Donald Jerome Lawrence is the former American football

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 offensive coordinator

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 for the Berlin Thunder

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 in NFL Europa. He won two World Bowl

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 rings with the Amsterdam Admirals

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 and Frankfurt Galaxy

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. As the tight end

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s coach from 1990

1990 NFL season

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 to 1993

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, he took the Buffalo Bills

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 to four consecutive Super Bowl

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s. He coached at Notre Dame

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, Kansas State

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, Cincinnati

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, Texas Christian

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, and Missouri

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Lawrence served as the head

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 football

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 coach

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 at the University of Virginia

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. He played college football

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 at Notre Dame

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. He played three seasons in the National Football League

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 for the Washington Redskins

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During his 45-year coaching career Coach Lawrence is unique in having coached in four straight Super Bowls (NFL) and four straight World Bowls (NFLE).