Facts: - highschool: elizabeth -lrb- nj -rrb- - debutteam: washington redskins - birth date: 18 november 1963 - weight: 203 - debutyear: 1986 - coachregrecord: 2 -- 1 -- 0 - finalteam: washington redskins - coachplayoffrecord: 0 -- 0 - heightin: 2 - heightft: 6 - college: temple - coachdebutteam: morehouse college maroon tigers - name: todd bowles - currentteam: new york jets - coachdebutyear: 1997 - birth place: elizabeth , new jersey - undraftedyear: 1986 - position: head coach - coachrecord: 2 -- 1 -- 0 - nflnew: toddbowles/2499735 - pfrcoach: bowlto0 - finalyear: 1993 - image: http : Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of todd bowles .
todd robert bowles -lrb- born november 18 , 1963 -rrb- is an american football head coach for the new york jets of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .he played eight seasons in the nfl as a safety , mainly for the washington redskins , and started in super bowl xxii .bowles was the defensive coordinator for the philadelphia eagles in 2012 , and then for the arizona cardinals in 2013 and 2014 .he was the interim head coach for the miami dolphins for the final three games of the 2011 season with a 2-1 record after the firing of tony sparano .