Nolan’s NFL coaching career began with the Broncos in 1987 as their special teams/linebackers coach, a position he held with the club through the 1992 campaign. He was a part of three teams that won the AFC West and helped the Broncos reach the Super Bowl during the 1987 (XXII) and ’89 (XXIV) seasons.
Following a stint in the Broncos’ 1981 training camp as a defensive back, Nolan began his coaching career as a graduate assistant that year at his alma mater, the University of Oregon. He was a three year starter at safety for the Ducks after beginning his collegiate playing career as a walk-on. Nolan landed his first full-time coaching job at Stanford University as its linebackers/defensive backs coach in 1982 and worked there for two years before serving in the same capacity at Rice University from 1984-85.
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