.JPG) Trestman at the105th Grey Cup celebration rally | |
| Los Angeles Chargers | |
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| Title | Senior offensive assistant |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1956-01-15)January 15, 1956 (age 69) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school | Saint Louis Park(St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| College | Minnesota |
| NFL draft | 1979: undrafted |
| Position | Defensive back |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Coaching | |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season | CFL: 68–40 (.630) NFL: 13–19 (.406) XFL: 1–4 (.200) |
| Coaching profile atPro Football Reference | |
Marc Marlyn Trestman[1][2] (born January 15, 1956) is an American professionalfootball coach. He led theMontreal Alouettes of theCanadian Football League (CFL) to back-to-backGrey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach of theToronto Argonauts in 2017. He was also namedCFL Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2017. He has also coached in theNational Football League (NFL).
In addition, Trestman has served as 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'sChicago Bears in2013 and2014. He playedcollege football as aquarterback for three seasons with theMinnesota Golden Gophers, and one season for theMinnesota State–Moorhead Dragons. Trestman's most recent coaching position was as the head coach for theTampa Bay Vipers of theXFL, which came to a premature end when theseason was terminated due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Marc Marlyn Trestman was born on January 15, 1956, inMinneapolis,Minnesota. In 1974, he graduated fromSaint Louis Park High School inSaint Louis Park, Minnesota. He played college football asquarterback for theMinnesota Golden Gophers football team for three seasons, in which he served as a backup quarterback forTony Dungy.[3] He transferred as a senior to play quarterback atMinnesota State University Moorhead. Trestman received a B.A. degree inpolitical science from Minnesota in 1979 and aJ.D. degree from theUniversity of Miami School of Law.[4] He was admitted to theFlorida Bar in 1983.[5]
Trestman went to training camp with theMinnesota Vikings 1979 and 1980 as adefensive back.[6][7]
He entered football coaching at theUniversity of Miami in1981 as a volunteer coach. In 1983, he was namedquarterbacks coach.[8] That year, quarterbackBernie 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 theNC State Wolfpack offensive coordinator, guiding the team to a win in theMeineke Car Care Bowl.[9] However, at the end of the 2006 season, he, along with the entire coaching staff, was fired.[10]
Trestman moved to theNational Football League and coachedrunning backs with theMinnesota Vikings in1985 and1986. He served as quarterbacks coach first with theTampa Bay Buccaneers in1987 and then theCleveland Browns in1988. InCleveland he again coached Kosar and the team finished 10–6 and made the playoffs. His promotion tooffensive coordinator in1989 was made before the team namedBud Carson asMarty Schottenheimer's successor as head coach.[11] Kosar passed for 3,533 yards and 18 TDs that season, whilewide receiverWebster Slaughter had a franchise record 1,236 receiving yards. Trestman was dismissed after the Browns' third loss in theAFC Championship game in four years, primarily due to his strained relationship with Carson.[11]
In1990, Trestman returned to Minnesota as quarterbacks coach for the Vikings. He spent two years there and then left coaching for three years, and worked in themunicipal bond market during that timespan.[10]
He returned to theNFL in1995 as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator withSan Francisco, where he served in that capacity through1996. 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 theDetroit Lions as quarterbacks coach in1997. That year Lions quarterbackScott Mitchell passed for 3,484 yards, fourth most in team history.
In1998, he was with theArizona Cardinals as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. That year quarterbackJake Plummer threw for 3,737 yards, and the Cardinals made the playoffs for the first time since1982 and won their first post season game in 51 years.
He next went to theOakland Raiders in2001 as the quarterbacks coach. In2002 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 QBRich Gannon won the 2002 NFL MVP award as the Raiders reachedSuper Bowl XXXVII, losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Trestman spent the2004 season with theMiami Dolphins before returning to the college ranks (see above).
In 2007, Trestman spent time with theNew Orleans Saints as a consultant forSean Payton.[12]
On December 18, 2007, Trestman was named head coach for theMontreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The Alouettes lost 22–14 to theCalgary Stampeders in the2008 Grey Cup championship game. At the conclusion of the season, he was nominated for the CFL's Annis Stukus Award as the league's top coach, with Calgary'sJohn Hufnagel winning.
In 2009, Trestman led the Alouettes to win the2009 Grey Cup over the Saskatchewan Roughriders, winning with a field goal with no time left on the clock.[13] 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 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 QBAnthony Calvillo won back-to-back MVP awards in 2008 and 2009.
