Tom Zbikowski - Football Coach - Brown University Athletics

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Tom Zbikowski

Title:
Assistant Coach, Safeties
Email:
thomas_zbikowski@brown.edu
Joined Brown:
August 2023-December 2024
Alma Mater:
Notre Dame '08

An NFL veteran and All-American at Notre Dame, Tom Zbikowski spent two seasons on the Brown coaching staff from 2023-2024 as an Assistant Coach, Safeties.

Zbikowski had an immediate impact on the Bears' defense in 2023, helping Brown to be the only team in the Ivy League that had four players rank among the league's top seven in passes defended. Safety Aubrey Parker tied for third in the league with three interceptions. The team's defensive strides forward helped Brown finish with its best overall record since 2015 and best league record since 2016.

Prior to Brown, Zbikowski spent the 2022 season as a defensive quality control assistant at Western Michigan. He previously gained coaching experience in football and wrestling at the high school level in Illinois.

A five-year NFL veteran, Zbikowski was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Over four seasons in Baltimore, Zbikowski played in 56 games as a defensive back and kick returner. He tallied two interceptions in 2009 and was named an AFC Alternate for the 2009 Pro Bowl. In 2011, he helped the Ravens rank fourth in the NFL in pass defense. He signed with the Indianapolis Colts as a free agent for the 2012 season.

Zbikowski starred in college at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a two-time All-American and two-time team captain. Following his senior season in 2006, he was selected as a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, presented annually to the nation’s best defensive back. During his fifth year in 2007, Zbikowski helped the Fighting Irish secondary rank third in the nation in pass defense.

Zbikowski also enjoyed a professional boxing career from 2006-2020, going undefeated in his career and competing in bouts at Madison Square Garden, Las Vegas MGM Grand and Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He also spent three years as a member of the Chicago Fire Department as a firefighter and EMT.

A native of Park Ridge, Illinois, Zbikowski graduated from Notre Dame in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, computer operations.

NFL Career
2008-2011: Baltimore Ravens
2012: Indianapolis Colts

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