Darren Rizzi  Darren Rizzi (born July 21, 1970) is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to this, He was the head coach of the University of New Haven Chargers football team from 1999–2001 and the Rhode Island Rams football team in 2008. He compiled an overall record of 18–23–0. Rizzi grew up in Hillsdale, New Jersey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in nearby Oradell. He was later a resident of Oradell. Rizzi coordinated the Dolphins special teams efforts from 2011-2018, additionally serving as assistant head coach/special teams coordinator from 2015-2016 and associate head coach/special teams coordinator from 2017-2018. On February 1, 2019, the New Orleans Saints hired Rizzi as the Special teams coordinator.