Chester Louis "Chet" Parlavecchio is an American football

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 coach and former linebacker

Linebacker

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 in the National Football League

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 who is currently an assistant special teams coach with the Tennessee Titans

Tennessee Titans

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 of the National Football League

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. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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 in the sixth round of the 1982 NFL Draft

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 and later split the 1983 NFL season

1983 NFL season

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 between the Packers and the St. Louis Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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. He played college football at Penn State University

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, where he was part of the 1982 Associated Press National Championship team that defeated the University of Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football

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 in the Sugar Bowl

1983 Sugar Bowl

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, and graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School

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 in West Orange, New Jersey

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Coaching career

Parlavecchio was named assistant special teams coach for the Tennessee Titans

Tennessee Titans

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 on February 22, 2011.

Prior to his taking this position Parlavecchio spent nearly three decades as a high school football coach in his native New Jersey. He was hired by Bloomfield High School in 1986 and went on to coach at Irvington High School, Passaic Valley High School, Clifton High School, and Elizabeth High School before leaving coaching following the 2009 season. He led each of those schools to at least one playoff appearance and won the North II, Group IV state championship with Elizabeth in 2006.

Parlavecchio also coached in the college ranks for a season, serving as a linebacker coach at Temple University

Temple University

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