Adam Stenavich

Adam Walter Stenavich (born March 11, 1983) is an American football coach and former offensive tackle who is currently the offensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Michigan. Stenavich has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys.

Adam Stenavich
Stenavich in 2013 as Michigan Wolverines graduate assistant.
Green Bay Packers
Position:Offensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1983-03-11) March 11, 1983
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:310 lb (141 kg)
Career information
High school:Marshfield (WI)
College:Michigan
Undrafted:2006
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

High school and college

Stenavich graduated from Marshfield High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin. At Michigan, he earned a bachelor's degree in history.

Stenavich took over as starting left tackle at Michigan his sophomore year and kept the spot through his senior year. He was named to the All Big Ten first team in 2004 and the All Big Ten second team in 2005. He was also a recipient of the Hugh R. Rader Jr. Memorial Award as Michigan's top offensive lineman in 2005.

Professional career

Pre-draft

Prior to the draft, it was reported that Stenavich struggled with speed pass-rushers and would possibly move inside to guard at the professional level.[1]

Carolina Panthers

After completing his career at the University of Michigan, Stenavich was not selected in the 2006 NFL Draft. Within hours of the draft, Stenavich was signed by the Carolina Panthers. After pre-season training, Stenavich was released.

Green Bay Packers

Stenavich was signed to the Green Bay Packers practice squad during the 2006-2007 season. He re-signed with the Packers as a reserve/future free agent, January 1, 2007. The Packers designated Stenavich eligible for play in NFL Europa in 2007 and he was drafted in the first round by the Amsterdam Admirals. He returned to the Packers following the NFL Europe season, but was released as part of the team's final roster cuts before the 2007-2008 season.

Dallas Cowboys

On May 14, 2008, Stenavich was signed by the Dallas Cowboys. He was released on August 29 to allow guard Larry Allen to re-sign and retire a Cowboy.

Houston Texans

Three days after his release from the Cowboys, Stenavich was signed to the practice squad of the Houston Texans on September 1, 2008. He spent the 2009 season on the team's practice squad as well, and was re-signed to a future contract on January 5, 2010. On September 4, 2010, Stenavich was cut by the Texans[2]

Coaching career

At the conclusion of his playing career, Stenavich moved on to coaching. In 2011, he joined the Michigan staff as a strength and conditioning intern.

In 2012, Stenavich remained on staff as an offensive graduate assistant coach.

In 2014, Stenavich was offensive line coach at Northern Arizona University.

Stenavich was hired by San Jose State in February 2015 to be offensive line coach under Ron Caragher.[3] San Jose State fired Caragher after the 2016 season.

In 2017, Stenavich joined Curt Mallory's staff at Indiana State for a brief time before being named assistant offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers.

On January 18, 2019, he was hired by the Green Bay Packers to be the offensive line coach.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Durkin, Jimmy. "San Jose State hires Michigan man to coach offensive line". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tony Pape		 Michigan Wolverines Left Tackle
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Jake Long
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