Ken Zampese
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Santa Monica, California, U.S.
.jpg) Zampese with the Washington Football Team in 2020 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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| Title | Senior offensive assistant • Pass game specialist |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 19, 1967 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Positions | Wide receiver • Return specialist |
| High school | San Diego (CA) University |
| College | San Diego (1985-1988) |
| Career history | |
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| Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference | |
Kenneth Zampese (born July 19, 1967) is an American professional football coach who currently serves as a senior offensive assistant and pass game specialist for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Zampese began his coaching career at the University of San Diego, his alma mater, and has held a variety of college and NFL coaching positions. He is the son of former NFL coach Ernie Zampese.
Zampese's father, Ernie Zampese, spent 36 years as a coach in the NFL with the New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Washington Redskins, and both the Los Angeles Rams and St. Louis Rams.[1] Ernie Zampese is known best for his role on the Chargers' offensive coaching staff in the 1970s and 1980s, when he helped engineer the famed Air Coryell offense. The offense is still considered one of the best passing offenses in NFL history—featured Hall of Famers Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow, along with John Jefferson and Wes Chandler. These dynamic players operated in a scheme that led the league in passing yards an NFL-record six consecutive seasons (1978–1983).
Zampese attended the University of San Diego from 1985 to 1988, where he played on the football team as a wide receiver, kick returner and punt returner. He was also a member of the Sigma Pi fraternity.[2]
