Greg Manusky
Gregory Manusky is an American professional football coach and former linebacker. Manusky started his coaching career as a linebacker coach for two teams over six seasons. From there, he transitioned to a defensive coordinator for four teams over 12 seasons, totaling 19 seasons as a defensive coach. Prior to coaching, Manusky played as a linebacker in the National Football League for three teams over 12 seasons. Manusky played college football at Colgate University and high school football at Dallas High School.
Coaching career
Washington Redskins (first stint)
After 12 years of playing linebacker for three different teams, including the Washington Redskins, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Kansas City Chiefs, Manusky began his coaching career as a volunteer training camp assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2000, assisting his former Vikings defensive coordinator Tony Dungy with linebackers and special teams. His first full-time coaching position was in 2001, as he was hired as linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins under Marty Schottenheimer, who Manusky played for during his time on the Chiefs.San Diego Chargers
Manusky followed Schottenheimer from Washington to the San Diego Chargers in 2002, as Schottenheimer, newly hired as the Chargers head coach, named Manusky linebackers coach. He remained in this position for five seasons. After the San Diego Chargers finished the 2006 season with a 14–2 record, Manusky accepted a defensive coordinator position with the San Francisco 49ers for the 2007 season.San Francisco 49ers
Manusky spent four years as the San Francisco 49ers under 49ers head coach Mike Singletary. After the 2010 season, Singeltary was fired by the team. Former Stanford University head coach Jim Harbaugh replaced Singletary. Harbaugh gave Manusky permission to interview with other teams. Manusky ultimately accepted the defensive coordinator job with the Chargers, with whom he had previously worked as a linebackers coach.San Diego Chargers
Manusky spent a year as a defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. After an 8–8 season, the Chargers decided to part ways with Manusky. Subsequently, the Indianapolis Colts named him as their defensive coordinator for the 2012 season.Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts hired Manusky as their defensive coordinator on February 2, 2012. He spent four years under head coach Chuck Pagano. After four seasons, he was fired by the Colts on January 5, 2016.Washington Redskins (second stint)
On January 22, 2016, Manusky was hired to be the outside linebackers coach for the Washington Redskins. A year later, the Redskins promoted him to defensive coordinator.In the 2018 season, safety D. J. Swearinger publicly criticized Manusky and his play calling following the team's Week 16 loss to the Tennessee Titans. Despite being one of the better defensive players on the team that season, Swearinger was released the next day by head coach Jay Gruden for his comments against the Manusky.
Manusky left the team among staff turnover after the Redskins hired Ron Rivera as their new head coach following the 2019 season.