# John Fassel

John Fassel (born January 10, 1974) is an American professional football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the special teams coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys. He also served as a special teams coach for the Baltimore Ravens, Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Rams, as well as interim head coach for the latter.

## Playing career
### College

Fassel graduated from Morris Catholic High School in 1992. He prepped for two years at Milford Academy in New Berlin, New York before attending the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he played on the Pacific Tigers football team before they dropped their program in December 1995. He then played wide receiver at Weber State University and, following graduation, spent time as an undrafted rookie free agent for the Indianapolis Colts in the preseason of the 1999 season.

## Coaching career
### Oakland Raiders

On January 17, 2009, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis promoted Fassel to special teams coordinator after Brian Schneider took a job with Pete Carroll at USC.
At the end of the 2011 NFL season, the Oakland Raiders fired head coach Hue Jackson and the entire coaching staff, including Fassel. During the season, Fassel had three special teams players (K Sebastian Janikowski, P Shane Lechler, and LS Jon Condo) selected to the 2012 Pro Bowl.

### St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams

On February 1, 2012, the St. Louis Rams announced the hiring of Fassel as their special teams coordinator. Fassel took a lead role in developing the talents of kicker Greg Zuerlein, punter and holder Johnny Hekker and long snapper Jake McQuaide. Together, Zuerlein, Hekker, and McQuaide have combined for seven Pro Bowl appearances and remained together as a unit for seven seasons going into the 2019 season. Under Fassel's guidance, Rams players earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors 15 times. On December 12, 2016, Fassel was announced as the interim head coach for the Los Angeles Rams, after the firing of Jeff Fisher. On January 13, 2017, the day after being hired, new head coach Sean McVay invited Fassel to remain on the Rams coaching staff.

### Dallas Cowboys

On January 7, 2020, Fassel was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as their special teams coordinator. During his tenure in Dallas, Fassel aided in the development of kicker Brandon Aubrey, who earned multiple Pro Bowl honors in 2023 and 2024 as well as being named All-Pro in the latter.

### Tennessee Titans

On January 20, 2025, the Tennessee Titans hired Fassel to serve as their special teams coordinator.

## Personal life

Fassel and his wife Elizabeth have three daughters.
He is known by the nickname "Bones" He is also the son of former NFL head coach Jim Fassel.
On July 26, 2015, Fassel rescued a surfer who was drowning in the ocean in Manhattan Beach, California.

## Head coaching record
### College

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| New Mexico Highlands Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2003–2004) ||||||
| 2003 | New Mexico Highlands | 0–11 | 0–8 | 9th |
| 2004 | New Mexico Highlands | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–7th |
| New Mexico Highlands: | New Mexico Highlands: | 3–19 | 2–14 | |
| Total: | Total: | 3–19 | | |

### Professional

| Team | Year | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason |
| Team | Year | Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result |
| *LAR | 2016 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 3rd in NFC West | – | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
*Interim head coach