{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1982)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Donovan Raiola | image = | image_size = | caption = | number = | current_team = | position = Offensive line coach | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|13}} | birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 293 | high_school = Kamehameha Schools<br/>(Honolulu, Hawaii) | college = Wisconsin | undraftedyear = 2006 | pastteams = * St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|2006}})* * Amsterdam Admirals ({{NFLE Year|2007}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Donovan Raiola |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/r/raio00400.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref> * St. Louis Rams (2007)* * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|2007}})* * St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|2007|2008}})* * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2008}})* * Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2009}})* * Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2009}})* * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2010}})* * Omaha Nighthawks ({{UFL Year|2010}}) * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2010}}) * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2011}})* * Omaha Nighthawks ({{UFL Year|2011}}) | pastcoaching = * Kapalama HS (HI) (2012–2013)<br>Offensive line coach * Hawaii (2014)<br>Intern * Notre Dame (2015–2016)<br>Graduate assistant * Aurora (2017)<br>Offensive line coach * Chicago Bears ({{nfly|2018|2021}})<br>Assistant offensive line coach * Nebraska (2022–2025)<br>Offensive line coach | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 1 | pfr = RaioDo00 }}
'''Donovan Raiola''' ({{IPAc-en|r|aɪ|ˈ|oʊ|l|ə}} {{respell|ry|OH|lə}}; born December 13, 1982) is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the offensive line coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gabriel|first=Parker|title=Frost, Huskers finalize addition of OC Mark Whipple from Pitt, new OL coach Donovan Raiola|url=https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/frost-huskers-finalize-addition-of-oc-mark-whipple-from-pitt-new-ol-coach-donovan-raiola/article_5a2ae602-c0fb-5da4-a1fb-e2a07cd625d3.html|access-date=2021-12-08|website=JournalStar.com|date=December 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Whipple and Raiola Named to Nebraska Coaching Staff|url=https://huskers.com/news/2021/12/8/football-whipple-and-raiola-named-to-nebraska-coaching-staff.aspx|access-date=2021-12-08|website=University of Nebraska|language=en|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208160121/https://huskers.com/news/2021/12/8/football-whipple-and-raiola-named-to-nebraska-coaching-staff.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played professionally in as a center in the National Football League (NFL). Raiola was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. He played high school football at Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Raiola was also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Omaha Nighthawks, and Washington Redskins. He is the younger brother of former Nebraska and NFL center Dominic Raiola and the uncle of current Oregon Ducks quarterback Dylan Raiola.
==College career== At Wisconsin, Raiola started 39 games and was a team captain for his senior year. He was named an honorable mention to the All-Big Ten Conference team three times.<ref name="Bears hire ex-player Donovan Raiola">{{cite news|last=Biggs|first=Brad|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-bears-donovan-raiola-coach-20180202-story.html|title=Bears hire ex-player Donovan Raiola as assistant offensive line coach|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=February 2, 2018|accessdate=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
==Professional career==
===Omaha Nighthawks=== Raiola was signed by the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League on September 8, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4088285 |title=UFL Transactions |work=OurSportsCentral.com |publisher=United Football League |date=September 8, 2010 |accessdate=September 8, 2010}}</ref>
===Tampa Bay Buccaneers=== On December 7, 2010, Raiola was signed by the Buccaneers to replace injured starter Jeff Faine.
===Washington Redskins=== Raiola signed with the Washington Redskins on August 4, 2011.
==Coaching career== Raiola served as an intern for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team before joining the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as a graduate assistant, reuniting him with his former offensive line coach with both the Bears and Notre Dame, Harry Hiestand. Hiestand returned to the Bears in 2018, and Raiola followed to serve as the assistant offensive line coach.<ref name="Bears hire ex-player Donovan Raiola" /> Raiola coached with the Bears in this capacity through Week 13 of the 2021 NFL season, when he departed to become the offensive line coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Raiola served as the offensive line coach until December 6, 2025 when Nebraska relieved him of his position.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://huskers.com/staff/donovan-raiola Nebraska profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208172457/http://www.seahawks.com/team/roster/Donovan-Raiola/0260994a-acbe-42d6-b363-d6c5745c392d Seattle Seahawks profile]
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