Nick Rapone (born April 25, 1956) is an American football coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Rapone began his career in coaching in 1979 as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh where he stayed for two years , before going on to East Tennessee State.
Rapone began coaching under Bruce Arians at Temple University who he had previously played with and for at Virginia Tech.
[2] Originally hired as a secondary coach, Rapone took on the additional responsibility of defensive coordinator for his final four years with the Owls.
In 2013 Rapone made the jump to the NFL and was named defensive backs coach for the Arizona Cardinals[6] also under Bruce Arians.