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TED
RATH
Assistant
Strength & Conditioning
Years with Lions: 4
Years in NFL: 4
Ted Rath returns for his fourth season as the Lions assistant
strength and conditioning a er joining the team during the 2009
off season. He had spent the previous two years as the assistant
director of strength and conditioning for his alma mater, the University
of Toledo. Rath was a linebacker for the Rockets (2003-2006) and
helped them claim the 2004 MAC Championship and earn two bowl
game berths, including the 2004 Motor City Bowl at Ford Field.
While working with Toledo’s strength and conditioning program,
Rath directed the strength regimens for all 15 of their Olympic Sports.
He also assisted with all phases of football training protocols,
including design and implementation of their workouts. Prior to being
named assistant director, Rath worked as a graduate assistant and
focused on the strength programs for men’s basketball, baseball,
track, cross country, golf and swimming.
Rath, along with Coordinator of Physical Development Jason
Arapoff , started the annual Detroit Lions Strength and Conditioning
Clinic in 2011. The event is a forum for providing, sharing and
exchanging information in the ever changing world of strength &
conditioning.
A er graduating from Toledo with a degree in Physical Education,
Rath started his professional career at nearby Crestwood (Dearborn
Heights, Mich.) High School where he was an assistant football
coach as well as their director of speed and strength training. The
Monroe, Mich., native is certifi ed through the Collegiate Strength and
Conditioning Coaches Association (C.S.C.C.A.) and has been published
on www.speedandstrengthcoach.com.
RATH’S BACKGROUND
Detroit Lions .......................................................................... 2009-
Strength and Conditioning Assistant .....................................................2009-
Toledo ................................................................................ 2007-09
Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning ........................... 2008-09
Graduate Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach .......................... 2007-08
Crestwood (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) H.S. .................................2007
Asst. Coach/Director of Speed and Strength Training ..........................2007
MARCUS
ROBERTSON
Defensive Assistant/
Secondary
Years with Lions: 1
Years in NFL: 6
Marcus Robertson joins Detroit’s coaching staff entering his 22nd
season in the NFL and his sixth season as a coach. He has coached
the past fi ve NFL seasons with Tennessee where he started as an
assistant secondary coach (2007-08) and fi nished as their secondary
coach (2009-11).
Robertson’s fi rst season assisting with the secondary was 2007.
That season the Titans improved from 27th to 10th in pass defense
and from 32nd to fi h in overall yardage allowed.
In 2008, three of the four Tennessee secondary players (CB Cortland
Finnegan, S Chris Hope, S Michael Griffi n) were invited to the Pro Bowl
for the fi rst time in their careers. Overall, the defensive backs collected
19 interceptions, which ranked second in the NFL in interceptions by
a secondary. The Titans ranked ninth in pass defense and seventh
in total defense.
Robertson was promoted to Secondary coach in 2009 and the Titans
fi nished that season eighth in the NFL in interceptions (20) and second
in interceptions returned for touchdown (4). Over the span of his three
seasons coaching Tennessee’s secondary (2009-11), the Titans were
second in the NFL in average passing yards/completion (10.55).
Robertson played 12 NFL seasons a er being dra ed out of Iowa
State in the fourth round by the Houston Oilers in 1991. He played his
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fi rst 10 seasons in Houston/Tennessee and fi nished his career with
Seattle (2001-02). Roberson’s NFL career was highlighted by All-Pro
seasons in 1993 and 1997. He played in 157 games (144 starts) with
851 tackles, 24 interceptions and 1.5 sacks.
A er Robertson’s playing career ended with the Seahawks, he
returned to the Titans as their Director of Player Development (2003-
06). He spent the next four years assisting players with their career
transition into and out of the NFL through continuing education,
fi nancial education and dealing with family matters through player
programs. Robertson and his staff won the Winston and Shell Award
in 2006 for their innovation and commitment to player development
in the NFL
Robertson was inducted into the Iowa State Athletic Hall of Fame
in 2009, where he starred as a cornerback and totaled 257 tackles,
six interceptions and nine forced fumbles during his four-year career.
A native of Pasadena, Calif., Robertson (10/2/69) and his wife, Holly,
have three children: Morgan, Milan and Marcus Andrew.
ROBERTSON’S BACKGROUND
Detroit Lions .................................................................. 2012-
Defensive Assistant/Secondary .................................................... 2012-
Tennessee Titans ........................................................2007-11
Secondary .......................................................................................2009-11
Assistant Secondary ....................................................................2007-08
EVAN
ROTHSTEIN
Quality Control/
Special Teams
Years with Lions: 1
Years in NFL: 1
Rothstein joined the Lions coaching staff this past off season as
a quality control/special teams coach. He will be responsible for
opponent fi lm breakdown and self-scouting in addition to assisting
with all aspects of special teams.
Rothstein comes to Detroit a er spending the past two seasons
as the off ensive quality control coach for the Syracuse University
Orange football program.
Rothstein started his coaching career as an undergraduate student
for the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons where he served as the student
assistant off ensive line coach, quality control, and director of video
operations from the fall of 2006 to the spring of 2009.
For the fall of 2009, Rothstein interned with the Syracuse University
football video operations department before returning briefl y to
SUNY Cortland as their off ensive line coach for the spring of 2010. He
returned to the Syracuse University football staff as their off ensive
quality control coach in July of 2010.
The Merrick, NY, native attended Bellmore John F. Kennedy High
School, earning recognition as a National Football Foundation and
College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete for the Cougars. Rothstein
graduated SUNY Cortland with a bachelor of science in sport
management in 2009. He has a fi ancé, Carol.
ROTHSTEIN’S BACKGROUND
Detroit Lions .......................................................................... 2012-
Quality Control/Special Teams ................................................................2012-
University of Syracuse ........................................................ 2010-11
Quality Control ....................................................................................... 2010-11
SUNY Cortland .........................................................................2010
Off ensive Line .................................................................................................2010