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- Last name is pronounced TER-guh-vack.
- Joined Packers Feb. 3, 2009.
- Enters his 15th season as an NFL coach and second stint with the Packers, having coached Green Bay's defensive line in 1999, the same year Mike McCarthy was quarterbacks coach.
- Was the Carolina Panthers' defensive coordinator the past six seasons, directing a defense that ranked in the top 10 three times.
- Played in three Rose Bowls as a defensive lineman at Michigan for Bo Schembechler.
- Has coached for five college programs and four NFL teams.
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Mike Trgovac
Defensive Line
15th NFL Season
Second Packers Season
Mike Trgovac (pronounced TER-guh-vack) joins the Packers in 2009 as defensive line coach, his 15th season as an NFL coach and his second stint in Green Bay.
Named to his position by Head Coach Mike McCarthy on Feb. 3, 2009, Trgovac was the Packers' defensive line coach in 1999, the same year McCarthy was the team's quarterbacks coach.
He comes to Green Bay from Carolina, where he was the Panthers' defensive coordinator for the past six seasons. In that time, Trgovac directed a defense that produced 10 Pro Bowl selections and ranked in the NFL's top 10 in both yards and points allowed three times.
Most recently, that was in 2006, when the Panthers ranked seventh in the league in yards allowed (296.1) and eighth in points allowed (305). The previous year was statistically the Panthers' best under Trgovac, as in 2005 they ranked third in yards (282.6), fifth in points (259) and first in takeaways (a team-record 42) in helping Carolina advance to its second NFC Championship Game in three seasons.
Playing perhaps their best defense in the postseason that year, the Panthers became the first road team in more than 25 years to post a playoff shutout, when they held the New York Giants to 132 yards in a 23-0 victory in the Wild Card round en route to the conference title game.
The unit's ability to create turnovers had begun to show up in the second half of 2004, when the Panthers had 29 takeaways in the season's final eight games after recording just nine in the first eight. The 38 total takeaways ranked second in the league and tied the club record at the time, and the defense's 26 interceptions were a league high and team record.
Trgovac's inaugural season as a defensive coordinator featured his first top-10 unit. After promoting him from his post as the Panthers' defensive line coach, Carolina ranked eighth in the league in yards (295.3) and 10th in points (304) in 2003, and held top-10 rankings in a handful of other categories, including sacks per pass play, first downs per game, and third-down efficiency.
That defense also forced four turnovers and held the Eagles to a field goal in Carolina's 14-3 victory in the NFC Championship Game at Philadelphia, earning the Panthers their first Super Bowl berth.
As defensive line coach in 2002, Trgovac oversaw a dramatic improvement in the Panthers' front four that made a strong case for taking over as coordinator. Carolina's defensive line ranked third in the league with 39 sacks and was first in the league in rushing yards per attempt. Under Trgovac's tutelage, defensive end Julius Peppers was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, while defensive tackle Kris Jenkins (older brother of Green Bay's Cullen Jenkins) earned first-team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press.
Prior to his tenure in Carolina, Trgovac coached the defensive line of the Washington Redskins for two seasons (2000-01). Ends Marco Coleman (12) and Hall of Famer Bruce Smith (10) both reached double digits in sacks in 2000, with Coleman being selected for the Pro Bowl.
His first stop in Green Bay, in 1999, was the Packers' first season in seven years without Reggie White leading the defensive line. That year, end Keith McKenzie matched his career high in sacks with eight in a part-time specialist role.
Trgovac broke into the NFL as the defensive line coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for four seasons, from 1995-98. That first season, 1995, the Eagles' line led the NFL in sacks with 42.5 (of the team's 48 sacks). Defensive end William Fuller topped the squad with 13 and made the Pro Bowl for the first of two straight years.
Trgovac's career working with defensive linemen in the college coaching ranks spanned 11 seasons and five schools, beginning with his alma mater, Michigan, as a graduate assistant in 1984. After two seasons there, he moved on to Ball State (1986-88), Navy (1989), Colorado State (1990-91) and Notre Dame (1992-94).
With the Fighting Irish under Lou Holtz, Trgovac saw two of his proteges become early selections in the 1994 NFL Draft, as the San Francisco 49ers took Bryant Young seventh overall and the Chicago Bears picked Jim Flanigan in the third round.
Trgovac's playing career at Michigan from 1977-80 under Bo Schembechler featured three seasons as a starter at middle guard on the defensive line. He was a two-time All-Big Ten honoree and a second-team All-America selection as a senior. He played in three Rose Bowls for the Wolverines and received his degree in education from Michigan in 1982.
An all-state football player and wrestler at Fitch High School in Austintown, Ohio, Trgovac was named Ohio's "Defensive Lineman of the Year" and also captured the state heavyweight wrestling title as a senior.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Trgovac and his wife, Angela, have two children, daughter Jordan, 14, and son Michael, 10. He enjoys spending time with his family and boating.
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