{{short description|American football coach (born 1937)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jim Vechiarella | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|2|20}} | birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Rayen (OH) | college = Youngstown State | pastcoaching = * Charlotte Hornets (1975) <br> Defensive line coach * Tulane (1978–1980) <br> Assistant coach * Los Angeles Rams ({{nfly|1981}}–{{nfly|1982}}) <br> Special teams coach * Kansas City Chiefs ({{nfly|1983}}–{{nfly|1985}})<br>Special teams coordinator & linebackers coach * New York Jets ({{nfly|1986}}–{{nfly|1989}})<br>Linebackers coach * Cleveland Browns ({{nfly|1990}})<br>Defensive coordinator * Philadelphia Eagles ({{nfly|1991}}–{{nfly|1994}})<br>Linebackers coach * New York Jets ({{nfly|1995}}–{{nfly|1996}})<br>Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach * San Diego Chargers ({{nfly|1997}}–{{nfly|2001}})<br>Defensive coordinator | pfrcoach = VechJi0 }} '''Jim Vechiarella''' (born February 20, 1937) is an American football coach who last served as interim defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers in 2001. He was defensive coordinator for the New York Jets from 1995 to 1996 under head coach Rich Kotite.<ref>{{cite news |title=These Guys Look Familiar (Published 1995) |work=The New York Times |date=13 January 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010824/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/13/sports/these-guys-look-familiar.html?pagewanted=1 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/13/sports/these-guys-look-familiar.html?pagewanted=1}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/03/sports/jets-have-a-wild-card-belichick.html?pagewanted=1 Jets Have a Wild Card: Belichick]</ref>
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