KINGSPORT Drew Lock Jersey , Tenn. (AP) — John Michels, a College Football Hall of Famer whose 27 seasons as a Minnesota Vikings assistant coach included all four of their Super Bowl appearances, has died. He was 87.Michels’ daughter http://www.cardinals...en-jersey-cheap , Sarah Michels-Dunkel, said Friday that her father died Thursday in Kingsport.Michels worked on the Vikings’ coaching staff from 1967-93, making him the longest-tenured assistant coach in franchise history. He was the offensive line coach that entire stretch Andy Isabella Jersey , most of it under coach Bud Grant, aside from one season a running backs coach.He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1953 and 1956 before joining the Canadian Football League’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers, where he played for Grant. Michels later worked on Grant’s coaching staff at Winnipeg and with the Vikings. Michels also was an assistant at Texas A&M for one season.He was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1954-56.Michels played guard on Tennessee’s 1951 national championship team and earned consensus All-America honors in 1952.He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and entered the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. After helping turn around a struggling offensive line in Indianapolis last season Jamel Dean Jersey , Dave DeGuglielmo is now serving as an analyst with the Miami Dolphins.According to Hal Habib of the , DeGuglielmo is assisting Miami offensive line coach Pat Flaherty and was at the team’s rookie mini-camp. Via Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network, DeGuglielmo with serve as a general analyst for both sides of the ball.DeGuglielmo was previously the Dolphins offensive line coach from 2009-11 under head coach Tony Sparano. He worked alongside new Dolphins head coach Brian Flores with the New England Patriots for two years as the offensive line coach of the Patriots from 2014-15.DeGuglielmo signed on to coach the Colts offensive line when everyone expected Josh McDaniels to be the head coach. He remained on staff after McDaniels backed out at the last-minute and the Colts pivoted to Frank Reich instead. After one year together in a forced marriage D.K. Metcalf Jersey , Reich fired DuGuglielmo in favor of Chris Strausser and Howard Mudd.The Colts offensive line saw a massive jump in productivity last season under DeGuglielmo. The selection of Quenton Nelson certainly helped, as did the return of a healthy Andrew Luck, but DeGuglielmo deserves credit for the turnaround as well.
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