Mike Pettine

Mike Pettine [#36] (Pro Interviews)

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Subscribe PLEASE! Check out the interview at http://prointerviews.org/MP ==================== Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/ProInterviews/ "Like" me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/ProInterviews ==================== Biography: Mike Pettine was the first assistant coach hired by Rex Ryan at the Jets. He was present at Ryan's introductory press conference on Jan. 21 and Ryan often refers to Pettine as "my right-hand man." Ryan on Mike Pettine: "Mike is a rising star in this league. We're fortunate that we were able to get him on our staff." Pettine's background in football is similar to Ryan's background. While Rex learned from his legendary coaching father, Buddy, Pettine's coaching roots trace to his father, Mike Sr., the head coach for 33 years at Central Bucks West HS in Doylestown, PA. Pettine played for his dad before graduating in 1984 and assisted him for five seasons (1988-92). When Mike Sr. retired as a head coach after the 1999 season, he was the winningest coach in the history of Pennsylvania high school football with a career record of 326-42-4. Pettine spent the past four seasons coaching the outside linebackers for the Baltimore Ravens and had been with the Ravens organization since 2002. Over those four seasons, the Ravens defense finished fifth (2005), first (2006), sixth (2007) and second (2008) in the NFL. In 2006 the defense allowed only 201 points and 264 yards per game. The Ravens' 2008 defense allowed 261.1 yards per game, finishing second overall in the NFL. The unit allowed 244 points, third-fewest in the league, and led the NFL with 34 takeaways, 26 interceptions and a league-low 60.6 opponents' passer rating. Baltimore also yielded a league-low four rushing touchdowns. As the Ravens outside linebackers coach, Terrell Suggs, Adalius Thomas and Jarret Johnson are among the players he had tutored as the Ravens OLB coach on a defensive unit that has always been among the stingiest in the NFL. Before he was promoted to OLB coach in 2005, Pettine assisted Ryan in 2004 coaching the defensive line. In 2002-03, Pettine used his computer expertise to help develop playbooks, scouting reports and video analysis for the defensive coaches. Through the years he has produced innovative coaching programs that utilize football video to develop playbooks and analyze game video. Before entering the NFL, Pettine was the head coach at North Penn High School in Towamencin Township, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. Pettine's 1999 team was featured in the ESPN documentary "The Season." That team went 11-2, with the only two losses to his father's Central Bucks West team, which won the state title in his father's final season as head coach. His dad came out of retirement to assist him during the 2001 season, Pettine's final year coaching in high school.