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Jerry Fontenot

Tight Ends

Biography

The Green Bay Packers named Jerry Fontenot tight ends coach on February 13, 2012.

Fontenot will be entering his seventh season on Green Bay’s coaching staff in 2012, having tutored the team’s running backs this past season. He served as assistant offensive line coach from 2007-10 and as offensive assistant in 2006. In 2011, Fontenot tutored second-year RB James Starks (578 yards) and veteran RB Ryan Grant (559) as they became the first Packers tandem to each rush for 550-plus yards in a season since Edgar Bennett and Dorsey Levens did so in 1996. Also under Fontenot’s direction in 2011, John Kuhn became the first Green Bay fullback to be selected to the Pro Bowl since William Henderson in 2004. Fontenot played center in the NFL for 16 seasons with three different teams (Chicago, 1989-96; New Orleans, 1997-2003; Cincinnati, 2004).

2011 SEASON BIO:

Began his tenure in Green Bay as a coaching intern in the summer of 2006 and remained with the team throughout the season to assist with the offensive line; elevated to full-time status as assistant offensive line coach, Jan. 15, 2007, and then promoted again to running backs coach on Feb. 25, 2011.
Enters his 22nd year in the National Football League.
A longtime center, played 239 NFL games with the Bears, Saints and Bengals from 1989-2004, proving to be extremely durable as a player. Originally a third-round draft choice by Chicago in 1989, began a starting streak of 106 games in 1991, then authored a streak of 80 straight starts from 1999-2003.
Started at center during Mike McCarthy’s five years as New Orleans offensive coordinator (2000-04).
Played every position on the offensive line at Texas A&M, twice earning honorable mention All-American.

Jerry Fontenot begins his sixth season with the Packers and his first as running backs coach in 2011. Promoted to his new post on Feb. 25, 2011, by Head Coach Mike McCarthy, Fontenot takes over the position from Edgar Bennett, who moved into the role of wide receivers coach.

Fontenot joined the Packers in the summer of 2006 as a coaching intern and remained with the team that season as an offensive assistant, working with the offensive line. He was promoted to assistant offensive line coach by McCarthy on Jan. 15, 2007, and spent the past four seasons in that role.

During his five seasons working with the offensive line, Fontenot contributed to the development of several linemen. In 2010, veteran LT Chad Clifton earned Pro Bowl recognition for the second time in his career as he started all 16 contests. Rookie Bryan Bulaga started 12 games at RT after veteran Mark Tauscher was lost for the season due to a shoulder injury, and went on to earn All-Rookie honors from Pro Football Weekly/PFWA. RG Josh Sitton was named the 2010 Offensive Lineman of the Year by the NFL Alumni Association and was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate.

In 2009, Sitton started every game at RG in just his second season, while rookie T.J. Lang played three different positions at times and started games at both tackle spots when needed. From 2006-08, the ‘06 draft trio of Daryn Colledge, Jason Spitz and Tony Moll combined for 103 starts.

A starting center for the New Orleans Saints during McCarthy’s five-year tenure there as offensive coordinator, Fontenot made an indelible impression on McCarthy with his leadership, intelligence, and the respect he commanded in the locker room, qualities he displayed in his first foray into coaching.

Not far removed from his playing days, which concluded after 16 seasons in 2004, Fontenot quickly showed he could relate well to players, prompting McCarthy to retain Fontenot in a full-time capacity in 2007 with the promotion of Joe Philbin to offensive coordinator and James Campen to offensive line coach.

A longtime center, Fontenot played 239 NFL games with the Bears, Saints and Bengals from 1989 through 2004, proving to be extremely durable as a player. Originally a third-round draft choice by Chicago in 1989, Fontenot began a starting streak of 106 games in 1991 with the Bears that continued through his first one-plus seasons with the Saints, whom he joined in 1997 as an unrestricted free agent.

That streak ended with a season-ending knee injury in October 1998. Returning at the start of the 1999 season, Fontenot then started 80 consecutive games for the Saints through the end of the 2003 season before finishing his career with the Bengals in 2004. Fontenot was named a USA Today All-Joe Team selection in 2002 for his excellence without fanfare and his enduring leadership qualities.

In all, Fontenot played on four playoff teams, three with the Bears (1990, ’91, ’94) and one with the Saints (2000). He spent his first year out of football in 2005 working in broadcasting in the Chicago area, handling various football assignments with both WGN and ESPN, before deciding to give coaching a try, which he feels provides more fuel for his passion for the game.

A standout at Texas A&M and a sociology major, Fontenot played every position on the offensive line in college and helped lead the Aggies to three consecutive Southwest Conference titles from 1985 through 1987. He earned all-conference honors three times and was an honorable mention All-American as a junior and senior.

Born in Lafayette, La., Fontenot was a four-sport star at Lafayette High School, earning all-state honors twice in football, finishing as state runner-up twice in the discus, and winning a state championship in baseball.

He and his wife, Stephanie, have three daughters – Gabrielle, Madeleine and Camille.

The Green Bay Packers named Jerry Fontenot tight ends coach on February 13, 2012.

2011 SEASON BIO:

Began his tenure in Green Bay as a coaching intern in the summer of 2006 and remained with the team throughout the season to assist with the offensive line; elevated to full-time status as assistant offensive line coach, Jan. 15, 2007, and then promoted again to running backs coach on Feb. 25, 2011.
Enters his 22nd year in the National Football League.
A longtime center, played 239 NFL games with the Bears, Saints and Bengals from 1989-2004, proving to be extremely durable as a player. Originally a third-round draft choice by Chicago in 1989, began a starting streak of 106 games in 1991, then authored a streak of 80 straight starts from 1999-2003.
Started at center during Mike McCarthy’s five years as New Orleans offensive coordinator (2000-04).
Played every position on the offensive line at Texas A&M, twice earning honorable mention All-American.