside and run deep more often, while shorter ones tend to play inside and run more routes underneath the top of the defense. A wide receiver may block theirs or another's defender, depending on the type of play being run. On standard running plays they will block their assigned defender for the running back . Particularly in the case of draws and other trick plays, they may run a pass route with

4779-471: The penalty would be less advantageous than the result of the actual play, then the team not committing the penalty can decline it. In order to keep play moving, the offense must make a certain amount of progress (10 yards in most leagues) within a certain number of plays (3 in Canada, 4 in the United States), called downs . If the offense does indeed make this progress, a first down is achieved, and

4860-472: The previous play, and a play clock is kept to enforce the measure.) Once the ball is snapped, the play has commenced, and the offense's goal is to continue advancing the ball toward their opponent's end zone . This can be done either by running with the ball or by a rule unique to football known as the forward pass . In a forward pass, a player from behind the line of scrimmage throws the ball to an eligible receiver (another back or one player on each end of

4941-400: The receiver attempts to avoid, outmaneuver, or simply outrun the cornerbacks or safeties typically defending them. If the receiver becomes open on their pass route , the quarterback may throw a pass to them. The receiver needs to successfully catch the ball without it touching the ground (known as a completion ) and then run with the ball as far downfield as possible, hoping to reach

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5022-407: The rules of the game make it very difficult to do so reliably, and so this tactic is usually only used as a surprise or desperation maneuver. At this point, play from scrimmage begins. The team in possession of the ball is on offense and the opponent is on defense . The offense is given a set amount of time (up to forty seconds, depending on the governing body), during which the teams can set up

5103-473: The same way (but separately) from the American game; the Burnside rules were instrumental in establishing many of the rules for the modern game. The best NFL players are among the highest paid athletes in the world. This is a minimal description of the game in general, with elements common to all or almost all variants of the game. For more specific rules, see each code's individual articles. Prior to

5184-566: The season, he was nominated for the CFL's Annis Stukus Award as the league's top coach, with Calgary's John Hufnagel winning. In 2009, Trestman led the Alouettes to win the 2009 Grey Cup over the Saskatchewan Roughriders, winning with a field goal with no time left on the clock. The Alouettes finished the regular season that year with a franchise-best 15-3 record, which was also the league's best record since 1997. After

5265-503: The season, it was announced that Trestman was signed through the 2012 season as the head coach. Trestman then led the Alouettes to another Grey Cup win in 2010. After winning the 2010 Grey Cup, Trestman won the CFL’s Coach of the year award. Trestman is the only coach in Alouettes history to win back-to-back Grey Cups. Under Trestman's guidance, Alouettes QB Anthony Calvillo won back-to-back MVP awards in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, Trestman

5346-414: The snapper, who handles the ball before play commences; the rest can (and almost always do) line up behind the line. Neither the offense nor the defense can cross the line of scrimmage before the play commences. Once the formation is set, the snapper snaps the ball to one of the players behind him. (A snapper must snap the ball within 20 to 25 seconds of the official setting the ball back into position after

5427-410: The sport's once-characteristic playing field : the original American football and Canadian football fields were marked by a series of parallel lines along both the width and length of the field, which produced a grid pattern resembling a cross-hatched cooking gridiron . The ball would be snapped in the grid in which it was downed on the previous play. By 1920, the grid system was abandoned in favor of

5508-405: The start of a game, a coin toss determines which team will decide if they want to kick off the ball to their opponent, or receive the ball from their opponent. Each team lines up on opposite halves of the field, with a minimum ten yards of space between them for the kickoff. The team receiving the ball can make a fair catch (which stops the play immediately), catch the ball and run it back until

5589-446: The system of yard lines and hash marks used today. The International Federation of American Football (IFAF), uses "American football" inclusive of Canadian football and other varieties. In Australia, American football is often referred to as "gridiron" or (in more formal contexts) "American football", as " football " usually refers to Australian rules football , rugby league or rugby union , similar to how association football

