Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
The Rams are hiring John Bonamego, who spent last season with the Lions, as special teams coordinator, according to sources. Bonamego replaces John Fassel, who departed for the Cowboys.

from the wiki:

John Frank Bonamego

John Frank Bonamego (born August 14, 1963) is an American football coach. He has two decades of college and pro coaching experience. He played college football at Central Michigan and also was head coach of the team from 2015 to 2018.

Bonamego has also coached for Maine, Lehigh and Army at the college level. He has been an assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints in the NFL.

On June 18, 2015, Bonamego announced that he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer, but that the cancer was caught early enough and was “very treatable’. On August 21, Bonamego announced that he had completed his radiation treatment at the University of Michigan Cancer Center in Ann Arbor.

Early years

Bonamego graduated from Paw Paw High School in Paw Paw, Michigan. His father was an officer in the Army. He lived in eight zip codes-–including military bases in Italy and Ethiopia–-before he turned 18.

Playing career

Bonamego played wide receiver and quarterback at Central Michigan University. He earned his degree in health and fitness in 1987.

Coaching career

Beginnings

In 1987, Bonamego coached at Mount Pleasant High School in Michigan and was a player-coach in Europe with the Verona Redskins.

College

Bonamego served as a college assistant for 11 years, coaching for Maine from 1988 to 1991, Lehigh in 1992 and Army from 1993 to 1998.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Bonamego first joined the NFL in 1999 as an assistant special teams coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He held the position for three seasons before serving his final year with the team as special teams coordinator in 2002. That season, the Jaguars blocked four kicks and were second in the league in kickoff coverage. Punter Chris Hanson was also selected to Pro Bowl.

Green Bay Packers

In 2003, Bonamego joined the Green Bay Packers as the special teams coordinator and served in that capacity for three seasons under Mike Sherman. The club had four game-winning field goals in 2004, the most by the team since the 1970 merger. In 2005, the Packers had the NFL’s longest punt return for a touchdown (85 yards vs. Chicago), didn’t allow a return touchdown, blocked two PATs and a field goal attempt and ranked fifth in the NFC in punt return average.

New Orleans Saints

In 2006, Bonamego was hired by Sean Payton as special teams coordinator for the New Orleans Saints and held the job for two seasons. Bonamego is remembered for calling for what turned out to be a successful blocked punt by Steve Gleason in the first game at the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans finished 2006 tied for 10th in the NFL in the annual special teams rankings formulated by The Dallas Morning News. The Saints ranked sixth in the NFL in opponent punt return average (7.0) and fourth in the NFC in kickoff return average (23.0). New Orleans did not allow a kickoff return of more than 40 yards and the longest punt return the special teams surrendered was 31 yards. Bonamego returned to the Saints for the 2011 season as the assistant special teams coordinator.

Miami Dolphins

After two seasons in New Orleans, replaced special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong for the Miami Dolphins and first-year head coach Tony Sparano. Bonamego and Sparano had previously coached together with the Jaguars from in 2002 when Sparano was tight ends coach. Bonamego held the job for two plus seasons.

Detroit Lions

Bonamego spent two seasons –- 2013 and 2014 — with the Detroit Lions as the special teams coordinator. He awarded “Bono Gear” to players who stood out on special teams. He also handed out traveling trophies after every Lions victory to the special-teams player who led in categories like blocks, tackles or being the first player down to cover kickoffs.

Central Michigan Chippewas

On February 9, 2015, Bonamego was introduced as the 28th football head coach in the history of Central Michigan University. Bonamego is the first alum to serve as Central Michigan’s head coach since Bill Kelly from 1951-1966. This was Bonamego’s first head coaching position and his first college coaching position since he served as an assistant for Army from 1993-1998.

On November 23, 2018, Bonamego was fired by Central Michigan after the team suffered the worst season in team history.

Second stint with Lions

The Lions announced on January 22, 2019 that they have rehired Bonamego as special teams coordinator.

