Lou Anarumo

Lou Anarumo (born August 18, 1966) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the defensive backs coach at Purdue under Joe Tiller and Danny Hope from 2004 to 2011, the Miami Dolphins from 2012 to 2017, and the New York Giants in 2018.

Lou Anarumo
Cincinnati Bengals
Position:Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1966-08-18) August 18, 1966
Career information
College:Wagner College
Career history
As coach:
Coaching stats at PFR

Early years

Anarumo was born in Staten Island, New York in 1966. He attended Wagner College where he earned his degree in special education. While at Wagner, he served as the Junior Varsity head coach at Susan E. Wagner High School in Staten Island.[1]

Coaching career

Anarumo served as the part-time running backs coach at Wagner in the spring of 1990 before he moved to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy during the fall of 1990 to serve in the same capacity. From there, Anarumo went to Syracuse University where he served as a graduate assistant under Phil Elmassian working with the defensive backs. Anarumo then returned to the Merchant Marines as the defensive coordinator before being hired at Harvard to serve as the assistant head coach and defensive backs coach. It is at Harvard that Anarumo met former boss Joe Philbin, who at the time served as Harvard's offensive line coach. Anarumo made a stop at Marshall before being hired to replace Elmassian at Purdue where he served until he was hired by the Miami Dolphins in 2012.[2][3] On October 8, 2015, he was chosen to be the interim defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins to replace Kevin Coyle who was fired the same day. Due to the changes in coaching staff following the 2015–16 season, he was once again made the defensive backs coach under Adam Gase, the now head coach for the 2016–17 season.

On January 25, 2018, Anarumo was named as defensive backs coach for the New York Giants.[4]

Anarumo was hired by the Cincinnati Bengals as their defensive coordinator on February 21, 2019.[5] He assumed Steve Jackson's cornerbacks coaching duties for the team's weeks 11 and 12 games in 2020 against the Washington Football Team and New York Giants due to Jackson missing the games for COVID-19 pandemic protocols.[6][7]

Personal life

Anarumo is married to Fran Anarumo. They have three children: Madison, Louis, and Christopher.[8]

References
  1. "Lou Anarumo Profile". PURDUESPORTS.com - Official Athletic Site. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  2. Bolin, Ross. "Lou Anarumo joins Miami Dolphins coaching staff". WLFI - West Lafayette, Indiana. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  3. Dowd, Tom. "Dream chance for ex-Wagner assistant Lou Anarumo with Miami Dolphins". SILive.com. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  4. Alper, Josh. "Pat Shurmur continues filling out his Giants staff". profootballtalk. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  5. Terrell, Katherine (February 21, 2019). "Giants coach Lou Anarumo named Bengals DC". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  6. Baby, Ben (November 20, 2020). "Cincinnati Bengals to be without 3 position coaches due to COVID-19 reasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  7. "Two Assistants To Miss Giants Game". Bengals.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  8. "Miami Dolphins: Lou Anarumo". Retrieved September 19, 2012.
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