- Born
- College: University of St. Francis / Hometown: Lakeville, IN / DOB: May 27, 1978
Bettcher, a native of Lakeville, IN, was inducted into the University of St. Francis Hall of Fame in 2012. He and his wife, Erica, have one son, Colton. James Bettcher was promoted to defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals on 2/4/15. He spent the 2013/2014 seasons coaching Arizona's outside linebackers after originally joining the Cardinals staff on 2/5/13. In his first season in Arizona in 2013, Bettcher helped coach a Cardinals defense that collected 47 sacks, the third-highest total in franchise history, while also finishing with the NFL's sixth-ranked overall defense and featuring the league's top-ranked run defense (84.4 yards per game). The Cardinals allowed the fewest rushing yards in team history for a 16-game season (1,351).
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- James Bettcher spent one season in Indianapolis (2012) and coached OLB Robert Mathis to his first Pro Bowl at OLB and his fifth selection overall.
- James Bettcher first worked with Colts head coach Chuck Pagano as a defensive assistant at the University of North Carolina when Pagano was the defensive coordinator and Butch Davis was the head coach.
- James Bettcher was named the Cardinals defensive coordinator on 2/4/15 after spending two seasons coaching outside linebackers. Entering his fourth season as an NFL coach, Bettcher is among 25 new coordinators in the NFL in 2015. The 37-year old Bettcher is the third-youngest defensive coordinator in the NFL and the sixth-youngest coordinator overall.
- Under James Bettcher's guidance with the Cardinals, OLB John Abraham was selected to his fifth career Pro Bowl, and first as a linebacker, after he led the team with 11.5 sacks in 2013, the most sacks by a linebacker in a single-season in team history; OLB Alex Okafor led the Cardinals with eight sacks in 2014 after only playing in 13 games.
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