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# Would Be Surprised at the High Level of Coaching on American Football Teams in Europe
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In John Rosenberg's 40 years as a baseball coach, he has succeeded at every level. He's a man of many talents and interests; John can also be an author, an inventor, a radio broadcaster, a traveler and much else besides. Nevertheless, football is his passion and he is now one of the finest American football coaches in Europe. In his 16 seasons of coaching in Europe he has compiled an 80% winning record both as a mind coach and coordinator for clubs in Germany and Italy. He laid the foundation with this with an outstanding college coaching career.

Growing up in Boston John graduated from Harvard and then obtained his Masters degree in Education at Penn State, where he launched his coaching career spending 11 years under the tutelage of the legendary Penn State head coach, Joe Paterno.

Those seasons under one of the greatest college coaches ever taught him a great deal with memories that may remain a lifetime. While at Penn State, he coached in 11 bowl games including two national championship games. In 1982, he helped Penn State win its first national championship defeating the University of Georgia (with Herschel Walker) in the Sugar Bowl. However, he admits that one of his true most satisfying experiences was coaching against Dan Marino in Marino's final game at Pitt before maneuvering to the Miami Dolphins.

"I was coaching the defensive secondary and we fell behind 14-0 in the initial quarter under Marino's passing attack," said [프리미어리그중계](http://matv03.com) Rosenberg. "But Coach Paterno convinced us to keep patient and stick to the plan, and gradually we turned the overall game around, winning 48-14 while picking off five Marino passes."

Following Penn State, John took over as head coach at Brown University in 1984 and led them to three straight winning seasons including a 7-3 record in 1987. He left in 1990 to pursue other interests. In 1994 he was enticed to come back to coaching full time, this time in Europe. At the urging of a classic friend John accepted the task as head coach of the Munich Thunder in the newly-formed Football League of Europe. He guided the team to the championship final because first season. An integral factor was his capability to attract former Notre Dame star QB and Heisman trophy runner-up Tony Rice to the team.

Since that time, he has returned to Europe to coach every season but three. He enjoys the lifestyle which allows him to pay five or 6 months at home, which means both Boston, and Los Angeles, and then six to seven months coaching in Europe. As head coach, or defensive coordinator of teams ranging from the Cologne Crocodiles to the Bergamo Lions, John has reached either the German or Italian finals almost each year but three.

One of is own most notable games was the 2002 German championship when, as coach for the Hamburg Blue Devils, he guided the team to a significant upset over the perennial champions, the Braunschweig Lions who were undefeated until that game. He engineered an incredible turnaround when he assumed command of the Munich Cowboys in 2007, following the team had dropped to ab muscles bottom of Division 2 in Germany. In a single season he turned a 1-12 squad right into a 14-0 undefeated team the following year advancing the team to the initial division again.

In 2010 John finds himself in Plattling, a small town in southeast Germany (Bavaria) with a population around 20,000. The Plattling Blackhawks play in Germany's top division and John likes the attitude of the club and the fan support.
