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The fifth defensive back is commonly called the nickelback (so named because a five-cent coin in the U.S. and Canada is called a nickel). By extension, a sixth defensive back is called a dimeback (because the next value coin in the U.S. and Canada is called a dime). Rarely, teams may employ seven or even eight defensive backs. Historic notable ...
Quarterback coach Matt Cavanaugh (left) with quarterback Robert Griffin III in 2015. In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group. [1] Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, associate and assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordinators. [2] [3]
In 28 years of coaching football, Akina has coached three Thorpe Award winners in Darryll Lewis (1990), Michael Huff (2005), and Aaron Ross (2006), as well as five finalists for the award, among them Chris McAlister. Twenty of his defensive backs have also gone on to play in the NFL. He was an assistant coach to Dick Tomey at the University of ...
Christian Parker (born December 23, 1991) is an American football coach who is the Passing Game Coordinator/defensive backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously a defensive quality control coach for the Green Bay Packers , defensive backs coach for the Denver Broncos , and also spent time as ...
Green Bay Packers linebackers coach & run game coordinator Tennessee Titans: Dennard Wilson: 2024 [12] Baltimore Ravens defensive backs coach AFC West; Denver Broncos: Vance Joseph: 2023 [13] Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator (2019–2022) Kansas City Chiefs: Steve Spagnuolo: 2019 [14] New York Giants defensive coordinator (2015–2017)
Alshinard Harris (born December 7, 1974) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive pass-game coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Harris played as a cornerback for 14 seasons in the NFL from 1998 to 2011.
Derrick Ansley (born December 11, 1981) is an American football coach and former player who is the passing game coordinator for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). [1] He was previously the defensive coordinator at Tennessee and the Los Angeles Chargers .
James Arthur Burrow (born November 29, 1953), [1] commonly known as Jimmy Burrow, is an American former professional football defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL) and retired college football coach. He is the father of Joe Burrow. Burrow played college football at the University of Nebraska ...