Darren Rizzi


Darren Rizzi is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Prior to this, he was the Miami Dolphins Special Teams Coordinator. He was one of few Miami coaches to see multiple regimes. He even interviewed for the Head Coach position for the Dolphins after the 2018 season. After Miami hired Head Coach Brian Flores, they decided to move on from Rizzi. Before the NFL, he was the head coach of the University of New Haven Chargers football team from 1999–2001 and the Rhode Island Rams football team in 2008. He compiled an overall record of 18–23–0.

Early Life

Rizzi grew up in Hillsdale, New Jersey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in nearby Oradell. He was later a resident of Oradell.

NFL Coaching

Dolphins

Rizzi coordinated the Dolphins special teams efforts from 2011-2018, additionally serving as assistant head coach/special teams coordinator from 2015-2016 and associate head coach/special teams coordinator from 2017-2018.

Saints

On February 1, 2019, the New Orleans Saints hired Rizzi as the Special teams coordinator.

Head coaching record