Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris has died at age 70. The Ravens announced his death Sunday. He was hospitalized earlier this month with an unspecified illness. That caused him to step away from duties as the team’s offensive line coach.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Joe D’Alessandris, whose nearly half-century of coaching offensive linemen eventually brought him to four different NFL teams, has died. He was 70.Coach John Harbaugh said at the time that D’Alessandris had had surgery earlier this summer and experienced complications.
“Our hearts ache with grief and sadness upon learning of coach Joe D’Alessandris’ passing early this morning,” the team said in a statement. “‘Joe D.’ lived a life of boundless faith, love, devotion and inspiration. As a husband, father, grandfather, friend and coach, Joe made every individual he encountered truly feel like they were the most important person in the world.”
Born April 29, 1954, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, D’Alessandris coached in the CFL and the World League — as well as at several colleges — before reaching the NFL ranks. He was an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers before settling in with the Ravens under Harbaugh.The NFL season is approaching. Here’s a look at some of the big games and rules changes“Coach ‘Joe D.’ was a man of integrity and a man of faith. He made us all better,” Harbaugh said.
D’Alessandris played at Western Carolina and began his coaching career there as a graduate assistant in 1977. His other college coaching stops included Livingston University, Memphis, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Samford, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Duke and Georgia Tech.
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