Assistant worked under Don Coryell at SDSU, with Chargers; coached Hall of Famers Fouts, Aikman
How fitting that Ernie Zampese’s death Monday in La Mesa, at age 86, coincided with reports of another NFL tight end moving close to a big-money contract.
We mourn the loss of Ernie Zampese, father of QB coach Ken Zampese, and one of the most innovative offensive minds throughout his long NFL coaching career. Our hearts are with Ken and the entire Zampese family.
“A lot of times, I felt he should have taken it,” Joyce Zampese, his wife, told the Los Angeles Times in 1987. “But that’s me, not him. He’s happy in his little niche, doing his little thing. He doesn’t need the recognition. As a head coach, he said, you get the glory and you get the garbage.” In five of Zampese’s six years with the Chargers, the “Air Coryell” offense led the NFL in passing yardage. Soon after Coryell was fired at midseason in 1986, Zampese joined the Los Angeles Rams as offensive coordinator under John Robinson. With Robinson focusing on a ground game headed by Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson, Zampese honed the passing game.
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