Bob O`Connor
Bob O’Connor is said to have coached at more levels of football than any other member of the American Football Coaches Association, of which he has been a member for more than 40 years. He has coached junior high, high school (as head coach at five different schools), community college, small college, major university, semi-pro, and with two Super Bowl coaches. In his later years, O’Connor has coached the national teams of Australia and Norway and has also coached European football.
Al Groh is the head football coach at the University of Virginia, a position he assumed in December 2000. Previously, he was a member of Bill Parcells’ staff from 1989 until he replaced Parcells as head coach of the New York Jets in 2000. As an assistant under Parcells, he served as both linebacker coach and defensive coordinator for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Groh has also coached with the Atlanta Falcons, as special teams coordinator and tight end coach; and with the Cleveland Browns, as linebacker coach. He is a former head coach at Wake Forest University and has served as an assistant at The University of South Carolina, Texas Tech, The Air Force Academy, The University of North Carolina, The University of Virginia, and The United States Military Academy. Groh has also served as committee chairman for the Summer Manual of The American Football Coaches Association.