New LA Rams RB coach Brown signals fullback likely returning to offense – Ramblin’ Fan

New LA Rams RB coach Brown signals fullback likely returning to offense

When the last game of the 2019 season ended for the LA Rams, questions began to form over the team’s running game. After all, the team managed to reduce the workload on featured running back Todd Gurley by eliminating rushing attempts. Despite a backup runner who needs touches to be effective in Malcolm Brown, and despite using a third round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to select big-play back Darrell Henderson, the Rams simply didn’t rush as often. RB coach Thomas Brown may have something to say about that in 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: The New Orleans @Saints are going to court to keep secret hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its sexual abuse crisis. https://t.co/6i0DjcmYX4

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 24, 2020

Kenny Britt arrested in New Jersey on marijuana charges https://t.co/Hzxlr3XpSO

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) February 10, 2020

This is a wireless antenna in California. Network coverage was disrupted by an Acorn woodpecker, a 3 ounce bird stashing an estimated 35-50 gallons/300lbs of acorns. pic.twitter.com/QYdp6ShxXZ

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) February 9, 2020

Sam Monson@PFF_Sam
AAF and now XFL are showing the NFL how to do replay better

How long till they learn?

This is the best thing you'll see today 😍
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— Akki (@akkitwts) February 2, 2020

den-the-coach
I don’t think Brown was third or fourth on the list, they might have been waiting for the announcement because of recruiting, he brought in some fantastic high school players, so there could have been an agreement with South Carolina to wait until the signing period was over.

Brown has made every place better where he has been and he had the OC tag too under Mark Richt in Miami, so that is a plus as well and he’s young with energy and should be a major upgrade over Skip Peete and I expect a fullback to be added to the running back room.

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Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

Brown was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. His rookie season was cut short by a horse collar tackle during the preseason, landing him on injured reserve. He was waived prior to the following season on September 5, 2009.

Cleveland Browns

Brown was signed to the Cleveland Browns practice squad on November 10, 2009. He was promoted to the active roster on January 2, 2010 after linebacker David Veikune was placed on injured reserve. He was released June 17, 2010.

Coaching career

In 2012, Brown was hired as running backs coach for the Chattanooga Mocs. In 2013, Brown was hired at the same position for the Marshall Thundering Herd.

On February 24, 2014, Brown was hired to be the Wisconsin Badgers running back coach.

On February 16, 2015, Brown returned to his alma mater as the running backs coach at University of Georgia under head coach Mark Richt, under whom Brown played. The move united the position coach of the 2014 NCAA rushing yards leader, Melvin Gordon, with one of the nation’s most prolific returning running backs in Nick Chubb.

On December 30 2015, Brown was hired to be the running backs coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Miami, where he would work under Mark Richt again.

On January 9, 2019, Brown was named the running backs coach at the University of South Carolina.

Having serious doubts I am emotionally cut out for following this til Nov. I want Bernie to succeed too much. I won't be able to watch his battering by pukes this vile & smug. Normally I'm a peaceful creature. I feel murderous rage watching this. pic.twitter.com/XBcvHdbcvs

— FeudalSerfOfThe1%🌹 (@NoraNorqdo) February 9, 2020

First kickoff ✅

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— XFL (@xfl2020) February 8, 2020

Mike Clay@MikeClayNFL
We’ve been saying it for years – This is exactly how the NFL needs to do replay. How hard is this? Fast and accurate. #FreeCommonSense

Jordan Schultz@Schultz_Report
It’s early, but I’m all about the #XFL: Insane kickoffs, huge hits, unprecedented in-game access w/coaches and maybe most importantly, surprisingly good 🏈. Because at the end of the day, who doesn’t want that? Oh, and a live F-bomb! 💯

Chris B. Brown@smartfootball
Obviously some kinks to work through with the XFL, but very evident how much thought they put into everything. Seems leaps and bounds ahead of the AAF

No one is ever forced into a “pay cut” in the NFL.

A played can agree to reduce a contract, but that is rare.

Either way you cannot FORCE a player to take less than the contract.