- Graduate of Steel Valley High School and Catawba College
- Coached 31 seasons at the high school, college, and professional level
- While coaching at Catawba, he also coached in the off-season in NFL Europe
- Known as a tough defensive coordinator he was named head coach of NFL Europe’s Rhine Fire, the youngest coach ever to hold that position.
- Joined the San Francisco 49ers staff in 2007 as a defensive coach
- The 49’ers won the NFC Championship and played the New York Giants in the 2013 Super Bowl
- In 2015 was named head coach of the San Francisco 49ers
- Inducted into the Catawba College and Steel Valley Sports Halls of Fame
