Jim Tomsula

Jim Tomsula
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Tomsula in 2017
Washington Redskins
Position: Defensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1968-04-14) April 14, 1968
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Career information
High school: Munhall (PA) Steel Valley
College: Catawba
Career history
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
Head coaching record
Regular season: 6–11 (.353)

James Andrew Tomsula (born April 14, 1968)[1][2] is an American football coach who is the current defensive line coach for the Washington Redskins. He was formerly the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers for one season in 2015. Tomsula was also the head coach for the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe in 2006, and has had various other coaching positions. Tomsula was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Homestead. Attending Catawba College, he played defensive end from 1987–90, after transferring from Middle Tennessee State University after the 1986 season. At Catawba College he made 109 tackles in two seasons[3].

Coaching career

Catawba College

Tomsula began his coaching career as a strength and conditioning coach at Catawba in 1989. After serving as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern under Defensive Coordinator Fred Hamilton, who helped Tomsula gain his defensive mind, from 1992 to 1995, he returned to Catawba where he was a member of the coaching staff until 2005 and help lead the Catawba Indians to four South Atlantic Conference Championships. Notably, Tomsula was inducted into the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame 2015[4].

NFL Europe

Tomsula was an assistant for several years in NFL Europe. He was the defensive line coach for the England Monarchs in 1998 and for the Scottish Claymores from 1999 to 2003. Then in 2004, he became the defensive coordinator for the Berlin Thunder a position he held for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Tomsula became the head coach of the Rhein Fire for the 2006 season.

San Francisco 49ers

Assistant coach

The 49ers hired Tomsula to serve as their Defensive Line Coach during the 2007 season and he coached in that role through the 2014 season.[5] During the 2010 season, Tomsula was named interim head coach for the Week 17 game versus the Arizona Cardinals, after head coach Mike Singletary was fired with one game remaining in the season.[6] He won his first game as 49ers head coach, 38–7 over the Arizona Cardinals. Jim Harbaugh retained Tomsula in his previous position as defensive line coach following Harbaugh's hire as the 49ers head coach for the 2011 season. Tomsula would remain as defensive line coach through all four seasons of the Harbaugh era.

Head coach

On January 14, 2015, Tomsula became the 49ers' head coach,[7] succeeding Jim Harbaugh who had been forced out by 49ers CEO Jed York.[8]

Tomsula employed new coaching practices, which included giving his players breaks to check social media during meetings, shorter, easier practices,[9] and more days off.[10] The result was one of the worst offenses in team history. Scoring only 238 points,[11] the 49ers would struggle to a 5–11 season, with Colin Kaepernick ending the season on injured reserve after being benched. The 49ers would ultimately be eliminated from the postseason in Week 14 of the 2015 regular season.

Tomsula was fired just a few hours after the 49ers season finale against the St. Louis Rams, which the 49ers won 19–16 in overtime.[12] On January 4, 2016, York confirmed that the 49ers would pay Tomsula $14 million for his one season as head coach.

Washington Redskins

On January 23, 2017, Tomsula was hired as defensive line coach for the Washington Redskins.[13]

Head coaching record

NFL Europe

TeamYearRegular seasonPostseason
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
RF2006 640.600––––

NFL

TeamYearRegular seasonPostseason
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
SF*2010 1001.0003rd in NFC West––––
SF2015 5110.3164th in NFC West––––
Total6110.353–––

*Interim head coach

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Jim Tomsula has served:

Personal life

Tomsula's grandfather, James J. Tomsula (1916–2012), was a son of immigrants from Hungary and served in the United States Navy during World War II.[14][15] He is a devout Roman Catholic, but does not push his views on others, stating that "God takes care of everything...I don't give anyone religion lessons."[16]

Tomsula resides in San Jose, California, with his wife and three kids.

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Tomsula Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Who exactly is Jim Tomsula?".
  3. ↑ "Catawba Announces Sports Hall of Fame Class for 2015 | GoCatawbaIndians.com". gocatawbaindians.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Catawba Announces Sports Hall of Fame Class for 2015 | GoCatawbaIndians.com". gocatawbaindians.com. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  5. ↑ Wire, SI. "The 49ers have hired defensive line coach Jim Tomsula as their new head coach".
  6. ↑ "1) He has already served as the head coach of the 49ers". USA Today.
  7. ↑ Fortyniners LakersSpin (2015-01-15), Jim Tomsula Introductory Press Conference, retrieved 2016-07-22
  8. ↑ Brady, James (2015-02-13). "Harbaugh says he didn't leave 49ers by choice". Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  9. ↑ "Is Jim Tomsula worse than the worst head coach of all time? – Inside the 49ers". 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  10. ↑ Parziale, James. "San Francisco 49ers and coach Jim Tomsula cater to millennials, allow players to take phone breaks". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  11. ↑ "San Francisco 49ers Team Encyclopedia | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  12. ↑ "San Francisco 49ers fire coach Jim Tomsula". NFL.com.
  13. ↑ Washington Redskins hire Jim Tomsula as defensive line coach. UPI, January 23 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-29
  14. ↑ "James J. Tomsula obituary". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 25, 2012.
  15. ↑ "James Tomsula". United States Census, 1930.
  16. ↑ Branch, Eric (October 24, 2013). "49ers coach Tomsula returns to roots". The San Francisco Chronicle.
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