After his release from the Detroit Lions following the 2012 season, Yarno accepted the offensive line coach job with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013.
[6] He returned to Spokane and attended Ferris for his senior year, graduated in 1975,[7] then played four years at Washington State University in Pullman under four head coaches (Jim Sweeney, Jackie Sherrill, Warren Powers, and Jim Walden), as a nose tackle and defensive tackle.
[9][10] Unselected in the 1979 NFL draft, Yarno was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a rookie free agent in 1979 and made the team on the other side of the ball, as a reserve offensive lineman.
Head coach John McKay had removed the newly signed placekicker,[14] barefooted Dave Warnke,[15] after two consecutive poor kicks: a failed extra point late in the first half and an unattractive low spinning field goal attempt in the third quarter from 29 yards, when the score was tied at 13.
[16] Following Yarno's successful conversion, heartily celebrated by his fellow linemen, division champion Detroit recovered the subsequent onside kick and ran out the clock to win the game by three points, 23–20, and hapless Tampa Bay finished the year at 2–14.
Marrone's hiring means offensive line coach George Yarno will not return to the Jaguars in 2015, according to a team spokesman.