Glenn Pires

Biography

Glenn Pires enters his 13th season in the NFL and his first with the Falcons as Linebackers Coach. He spent the last five seasons with the Miami Dolphins staff and coached the likes of Pro Bowlers Zach Thomas and Joey Porter along with three-year veteran Channing Crowder.

Pires started his tenure with the Dolphins as the Assistant Defensive Line Coach from 2003-04 and coached Pro Bowl defensive ends Jason Tayor and Adewale Ogunleye. Before joining the Dolphins, he spent each of the previous two years (2001-02) as Linebackers Coach with the Detroit Lions. He got his start in the NFL coaching ranks tutoring the linebackers with the Arizona Cardinals in 1996 while spending the next five seasons at that post.

A four-year letterman as an offensive lineman at Springfield College (Massachusetts), Pires earned his bachelor’s degree in Education from the school in 1980. He started his coaching career as an Assistant Coach at Melrose High School (Massachusetts). In 1983, he spent two seasons as a Graduate Assistant for Syracuse University before moving on to Dartmouth College where he served as the Defensive Line/Linebackers Coach from 1985-88. Pires returned to Syracuse in 1989 and coached the Orange defensive line for two seasons before handling outside linebackers from 1991-94. His last stop in the collegiate ranks came at Michigan State University where he coached outside linebackers and handled recruiting duties in 1995.

A native of New Bedford, Mass., Pires and his wife, Lynn, have one daughter, Jackie and one son, Michael.

Glenn Pires’ Coaching Background