Anthony Lynn

Anthony Ray Lynn (born December 21, 1968 in McKinney, Texas) is a former American football running back and current assistant coach for the New York Jets.

Playing career

The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lynn played at Celina High School and later at Texas Tech (1988–91), where he was an All-Southwest Conference running back 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). In 1997 he had his best personal year as an NFL player.

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 26, 2007, with the retirement of Bill Parcells as Dallas head coach, Lynn signed on with the Cleveland Browns to fill their RB coach vacancy.^[3]

Lynn was named the running backs coach for the New York Jets on January 25, 2009 under new head coach Rex Ryan.

Trivia

• 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]
• His son D'Anton graduated from Celina High School played football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, and was signed as an undrafted rookie by the New York Jets following the 2012 NFL Draft.

References

External links

• ClevelandBrowns.com official bio