In 2012, Trestman was interviewed by theIndianapolis Colts for their vacant position of head coach. The Colts eventually hiredChuck Pagano.[14]
In early 2013, Trestman was interviewed by theChicago Bears[15] and theCleveland Browns for their respective vacant head coaching positions.[16] On January 16, 2013, he was named head coach of the Bears.[17]
In Trestman's first game with the Bears, they won 24–21 against theCincinnati Bengals; he became the fourth Bears head coach to win his debut game, joiningGeorge Halas (1920),Neill Armstrong (1978) andDick Jauron (1999).[18] After winning in week two against theMinnesota Vikings, Trestman also joined Halas and Armstrong as the only coaches in Bears history to win his first two games as Bears head coach.[19] The week fifteen win against theCleveland Browns improved the Bears to 8–6; at the time, the 8 wins were the most by a first-year head coach in franchise history sincePaddy Driscoll in1956 (9 wins) and the most by a Bears first-year head coach in theSuper Bowl era.[20] 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 theNFC North. Trestman's offensive prowess[21] aided the Bears, who concluded 2013 with the second-best scoring offense with 445 points, only trailing the record-settingDenver Broncos offense, and a 14-place increase from 2012.[22] The Bears also had the fifth-best offensive yardage gained with 4281 yards.[23] The offense also broke team records in total yards (6,109), passing yards (4,450), passing touchdowns (32) and first downs (344).[24]
The Bears struggled during Trestman's second season as head coach, earning 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 theMinnesota Vikings. Trestman and general managerPhil Emery were fired at the end of the season.[25] Trestman issued a final statement before leaving: "I want to thankVirginia,George and the McCaskey family, Phil Emery andTed 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 the warm support my family and I received."[25]
Trestman was appointed as the offensive coordinator for theBaltimore Ravens on January 20, 2015.[26] He was fired on October 10, 2016, a day after a 16–10 loss to theWashington Redskins and replaced byMarty Mornhinweg.
Trestman was named the head coach of theToronto Argonauts on February 28, 2017.[27]
Despite being hired late in the off-season, Trestman's first season in Toronto went above expectations, given 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 Argonautsdefeated the Stampeders 27–24. During that season he won the Annis Stukus Trophy and was named CFL coach of the year.
The 2018 season for the Argonauts under Trestman was filled with poor play and injuries (most notably to quarterbackRicky Ray) resulting in the team missing the post-season following the Grey Cup Championship the year before.
Trestman was fired at the conclusion of the2018 Toronto Argonauts season, the day following the team's 24–9 loss to theOttawa Redblacks (which was played on November 2, 2018) as a direct consequence of the team's poor performance during the 2018 campaign, winning only 4 games the year after winning a championship.[28] The2018 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 theTampa Bay Vipers.[29]
On February 14, 2024, Trestman was hired byJim Harbaugh to join theLos Angeles Chargers as a senior offensive assistant.[30]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
| MTL | 2008 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 1st in East Division | 1 | 1 | Lost inGrey Cup | |
| MTL | 2009 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1st in East Division | 2 | 0 | WonGrey Cup | |
| MTL | 2010 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 1st in East Division | 2 | 0 | WonGrey Cup | |
| MTL | 2011 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 2nd in East Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in East Semi-Final | |
| MTL | 2012 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 1st in East Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in East Final | |
| TOR | 2017 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 1st in East Division | 2 | 0 | WonGrey Cup | |
| TOR | 2018 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 4th in East Division | - | - | Did not qualify | |
| Total | 72 | 54 | 0 | .571 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| CHI | 2013 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2nd in NFC North | did not qualify | |||
| CHI | 2014 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 4th in NFC North | did not qualify | |||
| Total | 13 | 19 | 0 | .406 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | ||
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| TB | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | TBD | 0 | 0 | .000 | Season cancelled |
| Total | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
Trestman has two daughters.
In 2010, he released his first book as an author titledPERSEVERANCE: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork.[31]
Currently, he is serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami Florida School of Law where he is teaching a course on leadership called "A Playbook for Leadership and the Law."[32] He also co-hostedThe Leadership Gameplan Podcast on behalf of the University of Miami School of Law with Greg Levy.[33]
Trestman is a "Football Player Development" instructor for the online sports-career training schoolSports Management Worldwide.[34] He is also a frequent contributor to The 33rd Team, a "football Think Tank" with contributors including[35]Bill Parcells,Bill Cowher,Eddie George,Ronde Barber, andBill Polian, among others.[36]
Trestman is an offensive guru with a strong foundation in the originalWest Coast scheme.
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