Ted Marchibroda

Ted Marchibroda is a former NFL quarterback and head coach. Marchibroda played four seasons in the NFL after being drafted in the first round of the 1953 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. His time with the Steelers would be short-lived, only lasting three seasons until playing his final season with the Chicago Cardinals. After his retirement as a player, Marchibroda would go on to get started in coaching as the offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins, later scoring his first head coaching position in 1975 with the Baltimore Colts. He experienced instant success, leading the Colts to a division title in his first season with the team. The Colts would go on to win two more division titles in Marchibroda’s four year tenure until his departure in 1979. After leaving the Colts, Marchibroda would become offensive coordinator for a multitude of teams, eventually become head coach again, this time for the Indianapolis Colts, in 1987. After a short three year tenure with the Colts, Marchibroda would take his final coaching position as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens in 1996, before his retirement from football in 1998, compiling a career record of 87-98-1.