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| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 13, 1956 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Woodrow Wilson (Tacoma, Washington) |
| College: | Pacific Lutheran |
| NFL draft: | 1979 / Round: 5 / Pick: 135 |
| Career history | |
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John Zamberlin (born February 13, 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Meridian High School in Meridian, Idaho, a position he has held since 2019.[1] Zamberlin played professionally as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the New England Patriots from 1979 to 1982 and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1983 to 1983. He served as the head football coach at Central Washington University from 1997 to 2006 and at Idaho State University from 2007 to 2010.[2] In 2011, Zamberlin was the defensive tackles coach at Weber State University.[3][2] He was the linebackers coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 2012 to 2013.[3]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Washington Wildcats (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) (1997–2005) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Central Washington | 5–4 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1998 | Central Washington | 7–4 | 4–1 | T–1st | NAIA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1999 | Central Washington | 4–5 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2000 | Central Washington | 5–5 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2001 | Central Washington | 4–7 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2002 | Central Washington | 11–1 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2003 | Central Washington | 6–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2004 | Central Washington | 7–4 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2005 | Central Washington | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| Central Washington Wildcats (North Central Conference) (2006) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Central Washington | 6–5 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Central Washington: | 63–41 | 31–15 | |||||||
| Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (2007–2010) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Idaho State | 3–8 | 2–6 | 8th | |||||
| 2008 | Idaho State | 1–11 | 1–7 | T–8th | |||||
| 2009 | Idaho State | 1–10 | 1–7 | T–7th | |||||
| 2010 | Idaho State | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| Idaho State: | 6–39 | 4–28 | |||||||
| Total: | 69–80 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||