Is Joe Judge a first for us?

UpTheMiddlex3Punt

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First alum to coach an NFL team? Any other time, we'd all be celebrating this. And I think ultimately we all will.
 

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Nope. Ray Malavasi was also an alum.

Edit to add: He was coach of the Rams when they lost to the Steelers in Super Bowl XIV.
 

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Judge might be the first former player to be a NFL head coach but I'm not certain of that.

Malavasi didn't play for MSU but was a student assistant coach when Murray Warmath was coach in '52 after leaving Army after the 1951 cheating scandal: Link.

Incidentally, Warmath was an assistant coach at Army when Malavasi was a student and on the Cadets' team.
 
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