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Rod Rust

Rodney A. Rust

Born: August 2, 1928 in Webster City, IA
College: Iowa State

Coaching Results

Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1990 62 New England Patriots NFL 16 1 15 0 .063 5
15 yrs 16 1 15 0 .063 0 0 0 3.3 Avg Finish
6 yrs KAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2
6 yrs NWE 16 1 15 0 .063 0 0 0 2.3
1 yr ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
1 yr NYG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
1 yr PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0

Games over .500: -14
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 0
Division Championships: 0

Team's Ranks

Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
Overall Offense Rushing Off Passing Off Defense Rushing Def Passing Def
Year Tm Tms WL% T/G Pts± Yds± Yds Pts GvA Att Yds TD Y/A FL Att Yds TD Int NY/A Yds Pts TkA Att Yds TD Y/A FR Att Yds TD Int nY/A
1978 KAN 28 26 11 26 17 15 24 4 2 2 5 2 15 25 27 27 1 26 20 22 24 21 18 24 18 24 4 17 14 19 27
1979 KAN 28 18 12 18 25 27 26 9 9 13 10 12 16 28 28 28 7 28 12 5 17 11 6 1 6 22 27 22 20 10 11
1980 KAN 28 14 2 16 26 28 14 5 9 18 14 28 17 28 27 23 3 24 18 19 6 18 21 17 21 12 21 10 22 3 6
1981 KAN 28 10 13 11 16 17 12 22 2 3 4 3 27 28 25 27 13 18 17 10 5 13 3 17 2 5 27 23 6 6 15
1982 KAN 28 21 1 15 20 25 16 1 16 21 27 24 1 21 21 16 2 22 10 18 14 16 19 9 11 11 8 10 17 14 18
1983 NWE 28 13 16 15 20 13 24 11 10 5 5 1 20 26 25 21 5 15 20 3 17 20 21 1 16 9 17 17 6 23 13
1984 NWE 28 9 18 12 11 14 10 5 19 11 14 8 10 13 16 6 3 15 9 18 25 15 12 8 9 28 14 12 20 20 10
1985 NWE 28 4 7 6 6 9 10 23 4 6 15 12 20 25 14 15 14 6 7 6 3 11 6 12 4 2 19 9 2 9 6
1986 NWE 28 5 2 5 12 13 2 1 18 28 20 28 6 6 4 3 2 6 16 10 9 20 24 24 23 2 6 6 3 13 13
1987 NWE 28 10 4 9 20 23 15 5 5 20 17 26 7 23 24 13 11 19 11 9 7 18 14 13 7 4 26 15 5 10 6
1988 KAN 28 25 17 21 18 22 23 10 22 22 26 19 4 10 16 18 20 21 10 15 21 28 28 28 24 18 1 1 1 16 11
1989 PIT 28 10 3 21 28 28 24 7 11 18 6 21 23 28 28 28 3 28 19 15 3 21 19 19 18 3 22 16 8 9 13
1990 NWE 28 28 18 28 28 26 28 19 23 25 28 27 19 10 20 24 17 28 27 27 12 28 28 28 27 5 1 13 15 20 28
1992 NYG 28 18 12 17 21 22 13 3 9 6 2 4 11 22 25 24 2 25 18 26 26 17 25 25 25 18 3 16 22 23 26
1996 ATL 30 28 29 29 26 17 19 28 30 27 19 5 8 4 9 5 29 16 29 30 26 20 26 25 28 2 4 27 25 30 30
15 yrs %tile 47 65 45 34 33 42 68 59 50 53 51 55 33 30 37 73 33 46 49 53 38 40 44 47 64 56 53 60 50 49
6 yrs KAN 36 70 40 31 24 35 73 68 57 52 51 56 20 18 21 76 21 52 51 52 40 47 46 55 49 51 54 56 63 51
6 yrs NWE 63 65 59 46 45 51 65 57 47 45 43 55 42 42 55 73 51 50 60 60 37 41 52 52 74 54 61 73 47 58
1 yr ATL 10 7 7 17 47 40 10 3 13 40 87 77 90 73 87 7 50 7 3 17 37 17 20 10 97 90 13 20 3 3
1 yr NYG 39 61 43 29 25 57 93 71 82 96 89 64 25 14 18 96 14 39 11 11 43 14 14 14 39 93 46 25 21 11
1 yr PIT 68 93 29 4 4 18 79 64 39 82 29 21 4 4 4 93 4 36 50 93 29 36 36 39 93 25 46 75 71 57

Coaching History

Year Age Level Employer Role
1978 50 NFL Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
1979 51 NFL Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
1980 52 NFL Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
1981 53 NFL Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
1982 54 NFL Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
1983 55 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator
1984 56 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator
1985 57 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator
1986 58 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator
1987 59 NFL New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator
1988 60 NFL Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coordinator
1989 61 NFL Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Coordinator
1990 62 NFL New England Patriots Head Coach
1992 64 NFL New York Giants Defensive Coordinator
1996 68 NFL Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator

Worked For

NFL head coaches this coach worked under in his career.
Name Role
Raymond Berry Defensive Coordinator
Frank Gansz Defensive Coordinator
Ray Handley Defensive Coordinator
June Jones Defensive Coordinator
Marv Levy Defensive Coordinator
Ron Meyer Defensive Coordinator
Chuck Noll Defensive Coordinator