Rick Venturi

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Rick Venturi is a former head coach at Northwestern University and longtime NFL assistant known for his defense. As head coach of Northwestern, his career record was 1-31-1, as he coached the early segment of Northwestern's Division I record 34-game losing streak. Venturi has served as defensive coordinator with the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints. With both the Colts and Saints, Venturi has also served as an interim head coach - in 1991 with the Colts and 1996 with the Saints. As a Head Coach, he wasn't very well known though, as his career record stood at 2-17.

He played quarterback at Rockford-Auburn High School in Illinois, and at Northwestern. While at Northwestern he joined The Delta Upsilon Fraternity. His father, Joe Venturi, was a member of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame.

Preceded by: John Pont	Northwestern Wildcats Head Coaches 1978–1980	Succeeded by: Dennis Green
Preceded by: Jim Mora	New Orleans Saints Head Coaches 1996	Succeeded by: Mike Ditka
Preceded by: Ron Meyer	Indianapolis Colts Head Coaches 1991–1991	Succeeded by: Ted Marchibroda
Preceded by: '	New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinators 2002-2005	Succeeded by: Gary Gibbs

Northwestern Wildcats Head Football Coaches
Ames • Noyes • Ewing • Culver • Van Doozer • Bannard • Hollister • McCornack • Johnson • Horr • Hammett • Grady • Murphy • Bachman • McDevitt • Thistlethwaite • Hanley • Waldorf • Voigts • Saban • Parseghian • Agase • Pont • Venturi • Green • Peay • Barnett • Walker • Fitzgerald

Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts Head Coaches
Molesworth • Ewbank • Shula • McCafferty • Sandusky • Schnellenberger • Thomas • Marchibroda • McCormack • Kush • Dowhower • Meyer • Venturi • Marchibroda • Infante • Mora Sr. • Dungy

New Orleans Saints Head Coaches
Fears • Roberts • North • Hefferle • Stram • D. Nolan • Stanfel • B. Phillips • W. Phillips • Mora Sr. • Venturi • Ditka • Haslett • Payton