Rusty Tillman

Coaching Record

Years Coached Record Win % Playoff record Playoff win %
23 164-196-0 45.56% 4-5 44.44%

Biography

Career Summary

Rusty Tillman was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 2005, finishing his career as the special teams coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Over his twenty-three years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 164-196-0.

Career Awards

During the 1992 season as the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks he coached Cortez Kennedy to the AP Defensive Player of the Year.

Personal Information

Tillman was born on Wednesday, February 27, 1946 in Beloit, Wisconsin. He died on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at the age of 75.


History

Year Position Record Playoff record
2005 Minnesota Vikings Special Teams Coach 9-7-0 0-0
2004 Minnesota Vikings Special Teams Coach 8-8-0 1-1
2003 Minnesota Vikings Special Teams Coach 9-7-0 0-0
1998 Indianapolis Colts Defensive Coordinator 3-13-0 0-0
1997 Oakland Raiders Special Teams Coach 4-12-0 0-0
1996 Oakland Raiders Special Teams Coach 7-9-0 0-0
1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive Coordinator 7-9-0 0-0
1994 Seattle Seahawks Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 6-10-0 0-0
1993 Seattle Seahawks Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 6-10-0 0-0
1992 Seattle Seahawks Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers Coach 2-14-0 0-0
1991 Seattle Seahawks Linebackers Coach / Special Teams Coach 7-9-0 0-0
1990 Seattle Seahawks Linebackers Coach / Special Teams Coach 9-7-0 0-0
1989 Seattle Seahawks Linebackers Coach / Special Teams Coach 7-9-0 0-0
1988 Seattle Seahawks Linebackers Coach / Special Teams Coach 9-7-0 0-1
1987 Seattle Seahawks Linebackers Coach / Special Teams Coach 9-6-0 0-1
1986 Seattle Seahawks Tight Ends Coach / Special Teams Coach 10-6-0 0-0
1985 Seattle Seahawks Tight Ends Coach / Special Teams Coach 8-8-0 0-0
1984 Seattle Seahawks Tight Ends Coach / Special Teams Coach 12-4-0 1-1
1983 Seattle Seahawks Tight Ends Coach / Special Teams Coach 9-7-0 2-1
1982 Seattle Seahawks Special Teams Coach 4-5-0 0-0
1981 Seattle Seahawks Special Teams Coach 6-10-0 0-0
1980 Seattle Seahawks Special Teams Coach 4-12-0 0-0
1979 Seattle Seahawks Special Teams Coach 9-7-0 0-0

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