Jack Del Rio (2015) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Jack Del Rio

Induction:
2015
Class:
1985

Jack Del Rio not only was a feared outside linebacker on the USC football team, but he was an impenetrable catcher on the Trojan baseball team. He was a consensus All-American and Lombardi Award runner-up as a 1984 senior on the football squad, helping USC win the 1985 Rose Bowl (he was Co-MVP of the game). The four-year (1981-84) football letterman twice was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and he won the 1984 Pop Warner Award as the most valuable senior on the Pacific Coast. He also caught for the Trojan baseballers in 1983 and 1984, hitting over .300 both seasons. He won an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 2010. He then spent 12 years playing in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins. He then coached many years in the NFL, including as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-11) and Oakland Raiders (2015-17). He was an NFL assistant coach with the New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens (including on the Super Bowl XXXV champs), Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and Washington Commanders. He also was head coach of the Paris Musketeers of the European League of Football.