Date of Birth
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03-October-1952
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Place of Birth
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Paterson
(Passaic County, New Jersey, Area codes 862 and 973, Area code 973, Area code 862)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Profession
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American football player, Coach, American Football coach
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Bruce Arians is an American football coach who currently serves as the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He also served as interim head coach of the Indianapolis Colts during the 2012 season when their head coach Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia. He guided the Colts to a 9–3 record over his tenure, which lasted from October 1 until Pagano's return on December 24. He has also been a head coach at the collegiate level. Arians was the offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2007 to 2011 after being promoted from wide receivers coach, a position that he had held with the team since the 2004 season.
For his 9-3 record as the 2012's Colts interim head coach, Arians was named 2012's AP Head Coach of the Year.
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