5670-677: The team finished 10–6 and made the playoffs. His promotion to offensive coordinator in 1989 was made before the team named Bud Carson as Marty Schottenheimer 's successor as head coach. Kosar passed for 3,533 yards and 18 TDs that season, while wide receiver Webster Slaughter had a franchise record 1,236 receiving yards. Trestman was dismissed after the Browns' third loss in the AFC Championship game in four years, primarily due to his strained relationship with Carson. In 1990 , Trestman returned to Minnesota as quarterbacks coach for

5751-418: The team gains possession; they can also gain possession by recovering a fumble or stripping the ball away from the ball carrier (a "forced fumble"). A typical play can last between five and twenty seconds. If any illegal action happens during the play, then the results of the previous play are erased and a penalty is assessed, forcing the offending team to surrender between five and fifteen yards of field to

5832-460: The team gets 3 or 4 more plays to achieve another 10 yards. If not, the offense loses possession to their opponent at the spot where the ball is. More commonly, however, the team on offense will, if they have a minimal chance of gaining a first down and have only one play left to do it ( fourth down in the U.S., third down in Canada), attempt a scrimmage kick . There are two types of scrimmage kick:

5913-580: The team to a win in the Meineke Car Care Bowl . However, at the end of the 2006 season, he, along with the entire coaching staff, was fired. Trestman moved to the National Football League and coached running backs with the Minnesota Vikings in 1985 and 1986 . He served as quarterbacks coach first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987 and then the Cleveland Browns in 1988 . In Cleveland he again coached Kosar and

5994-556: The time, the 8 wins were the most by a first-year head coach in franchise history since Paddy Driscoll in 1956 (9 wins) and the most by a Bears first-year head coach in the Super Bowl era. Unfortunately, Trestman did not lead the Bears to the playoffs as a late-season loss skid ended any playoff hopes. Trestman's first season as Bears head coach ended with an 8–8 record, second in the NFC North . Trestman's offensive prowess aided

6075-657: The warm support my family and I received." Trestman was appointed as the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens on January 20, 2015. He was fired on October 10, 2016, a day after a 16–10 loss to the Washington Redskins and replaced by Marty Mornhinweg . Trestman was named the head coach of the Toronto Argonauts on February 28, 2017. Despite being hired late in the off-season, Trestman's first season in Toronto went above expectations, given

6156-459: The wide receiver is one of the fastest players on the field alongside cornerbacks and running backs . One on either extreme of the offensive line is typical, but several may be employed on the same play. Through 2022 only four wide receivers, Jerry Rice (in 1987 and 1993), Michael Thomas (in 2019), Cooper Kupp (in 2021), and Justin Jefferson (in 2022), have won Offensive Player of

6237-467: The wide receiver. Don Hutson , who played college football at Alabama and professionally with the Green Bay Packers , was the first player to exploit the potential of the split end position. As the passing game evolved, a second de facto wide receiver was added by employing a running back in a pass-catching role rather than splitting out the "blind-side" end, who was typically retained as

6318-565: The year. The 2018 season for the Argonauts under Trestman was filled with poor play and injuries (most notably to quarterback Ricky Ray ) resulting in the team missing the post-season following the Grey Cup Championship the year before. Trestman was fired at the conclusion of the 2018 Toronto Argonauts season , the day following the team's 24–9 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks (which was played on November 2, 2018) as

6399-697: Was as the head coach for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL , which came to a premature end when the season was terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Marc Marlyn Trestman was born on January 15, 1956, in Minneapolis , Minnesota . In 1974, he graduated from Saint Louis Park High School in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota . He played college football as quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team for three seasons, in which he served as

6480-569: Was interviewed by the Indianapolis Colts for their vacant position of head coach. The Colts eventually hired Chuck Pagano . In early 2013, Trestman was interviewed by the Chicago Bears and the Cleveland Browns for their respective vacant head coaching positions. On January 16, 2013, he was named head coach of the Bears. In Trestman's first game with the Bears, they won 24–21 against the Cincinnati Bengals ; he became

6561-535: Was the first "slot receiver" to be his team's primary receiver. Wide receivers generally hit their peak between the ages of 23 and 30, with about 80 percent of peak seasons falling within that range according to one study. The designation for a receiver separated from the main offensive formation varies depending on how far they are removed from it and whether they begin on or off the line of scrimmage. The three principal designations are "wide receiver"/"split end", "flanker", and "slot back": Wide receivers line up on

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