Evan Rothstein is an American football coach who is the assistant quarterbacks coach and director of game management for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).
| New England Patriots | |
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| Position: | Assistant quarterbacks coach / Director of game management |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Bellmore (NY) John F. Kennedy High School |
| College: | SUNY Cortland |
| Career history | |
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Early life and education
editEvan Rothstein is a native of Merrick, New York and attended Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School. He graduated SUNY Cortland in 2009 with a bachelor in sports management; he followed with a 2012 master's degree in sports management.[1]
Coaching career
editSUNY Cortland
editFrom 2006 to 2009 he was a student assistant football coach at Cortland. His duties included video operations, assisting with the offensive line and quality control.[2] In the 2010 spring season, he worked briefly with the Cortland offensive line, before moving on to Syracuse.[3]
Syracuse University
editRothstein interned with Syracuse's video operations department during the fall of 2009.[1] Rothstein spent two seasons at Syracuse, 2010–2011, as offensive quality control coach.[4]
Detroit Lions
editHe joined the Lions in 2012 as a quality control/special team coach and had responsibility for breaking down film of opponents. Rothstein was offensive assistant coach 2015–2017.[5] In 2018, under coach Matt Patricia, he became "head coach assistant/research & analyst," mainly focusing on defense.[6] In December 2020, because of quarantine restrictions, he became the defensive play caller for a game against Tom Brady.[3]
New England Patriots
editRothstein moved to the Patriots in 2021, with Matt Patricia.[7] He started out as a member of the research and analysis department.[8] He moved up to offensive assistant in 2022 and in 2023 became assistant quarterback coach. In the 2024 move to a new head coach, Rothstein was retained and given a new role, assisting head coach Jerod Mayo in situational matters; there was no official name designated for this position.[9] His role appears to be similar to that of former Patriot research director, Ernie Adams.[10][11]
Personal
editRothstein is married and has three children.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "NFL media guide" (PDF). Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Lions hire UCLS's Frank Fraley as line coach". Detroit News. February 16, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Birkett, Dave (December 24, 2020). "Detroit Lions' Evan Rothstein 'one of those guys that kind of crunches all the numbers'". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Lions announce two coaching updates". www.detroitlions.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Detroit Lions offensive assistant coach history | Pro Football History.com". pro-football-history.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ mdaniels@masslive.com, Mark Daniels | (December 29, 2023). "How under the radar Patriots 'genius' helps Bailey Zappe". masslive. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Buchmasser, Bernd (January 25, 2021). "Evan Rothstein flew under the radar when the Patriots hired him. Here is why he shouldn't have". Pats Pulpit. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Garrity, Cam. "Meet the Patriots' new coaches on offense — mostly young but experienced". The Providence Journal. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Deep dive into Patriots' 2024 offensive coaching staff". Patriots Wire. February 23, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Buchmasser, Bernd (May 6, 2024). "Jerod Mayo gives insight into Evan Rothstein's new role with the Patriots". Pats Pulpit. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Belichick's new Ernie? Rothstein part of brain trust that's ushered along Zappe". NBC Sports Boston. October 13, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2024.