Vince Tobin
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Vince Tobin is a longtime American football coach and former head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. He is currently a special assistant to the Green Bay Packers.
Tobin was a defensive back at the University of Missouri, and entered the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant with the team in 1965. He was Missouri's defensive coordinator from 1971 to 1976. He was the defensive coordinator for the British Columbia Lions of the CFL and for the Philadelphia / Baltimore Stars of the USFL before filling the same role with the Chicago Bears from 1986 to 1992 and the Indianapolis Colts in 1994 and 1995. He was the head coach of the Cardinals from 1996 to 2000, and the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions in 2001.
[edit] Trivia
Vince Tobin's brother is Bill Tobin. Bill was the General Manager of the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts. Vince served as the Colts Defensive Coodinator while Bill was General Manager.
[edit] External links
- Biography at Packers.com
- Pro Football Reference – Cardinals statistics under Tobin
| Preceded by Buddy Ryan |
Arizona Cardinals Head Coaches 1996–1999 |
Succeeded by Dave McGinnis |
| Preceded by Buddy Ryan |
Chicago Bears Defensive Coordinators 1986-1992 |
Succeeded by Bob Slowik |
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