TONY SPARANO
Age: 56, Oct. 7, 1961 • Hometown: New Haven, Conn.
• Was head coach from 1994 to 1998 at his alma mater, the University of New Haven, where he had played center.
• Head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2008-2011; also the interim head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2014.
• Other NFL stops included Cleveland, Washington, Jacksonville, Dallas, New York Jets, San Francisco and Minnesota.
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