{{Short description|American football coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{for|the speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly|Jeff Fitzgerald (Wisconsin politician)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=April 2012}} {{No footnotes|date=May 2012}} }} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jeff FitzGerald | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | current_team = | position = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = Burbank, California | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lbs = | high_school = | college = Cal State-Northridge | pastcoaching = * Cincinnati (1985)<br>Graduate assistant * Alabama (1986–1989)<br>Inside linebackers coach * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{nfly|1990}}–{{nfly|1993}})<br>Defensive assistant * San Diego State (1994–1997)<br>Linebackers coach * Washington Redskins ({{nfly|1998}}–{{nfly|1999}})<br>Linebackers coach * Arizona Cardinals ({{nfly|2000}}–{{nfly|2003}})<br>Linebackers coach * Baltimore Ravens ({{nfly|2004}}–{{nfly|2007}})<br>Linebackers coach * Cincinnati Bengals ({{nfly|2008}}–{{nfly|2011}})<br>Linebackers coach * Indianapolis Colts ({{nfly|2012}}–{{nfly|2016}})<br>Linebackers coach * DC Defenders (2020)<br>Defensive coordinator | highlights = | coachregrecord = | coachplayoffrecord = | coachrecord = | pfrcoach = }}
'''Jeff FitzGerald''' (born April 18, 1960) is an American former football coach. FitzGerald has previously served as a linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, and Indianapolis Colts.
==Coaching career== On January 23, 2008, Fitzgerald was named the linebackers coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. Four years later, he joined Chuck Pagano's staff at the Indianapolis Colts in the same capacity, but was fired after the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2016/01/08/colts-fire-lb-coach-jeff-fitzgerald/78522962/|title=Colts fire LB coach Jeff FitzGerald|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=January 8, 2016|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
In 2019, he became the defensive coordinator for the DC Defenders of the XFL.<ref>{{cite web|last=Samuels|first=Doug|url=https://footballscoop.com/news/source-pep-hamilton-filling-xfl-washington-dc-staff-familiar-college-names/|title=Source: Pep Hamilton filling XFL Washington, DC staff with familiar college names|publisher=Football Scoop|date=May 29, 2019|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.colts.com/team/coaches/Jeff-FitzGerald/5052e0d8-d320-44ce-9e7d-c5b550ddf22c Indianapolis Colts bio]
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