Anthony Lynn
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| Anthony Lynn | |
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| Date of birth | December 21, 1968 |
| Place of birth | McKinney, Texas |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| College | Texas Tech |
| NFL Draft | undrafted / Round undrafted |
| Stats | |
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| Team(s) | |
| 1993, 1997-99 1995-96 |
Denver Broncos San Francisco 49ers |
Anthony Lynn (born December 21, 1968 in McKinney, Texas) is a former American football running back and current assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
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[edit] Playing career
He was a running back for Texas Tech (1988-91) and earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1990. His senior year was cut short by a knee injury, and concerns about the injury left him undrafted. He was a journeyman reserve running back and special teams player during his NFL career, playing for the Denver Broncos (1993, 1997-99) and San Francisco 49ers (1995-96). He retired in 2000 due to repeated neck stinger injuries. Lynn was part of Denver's back-to-back Super Bowl champion teams (1997-98).
[edit] Coaching career
Upon retiring in 2000, he joined the Denver coaching staff as an offensive assistant and special teams coach (2000-02), before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars as the running backs coach (2003-04). He left Jacksonville after being switched to special teams coach following a coaching staff shakeup by head coach Jack Del Rio in 2005 [1] and quickly joined the Dallas Cowboys staff as the running backs coach.[2] On January 26th, 2007, Lynn signed on with the Cleveland Browns, to fill the RB coach vacancy.[3]
[edit] Trivia
- Married (wife Lynn) with two children (D'Anton and Danielle).
- Was a victim of a hit-and-run automobile accident, suffering a broken nose and multiple lacerations, during the 2005 Cowboys training camp.
- Is a member of Life Athletes, an abstinence group for teens.[4]
