Rick Venturi

Rick Venturi
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1946-02-23) February 23, 1946 Taylorville, Illinois
Playing career
1965–1967	Northwestern
Position(s)	Quarterback, defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1973–1976	Purdue (assistant)
1977	Illinois (DB)
1978–1980	Northwestern
1981	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (assistant)
1982–1983	Baltimore Colts (LB)
1984	Indianapolis Colts (DC/LB)
1985–1990	Indianapolis Colts (LB)
1991	Indianapolis Colts (DC/LB/Interim HC)
1992–1993	Indianapolis Colts (DC)
1994	Cleveland Browns (DB)
1995	Cleveland Browns (DC)
1996	New Orleans Saints (LB/Interim HC)
1997	New Orleans Saints (Ast. HC/LB)
1998	New Orleans Saints (Ast. HC/DB)
1999	New Orleans Saints (Ast. HC/LB)
2000-2001	New Orleans Saints (Ast. HC/DB)
2002–2005	New Orleans Saints (DC)
2006–2007	St. Louis Rams (Ast. HC/LB)
2008	St. Louis Rams (Ast. HC/LB/DC)
Head coaching record
Overall	1–31–1 (college) 2–17 (NFL)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Rick Venturi (born February 23, 1946) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Northwestern University and as longtime National Football League assistant coach known for his defense. As the head coach at Northwestern from 1978 to 1980, Venturi's record was 1–31–1. He coached the beginning segment the Northwestern Wildcats' NCAA Division I record 34-game losing streak. Venturi has served as the defensive coordinator with the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints, and St. Louis Rams. Venturi also served as an interim head coach, in 1991 with the Colts and 1996 with the Saints. As a head coach in the NFL, his career record stands at 2–17.

Venturi played quarterback at Rockford Auburn High School in Illinois as a sophomore and junior, and then at Pekin High School for his senior year before enrolling at Northwestern. While at Northwestern he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. His father, Joe Venturi, was a member of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Joe coached at Pekin High School in Illinois. His brother, John is also a member of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. John coached at Washington High School where he won the 1985 Class 4A State Championship. John's 1983 Washington team was the 4A Runner-Up.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (1978–1980)
1978	Northwestern	0–10–1	0–8–1	10th
1979	Northwestern	1–10	0–9	10th
1980	Northwestern	0–11	0–9	10th
Northwestern:		1–31–1	0–26–1
Total:		1–31–1

References

External links

Rick Venturi at the College Football Data Warehouse

Northwestern Wildcats head football coaches

Paul Noyes (1893)
A. A. Ewing (1894)
Alvin H. Culver (1895–1896)
Jesse Van Doozer (1897)
W. H. Bannard (1898)
Charles M. Hollister (1899–1902)
Walter McCornack (1903–1905)
Alton Johnson (1908)
Bill Horr (1909)
Charles Hammett (1910–1912)
Dennis Grady (1913)
Fred J. Murphy (1914–1918)
Charlie Bachman (1919)
Elmer McDevitt (1920–1921)
Glenn Thistlethwaite (1922–1926)
Dick Hanley (1927–1934)
Pappy Waldorf (1935–1946)
Bob Voigts (1947–1954)
Lou Saban (1955)
Ara Parseghian (1956–1963)
Alex Agase (1964–1972)
John Pont (1973–1977)
Rick Venturi (1978–1980)
Dennis Green (1981–1985)
Francis Peay (1986–1991)
Gary Barnett (1992–1998)
Randy Walker (1999–2005)
Pat Fitzgerald (2006– )

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts head coaches

Keith Molesworth (1953)
Weeb Ewbank (1954–1962)
Don Shula (1963–1969)
Don McCafferty (1970–1972)
John Sandusky (1972)
Howard Schnellenberger (1973–1974)
Joe Thomas (1974)
Ted Marchibroda (1975–1979)
Mike McCormack (1980–1981)
Frank Kush (1982–1984)
Hal Hunter # (1984)
Rod Dowhower (1985–1986)
Ron Meyer (1986–1991)
Rick Venturi # (1991)
Ted Marchibroda (1992–1995)
Lindy Infante (1996–1997)
Jim E. Mora (1998–2001)
Tony Dungy (2002–2008)
Jim Caldwell (2009–2011)
Chuck Pagano (2012– )
Bruce Arians # (2012)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

New Orleans Saints head coaches

Tom Fears (1967–1970)
J. D. Roberts (1970–1972)
John North (1973–1975)
Ernie Hefferle # (1975)
Hank Stram (1976–1977)
Dick Nolan (1978–1980)
Dick Stanfel # (1980)
Bum Phillips (1981–1985)
Wade Phillips # (1985)
Jim E. Mora (1986–1996)
Rick Venturi # (1996)
Mike Ditka (1997–1999)
Jim Haslett (2000–2005)
Sean Payton (2006–2011, 2013– )
Aaron Kromer # (2012)
Joe Vitt # (2012)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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