Chris Scelfo Chris Scelfo is an American football coach , currently serving as the tight ends coach for the Atlanta Falcons . He served as head coach at Tulane from 1998 to 2006 , including in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , and amassed a 37 – 57 record . Scelfo is the only Tulane head coach to have won two bowl game s . He previously held assistant coaching positions at Marshall and Georgia . Early life . Scelfo was born in Abbeville , Louisiana on September 30 , 1963 , and later lived in New Iberia , Louisiana , where he attended New Iberia High School . He went on to college at Northeast Louisiana University . He played football in high school and college , and was a three - year letterwinner at both institutions . In college , he also served as the team captain . Scelfo graduated with a bachelor ' s degree from Northeast Louisiana in 1986 and received a master ' s degree from there in 1988 . Coaching career . Scelfo gained his first coaching experience as a graduate assistant at his alma mater from 1986 to 1987 , and then in the same position at the University of Oklahoma from 1988 to 1989 . He then served as the offensive line coach at Marshall University from 1990 to 1995 , and also held the position of offensive coordinator in his last three seasons there . Scelfo then spent three seasons at the University of Georgia as its assistant head coach and offensive coordinator . Tulane University in New Orleans hired Scelfo to replace Tommy Bowden as its 36th coach mid - season on December 7 , 1998 . The only game he coached that year was the Liberty Bowl , where he led the Green Wave to victory over Brigham Young . With the win , Tulane finished the season with a perfect 12 – 0 record and the Conference USA championship . In 2002 , Scelfo led Tulane to the 2002 Hawai ' i Bowl , where they defeated June Jones ' high - octane Hawaii Warriors . The Green Wave surprised observers by recovering an onside kick on the first play of the game , and went on to win , 36 – 28 . The victory made Scelfo the only Tulane coach in history with two bowl game wins . After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in August 2005 , the Tulane football team was forced to play all 11 of its games on the road , each in a different city , which may have contributed to the Green Wave ' s 2 – 9 record . Ole Miss head coach Ed Orgeron contacted a Tulane assistant about players transferring in the wake of the hurricane . Scelfo accused Ole Miss of tampering and said : " In the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States , you ' ve got to stoop pretty low to do that . You ' re lower than dirt . . . I ' m not going to tolerate that . There ' s people in our business that don ' t belong in our business . " The Southeastern Conference investigated the matter and exonerated Ole Miss of any wrongdoing . After failing to compile a winning season since 2002 , Tulane fired Scelfo on November 29 , 2006 . His final record at Tulane was 37 – 57 . In January 2008 , the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL hired Scelfo as its tight ends coach . Personal life . Scelfo is married to wife Nancy née Caldwell , with whom he has a son and a daughter . His brother , Frank Scelfo , serves as the quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars . His nephew , Anthony Scelfo , played as a quarterback at Tulane .