Mike Haluchak is an American football coach. He served as the linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

s coach for the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 from 2009 until 2010.

Coaching career

Haluchak has coached at the college and pro level since 1976.

Was hired to coach the linebackers of the Oakland Raiders in February 2009. He fired from the position by new head coach Hue Jackson in January 2011 after the 2010 season came to a close.

College career

Haluchak played college football

College football

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 at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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. He went on to get a master’s degree in secondary education from California Lutheran University

California Lutheran University

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