Mike Singletary

Mike Singletary
Singletary with the San Francisco 49ers in 2009
No. 50
PositionLinebacker
Personal information
Born (1958-10-09) October 9, 1958
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolWorthing
(Houston, Texas)
CollegeBaylor (1977–1980)
NFL draft1981: 2nd round, 38th overall pick
Career history
Playing
Coaching
  • Baltimore Ravens (2003–2004)
    Linebackers coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (20052008)
    Assistant head coach & linebackers coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (2008)
    Interim head coach
  • San Francisco 49ers (20092010)
    Head coach
  • Minnesota Vikings (2011–2013)
    Special assistant head coach & linebackers coach
  • Los Angeles Rams (2016)
    Defensive assistant
  • Trinity Christian (TX) (2018–2019)
    Head coach
  • Memphis Express (2019)
    Head coach
  • TSL Generals (2020)
    Defensive coordinator
Awards and highlights
As a player
  • Super Bowl champion (XX)
  • 2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1985, 1988)
  • NFL Man of the Year (1990)
  • 7× First-team All-Pro (1984–1989, 1991)
  • Second-team All-Pro (1990)
  • 10× Pro Bowl (1983–1992)
  • NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
  • Bart Starr Award (1991)
  • PFWA All-Rookie Team (1981)
  • 100 greatest Bears of All-Time
  • Unanimous All-American (1980)
  • Consensus All-American (1979)
  • 2× Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy (1979, 1980)
  • 2× SWC Player of the Year (1979, 1980)
  • 3× First-team All-SWC (1978–1980)
As a coach
  • TSL champion (2020)
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles1,488
Interceptions7
Interception yards44
Fumble recoveries12
Sacks19
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
CareerNFL: 18–22 (.450)
AAF: 2–6 (.250)
Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference

Michael Singletary (born October 9, 1958), nicknamed "Samurai Mike",[1] is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Baylor Bears, Singletary was selected by the Bears in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft and was known as "the Heart of the Defense" for their Monsters of the Midway defense in the mid-1980s. He was part of their Super Bowl XX championship team that beat the New England Patriots. Singletary was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.

Singletary later pursued a career as a coach, first as a linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens, then as the linebackers coach for the San Francisco 49ers. In 2008, the 49ers promoted Singletary to the head coaching position after previous head coach Mike Nolan was fired during the season, and he remained in that position until he was fired after the 49ers were eliminated from playoff contention[2] with one game remaining in the 2010 season. He has also coached for the Los Angeles Rams, the Memphis Express of the now-defunct Alliance of American Football (AAF), and a brief two-season stint as the head coach of a high school team.

  1. ^ "Mike Singletary | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "San Francisco 49ers sack Singletary as coach after elimination". ESPN. December 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.