Bob Wylie Biography
Bob Wylie is an American football coach. He served as the offensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders and the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), both under head coach Hue Jackson. He held the same position for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.
Bob Wylie Age
Bob Wylie was born on February 16, 1951, in West Warwick, Rhode Island United States. He is 68 years old as of 2019.
Bob Wylie Education
Bob Wylie graduated from Roger Williams University. Wylie rose to fame for his jiggling belly and “hut” calls on HBO’s Hard Knocks, appeared on ESPN’s Get Up earlier this week to tell tales about his former team, and more recently, jumped on The Zach Gelb Show on CBS Sports Radio.
Bob Wylie Coaching career
Bob Wylie was one of the offensive line coaches for the Denver Broncos in 2010. He was named the Oakland Raiders offensive line coach on February 1, 2011.
During his first year with the Raiders, the offensive line improved from 29th in the NFL in 2010 to 4th in 2011 in total sacks allowed and 7th in sacks per pass play.
The line also improved in rushing yards from 3.1 yards on 1st down to 4.9 yards and had the leading rusher up to the injury which sidelined RB Darren McFadden.
The Raiders finished the season ranked 7th in total rushing yards, 6th in number of 10+ yards rushing plays, 2nd in a number of 20+ yard rushing plays, tied for 3rd in rushing plays of over 40 yards and tied for 8th in rushes over 50 yards.
In addition, the Raiders’ offensive line cut QB hits in half going from 121 QB hits in the 2010 season to 62 QB hits in 2011.
The line was 91% efficient on the Goal line and 86% efficient in short yardage. The Raiders were 1st in 2min scoring points and only gave up 2 sacks. The line only gave up 12 out of the 25 sacks in 2011.
The offensive line received the Madden Protectors Award in Week 6 for their performance against the Cleveland Browns and rookie guard Stefen Wisniewski was named to the PFW All-Rookie Team.
They also paved the way for RB Michael Bush to rush for 977 yards and seven touchdowns. On January 9, 2019, Wylie was fired by the Cleveland Browns.
Bob Wylie Hard Knocks
In 2018, Bob Wylie was featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks with the Cleveland Browns, a television series produced by NFL Films. Wylie was made famous after a video of him yelling “set hut” went viral.
He was also well received after he compared the stance and athleticism of offensive linemen to that of a gorilla. Wylie was adamant that long periods of stretching were not truly beneficial to football players.
Bob Wylie Net worth
Bob Wylie is an American football coach who has an estimated net worth of $ 1 million dollars as of 2019.
Bob Wylie rips Freddie Kitchens
Former Cleveland Browns offensive line coach Bob Wylie slammed head coach Freddie Kitchens in a radio interview on Saturday. Wylie joined the Zach Gelb Show on CBS Radio and had many critical things to say about the new Browns coach, who opted to not retain Wylie.
After some pleasantries about Wylie’s famous Hard Knocks appearances last summer, the tone of the conversation turned darker. His comments must be prefaced with the fact he wanted to stay but Kitchens let him go.
That’s something Wylie addressed, too: “‘thank you guys, you guys did a great job. Thanks for helping me get the interview, okay? but I’m going to take this job and you guys are going to become collateral damage, that’s what will happen,”’
The veteran line coach had an expressed chagrin that the Browns seem to have much interest in keeping interim head coach Gregg Williams instead of going with Kitchens. The change among the offensive staff clearly bothered Wylie, and he took a shot at how little Kitchens actually coached.
“Kenny Zampese did all the coaching there. Baker likes Freddie, so that had to (inaudible) into the decision (to hire Kitchens).” “Al Saunders did the red zone. I did all the protections.”
Zampese and Saunders came to Cleveland with Hue Jackson after coaching with him in either Cincinnati or Oakland. The circumstances of his firing bothered Wylie, too.
“My daughter called me and said, ‘Hey, dad, you just got fired today,’’ Wylie said. “That’s the first time I head about it. I was laying in a hospital bed they packed up my office and they put my office in storage because I was still in the hospital.”
Wylie had to step away from the team after suffering a nasty leg injury. He’s clearly not happy about being what he called “collateral damage”.
Bob Wylie Fired by Browns After Freddie Kitchens Hire
Bob Wylie had favorite Hard Knocks star on the open market. Per Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, the Cleveland Browns will promote offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens to head coach after firing Hue Jackson during this past season.
Former defensive coordinator-turned-interim coach Gregg Williams will reportedly not return to the organization. But that’s not the only change being made to the coaching staff.
Offensive line coach Bob Wylie is among the assistant coaches who have been let go amid the change in leadership. Wylie, of course, became a viral sensation for his “set hut” calls featured on Hard Knocks last year.
This is just the latest tough break for the 67-year-old. Wylie suffered a broken ankle during a Dec. 20 practice. Wylie held a number of different roles between the college and professional ranks over the past four decades. He joined the Browns’ coaching staff back in January 2017.
Bob Wylie Blasted by Former Browns Coach
Bob Wylie has been making the media rounds talking about his former team. Wylie rose to fame for his jiggling belly and “hut” calls on HBO’s Hard Knocks, appeared on ESPN’s Get Up earlier this week to tell tales about his former team, and more recently, jumped on The Zach Gelb Show on CBS Sports Radio.
While on the radio, Wylie laid into current Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens, lambasting the decision by the franchise to make him the head coach. One of the biggest claims Wylie made was that quarterbacks coach Kenny Zampese was responsible for the team’s strong 5-3 finish, not Kitchens.
“Baker (Mayfield) likes Freddie,’’ Wylie said. “There’s a good relationship there even though (former Browns QB coach) Kenny Zampese did all the coaching there. Baker likes Freddie, so that had to (factor) into the decision.
“(But) Freddie didn’t have any coordinator experience or head coaching experience.” He also noted that he was surprised interim head coach Gregg Williams wasn’t considered more strongly for the position.
“That shocked me because Gregg Williams turned the team around. In the second half of the season, that’s his work that got it to where it is. My own personal feeling is Gregg was too strong a candidate for the seat,’’ Wylie said.
“I don’t think Dorsey wanted to go head-to-head with Gregg like he had to do with Andy Reid in Kansas City, so he kind of filtered Gregg out of the picture and he kept the search going.”
Wiley’s resume in football extends back nearly four decades but he did not survive the coaching turnover this offseason when Kitchens took over. There’s a good chance many of these new comments surfacings can likely be traced back to that.
“(It was like) ‘thank you guys, you guys did a great job. Thanks for helping me get the interview, okay? But I’m going to take this job and you guys are going to become collateral damage, that’s what will happen,’” Wylie said. Wylie said he heard about the firing while laying in a hospital bed recovering from an ankle injury.
“My daughter called me and said, ‘Hey, dad, you just got fired today,’” Wylie said. “That’s the first time I head about it. I was lying in the hospital bed. They packed up my office and they put my office in storage because I was still in the hospital. So that’s how it all kind of went down. That stuff happens in the National Football League.”
Bob Wylie Coached teams
- New York Jets (1990–1991)
Tight ends coach - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992–1995)
Offensive line coach - Cincinnati (1996)
Offensive line coach - Cincinnati Bengals (1997–1998)
Tight ends coach - Chicago Bears (1999–2003)
Offensive line coach - Arizona Cardinals (2004)
Offensive line coach - Syracuse (2005–2006)
Offensive line coach - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2007–2008)
Offensive line coach - Saskatchewan Roughriders (2009)
Offensive line coach - Denver Broncos (2010)
Offensive line coach - Oakland Raiders (2011)
Offensive line coach - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2014–2016)
Offensive line coach - Cleveland Browns (2017–2018)
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