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Special Teams Coordinator |
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1 years with the Colts |
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Ray Rychleski enters his first season as special teams coordinator of the Colts. Rychleski joined Indianapolis from the University of South Carolina, where he served one season as special teams coordinator and tight ends coach.
In 2008, South Carolina ranked 2nd in the Southeastern Conference in kickoff coverage. Under his guidance, TE-Jared Cook was First-Team All-SEC. Rychleski helped the Gamecocks reach the Outback Bowl after not reaching a bowl game the previous season.
Rychleski has 29 years of coaching experience, 27 at the collegiate level. Rychleski spent 2001-07 as special teams coordinator and tight ends/H-backs coach at the University of Maryland. In his seven seasons, Maryland had zero punts blocked, the longest streak in Division I-A football. His units blocked 22 kicks and had eight returns for touchdowns during that span. In 2007, Maryland led the country in kickoff return yardage defense, allowing 16.56 yards per KOR. Rychleski coached an All-Atlantic Coast Conference punter for six straight years (2001-06), had one specialist selected in the NFL draft and had five others sign as free agents. During Rychleski’s tenure, he helped Maryland to a 56-31 record and five bowl appearances. Rychleski coached four tight ends at Maryland who currently play in the NFL. He was a part of the 2001 team that won the ACC and had a BCS appearance in the Orange Bowl. The school produced at least 10 wins from 2001-03.
Prior to Maryland, Rychleski spent eight seasons (1993-2000) at Wake Forest University under Jim Caldwell, coaching the defensive line (1993-95), linebackers (1996-98) and special teams and tight ends (1999-00).
Rychleski began his coaching career at the high school level in Pennsylvania in 1979. He spent eight seasons at Temple (1981-88), first serving as a graduate assistant in 1981. Rychleski served as defensive coordinator/inside linebacker coach at Northeastern for two seasons (1989-90) before spending 1991 as graduate assistant at Penn State and one summer with the Toronto Argonauts as a volunteer assistant. Rychleski was special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at East Stroudsburg University in 1992, where he helped the school to their best record in 13 years.
Rychleski was born September 27, 1957 in Old Forge, Pa. He earned his degree in social studies from Millersville (Pa.) State College (now known as Millersville University) in 1979.
College: Millersville (Pa.) State College.
Coaching Career: Temple 1981-88; Northeastern 1989-90; Penn State 1991; East Stroudsburg University 1992; Wake Forest 1993-00; Maryland 2001-07; South Carolina 2008; Indianapolis Colts 2009-present.
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