Mike Solari is an American

United States

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 Football League offensive line coach, formerly for the Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

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 and currently for the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

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He previously served as the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 offensive line coach from 1997

1997 NFL season

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 - 2005

2005 NFL season

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, and Offensive Coordinator in 2006

2006 NFL season

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 & 2007

2007 NFL season

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Career

Solari got his start as playing both ways at El Camino Sr. High School in South San Francisco, California (Class of 1973), where he was a standout, particularly on the offensive side of the ball (tackle). His next stop was as an offensive lineman at San Diego State University

San Diego State University

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 (SDSU) from 1973-1975. After SDSU, Solari coached at ppthe high school level for Southern California High Schools, the Mission Bay Pirates in the Pacific Beach sector of San Diego, California, and as a wrestling and assistant track coach at Orange Glen High School in 1978 - 1979. After a year at MiraCosta Junior College

MiraCosta College

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, he then went to United States International University (USIU) as an assistant football coach on Tom Walsh's staff.

Solari spent time at Boise State, Cincinnati, Alabama

Alabama

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, Kansas

Kansas

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 and Pitt

Pitt

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 as assistant football coach. He was with the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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 as special teams coach and with the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 as tight ends coach, assistant O-Line coach. He held that position at Kansas City for many years tutoring some of the best lineman in the NFL. Upon the resignation of Dick Vermeil

Dick Vermeil

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 and the signing of incumbent OC Al Saunders

Al Saunders

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 by Washington

Washington Redskins

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, Solari was promoted to Offensive Coordinator. Solari was replaced by former Georgia Tech head coach and long-time NFL coach Chan Gailey

Chan Gailey

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. When he joined the Seahawks staff, he changed the offensive line scheme to more zone blocking.

On January 21, 2010, Solari was named offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

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Personal life

He is married to wife Patti and has three children; Michael the oldest, Tamara the most beautiful, and Stephanie the brains. He also has a cyborg butler named Fred.

External links

• Profile at 49ers.com (includes picture)