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- Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
- Attended Defiance College
- Raiders linebackers ranked first, second and fourth in the league for tackles in 2007
- Coached high school football in Ohio
- Won a Division 1-AA National Championship
- Worked under Lou Holtz at Notre Dame
- Teams played in the Fiesta Bowl in 1995, the Orange Bowl in 1996 and the Humanitarian Bowl in 1997
- One daughter, Cassie, and one son, Ty, with wife Laura
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Don Martindale serves as the linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League.
In January of 2009, ESPN reported that Martindale was interviewing with Raiders owner Al Davis and could be promoted to defensive coordinator or head coach of the Raiders.ESPN.com: Sources: Raiders Consider Martindale Davis later shunned the report, saying "once again ESPN has chosen to air something that has no basis in fact."Contra Costa Times: Raiders Shoot Down Report of Martindale As Head Coach
Coaching Career
- 1986: Defiance College Yellow Jackets, defensive assistant
- 1987: Defiance College Yellow Jackets, defensive coordinator
- 1988-93: High school football coach in Ohio
- 1994-95: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, defensive assistant
- 1996: Cincinnati Bearcats, defensive ends coach
- 1997-98: Cincinnati Bearcats, linebackers coach and special teams coordinator
- 1999: Western Illinois Leathernecks, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach
- 2000-02: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator
- 2003: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, defensive coordinator
- 2004-present: Oakland Raiders, linebackers coach
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Don Martindale Questions
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