John Zamberlin

John Zamberlin
No. 54, 61, 56
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	February 13, 1956 (age 68); Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Woodrow Wilson; (Tacoma, Washington)
College:	Pacific Lutheran
NFL draft:	1979 / Round: 5 / Pick: 135
Career history
As a player:
	New England Patriots (1979–1982); Kansas City Chiefs (1983–1984);
As a coach:
	UMass (1987–1990) (defensive assistant); Eastern Washington (1992–1994) (defensive assistant); Richmond (1995–1996) (defensive coordinator); Central Washington (1997–2006) (head coach); Idaho State (2007–2010) (head coach); Weber State (2011) (defensive tackles coach); Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2012–2013) (linebackers coach); Meridian HS (ID) (2019–present) (head coach);

John Zamberlin (born February 13, 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Meridian High School in Meridian, Idaho, a position he has held since 2019.^[1] Zamberlin played professionally as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the New England Patriots from 1979 to 1982 and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1983 to 1983. He served as the head football coach at Central Washington University from 1997 to 2006 and at Idaho State University from 2007 to 2010.^[2] In 2011, Zamberlin was the defensive tackles coach at Weber State University.^[3]^[2] He was the linebackers coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 2012 to 2013.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Central Washington Wildcats (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (1997–2005)
1997	Central Washington	5–4	3–2	3rd
1998	Central Washington	7–4	4–1	T–1st	NAIA Quarterfinal
1999	Central Washington	4–5	2–2	3rd
2000	Central Washington	5–5	3–1	2nd
2001	Central Washington	4–7	1–2	3rd
2002	Central Washington	11–1	3–0	1st	NCAA Division II First Round
2003	Central Washington	6–4	2–1	2nd
2004	Central Washington	7–4	5–1	1st
2005	Central Washington	8–2	6–0	1st
Central Washington Wildcats (North Central Conference) (2006)
2006	Central Washington	6–5	3–5	T–5th
Central Washington:		63–41	31–15
Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (2007–2010)
2007	Idaho State	3–8	2–6	8th
2008	Idaho State	1–11	1–7	T–8th
2009	Idaho State	1–10	1–7	T–7th
2010	Idaho State	1–10	0–8	9th
Idaho State:		6–39	4–28
Total:		69–80
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ Lycklama, Michael (July 12, 2019). "He played in the NFL, led a D-I program. Now at 63, he's a first-time high school coach". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ a b "John Zamberlin Named Assistant Football Coach". Weber State. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
^ a b "John Zamberlin". Hamilton Tiger-Cats. 2013. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.

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