Pettine joins a revamped Chicago defense coach. Since the end of the 2020 season, the Bears have promoted Sean Desai from safety coach to defense coordinator and Bill Shuey from defensive pass analyst / assistant linebacker to outside coach, and has Chris Rumph as defensive coach, Bill McGovern as inside linebacker. coach and Mike Adams as assistant defensive back coach.
Pettine helped Green Bay win the NFC North title and reach the NFC Championship game over the past two seasons. In 2019, the Packers finished ninth in the NFL in points allowed per game (19.6), the first time they have finished in the top 10 since 2010. Green Bay’s defense also finished third with 17 distinctions and is sixth in the ranking of the opponent’s passer (81.1)). The unit also had the first duo in franchise history to post at least 12 bags each in linebackers Za’Darius Smith (13.5) and Preston Smith (12.0).
In 2020, Pettine led a Packers defense that finished ninth in the league in total steps (334.0), eighth in the red-zone touchdown percentage (57.7) and a tenth-ranked position in bags (41). After the season, Za’Darius Smith and cornerback Jaire Alexander were both named the second team All-Pro.
In Pettine’s first season as head coach of the Browns in 2014, he led them to their most wins (7) since 2007, behind a defense that put the NFL in the opponent’s scoring standings (74.1) and the opponent’s percentage (57.1). and finished second in the distinctions (21), finishing fourth in takeaways (29), fifth in the red-zone TD percentage (46.3) and ninth in points per game (21.1).
Bears safety Tashaun Gipson Sr. was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2014 while playing for Pettine and the Browns. Gipson recorded six career-high interceptions, offering them a leading 158-yard touchdown, including a 62-yard shot in a 26-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
Before joining the Browns, Pettine was the defending coordinator with the Jets (2009-12) and Bills (2013) in all five of his seasons.
During Pettine’s four years with the Jets, the defense led the NFL in the opponent’s referee (71.0), the opponent’s percentage (52.6) and the yards per game (186.3); achieves second place in the total meters per game (294.8) and third down efficiency (34.6 percent) and seventh place in points per game (20.0) and takeaways (115).
Pettine helped the Jets reach the AFC Championship in each of his first two years with the team. In 2009, the Jets defense led the NFL in points (14.8), total yards (252.3) and passing yards (153.7) per game and opponent’s rating (58.8). The 14.8 points set a record for the least in one season in franchise history.
In 2010, the Jets defense led the NFL in percentage completion of the opponent (50.7) and third in overall yards (291.5) and rushing (90.9) per game. In 2011, the Jets defense finished third in the opponent’s scoring (69.6), fourth in the pass pass percentage (54.2) and took fifth place in the takeaway (31) – which the third consecutive season was under Pettine that the Jets produced at least 30 takeaways. In 2012, the Jets finished second in passing hits per game (189.8) and the percentage of passes of the opponent (53.8) and seventh place in the points ladder of the opponent (78.2).
In Pettine’s only season in Buffalo in 2013, the Bills led the NFL in the percentage completion of the opponent (55.3), second place in the interceptions (23) and the bags (57), third place in the opponent (74.9), fourth place in passing per game (204.4) and sixth place in takeaways (30).
Prior to joining the NFL coaching staff, Pettine served as head coach at North Penn High School (Lansdale, Pa.) From 1997-2001. He led the school to 45 wins in five seasons, including an 11-2 record in 1999.
Pettine also served as head coach at William Tennent High School (Warminster, Pa.) In 1995-96, taking over a team that has won three games over the past three seasons. He led the team to five wins in his first season and nine wins in 1996. Pettine also coached two seasons at the university level and was a defensive assistant at the University of Pittsburgh in 1993-94.
Pettine began his coaching career for five seasons (assistant to his father, Mike Sr.) at Central Bucks West High School in Doylestown, Pa., Beginning (1988-92). Mike Sr., who has coached the school for 33 seasons, retired after the 1999 campaign as the winning coach in the history of Pennsylvania high school football with a career record of 326-42-4 (.882). Pettine played for his father and earned all-state honors on quarterback and defensive rugby.
Pettine was a two-year letterman as a free safety in Virginia in 1986-87, leading the team with five distinctions in 1986 and setting the singles match record for picks with three against the state of North Carolina that season. has. He earned a degree in economics.
In other coaching news Wednesday, the Bears promoted Mike Snyder from Offensive Quality Control Coach to Offensive Quality Control / Assistant Coach and Henry Burris of Bill Walsh Coaching Fellow to Offensive Quality Control Coach.