Name: Rick Venturi
Position: Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers
College: Northwestern
Years in NFL: 26
Years with Rams: 3

-Joined the Rams as assistant head coach/linebackers in 2006 as part of head coach Scott Linehan’s staff.
 
-Has over a quarter century of NFL coaching experience.

-Prior to joining the Rams, he spent 10 seasons with the New Orleans Saints, last serving as the defensive coordinator (2002-2005).

-He also served as the Saints’ assistant head coach/secondary coach (2000-2001, 1998), the assistant head coach/linebackers coach (1996-1997, 1999) and served as the head coach for eight games (1996).
 
-Coached under Bill Belichick with the Cleveland Browns serving as defensive coordinator/linebackers coach (1995) and secondary coach (1994).

-Broke into the NFL with the Baltimore Colts, accompanying the team during the move to Indianapolis in 1984.

-Served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach during 12 seasons with the Colts (1982-1993), also serving as head coach for 11 games (1991).

-Spent one year as the linebackers coach of the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian Football League (1981).

-Served as the head coach of his alma mater, Northwestern, for three seasons (1978-1980).

-Also served as the defensive backfield coach (1969-1972) and broke into coaching as a graduate assistant with Northwestern (1968).

-Played quarterback and defensive back for the Northwestern Wildcats while earning a dual degree in physical education and history, later adding a master’s degree in education.

-A native of Taylorville, Illinois, his father, the late Joe Venturi, is enshrined in the Illinois High School Football Coaches’ Hall of Fame.

-He is married to Cheri and has two children, daughter Marin and son Jason, and two grandchildren, grandson Aiden and granddaughter Ava.

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