Nolan Cromwell

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Nolan Cromwell
Title	Offensive coordinator
College	Texas A&M
Sport	Football
Born	January 30, 1955 (1955-01-30) (age 53)
Place of birth	Smith Center, Kansas
Annual salary	$330,000[1]
Career highlights
Awards
As a player: NFL 1980s All-Decade Team Pro Bowl (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) UPI NFC Player of the Year (1980) Football Digest NFL Defensive Back of the Year (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) Daniel F. Reeves Memorial Award (1981)
Playing career
1974–77 1977–87	Kansas (QB) Los Angeles Rams (S)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991 1992–1997 1998 1999–2007 2008–present	Los Angeles Rams (Asst.) Green Bay Packers (ST) Green Bay Packers (WR) Seattle Seahawks (WR) Texas A&M (OC)

Nolan Neil Cromwell (born January 30, 1955) was an All-Pro safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and is the current offensive coordinator at Texas A&M University. Cromwell played for the Rams from 1977 through 1987 and was named to the Pro Bowl in four consecutive years, 1980 through 1983. He played on the Rams' 1979 Super Bowl XIV team.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] College

Cromwell, nicknamed "The Ransom Rambler", was an All-America quarterback for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. In 1976, he set an NCAA record for quarterbacks, which has since been broken, by rushing for 294 yards in a game.

[edit] NFL

He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams as a defensive back in the second round, pick 32, in 1977 and played his entire 11-year career in Los Angeles. He was named the 1980 NFC Defensive Player of the Year by UPI and by the Kansas Committee of 101, and was named by Football Digest as the NFL Defensive Back of the Year in 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983. He was selected to play in four consecutive Pro Bowls, from 1980–1983. At the time of his retirement, he was the Rams' all-time leader in interception return yardage with 671 yards in 37 interceptions. After retirement, he was named to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team and the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] NFL

After retirement as an active player, Cromwell began his coaching career with the Rams. He served as a defensive and special teams assistant in 1991 before being hired by Mike Holmgren to coach special teams for the Green Bay Packers in 1992. In 1998, he moved from special teams to coach the Packers' wide receivers. After two Super Bowl appearances with Green Bay, in 1996 and 1997, Cromwell followed Holmgren to the Seattle Seahawks to coach the wide receivers. In Seattle, Cromwell again made a Super Bowl appearance as a coach during the Seahawks' 2005 season.

[edit] College

On January 5, 2008, Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman named Cromwell to be his offensive coordinator.[1]

[edit] Personal

Nolan and his wife, Mary, have two children, Lance and Jennifer.

[edit] References

1. ^ Texas A&M football assistants better paid under Sherman | Sports News | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas