Professional football coach Jim Caldwell serves as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. Caldwell was named head coach of the Colts on January 13, 2009, just one day after previous head coach Tony Dungy announced his retirement.
Caldwell previously served as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach for the Colts. In January of 2008, Caldwell was named as Dungy's successor, when Dungy was ready to retire.
Football Career
Before working with Tony Dungy's Colts, Caldwell held lower-level coaching positions with the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Southern Illinois Salukis, the Northwestern Wildcats, the Colorado Buffaloes, the Louisville Cardinals and the Penn State Nittany Lions. From 1993 to 2000, he served as the head coach at Wake Forest University for seven years, amassing a total of 26 victories. Caldwell then moved into the NFL, taking an assistant coaching position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2001, before joining the Indianapolis Colts coaching staff in 2002.
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Born
January 16, 1955
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1993-2000
Head coach at Wake Forest
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Started as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa
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Teams coached in the NFL
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts
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Helped the Colts to fifth in NFL offense in 2007
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Tutored quarterback Kerry Collins at Penn State University
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Coached in six NCAA bowl games and won a National Championship
