{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1960)}} {{about|the American football coach|the American weather forecaster, educator, and author|John H. Tice|the television personality|Mountain Monsters}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = John Tice | number = 82 | position = Tight end | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|6|22}} | birth_place = Bayshore, New York, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 242 | high_school = Central Islip<br/>(Central Islip, New York) | college = Maryland | draftyear = 1983 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 65 | pastteams = * New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1983|1992}}) | pastcoaching = * Minnesota Vikings ({{nfly|1999}})<br />(Offensive assistant) * Minnesota Vikings ({{nfly|2000}}–{{nfly|2005}})<br />(Tight ends coach) * Army Black Knights (2007–2008)<br />(Offensive line coach) * New York Sentinels (2009)<br />(Offensive line coach) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 158 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 1,603 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 15 | pfr = TiceJo00 }}
'''John Kevin Tice''' (born June 22, 1960, in Bayshore, New York) is an American football coach and former tight end who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints. He is currently the offensive line coach/co-offensive coordinator at Pace University, a Division II school in the Northeast 10 Conference. He was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Football Category with the Class of 2013.
He is also the younger brother of Mike Tice, a former quarterback for Maryland and in the NFL, and former head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilbon|first=Michael|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1982/11/17/the-one-that-got-away-haunts-tight-end-tice/a8b35681-0418-4680-ae56-132ae73c1e66/|title=The One That Got Away Haunts Tight End Tice|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 17, 1982|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> He was an assistant coach for the Vikings during Mike's tenure.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keeffe|first=Michael|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2002/05/12/purple-heart-minnesota-vikings-look-to-central-islips-tice-oleary-for-inspiration/|title=PURPLE HEART Minnesota Vikings look to Central Islip's Tice, O'Leary for inspiration|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=April 9, 2018|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110917051856/http://www.pacesettersathletics.com/sports/fball/coaches/jtice]
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