Joe Marciano

Joe Marciano (born February 10, 1954) is an American football coach and former player. He was the special teams coordinator for the Detroit Lions from 2015 until his firing in the mid 2018 season.

Coaching career Tampa Bay Buccaneers In six seasons with Tampa, 10 players received NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors under Marciano's tutelage.

Detroit Lions On February 17, 2015, Marciano was hired as special teams coordinator for the Detroit Lions. During the 2015 season, Sam Martin posted a then-career-career-high single-season net punting average of 42.0, which ranked fourth in the NFL, while Matt Prater converted 22 of his 24 field goal attempts, including 17 in a row to start the season. Prater's 17 consecutive field goals to start the season marked the longest streak to start a season in Lions history. The Detroit Lions fired Marciano as the special teams coordinator during the mid-season of 2018 on November 5, 2018.