Teryl Austin

Teryl Austin
Detroit Lions
Position:	Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1965-03-03) March 3, 1965
Place of birth:	Sharon, Pennsylvania
Career information
High school:	Sharon (PA)
College:	Pittsburgh
Career history
As player:
Montreal Machine (1991)
As coach:
Penn State (1991–1992) Graduate assistant Wake Forest (1993–1995) Defensive backs coach Syracuse (1996–1998) Defensive assistant Michigan (1999–2002) Defensive assistant Seattle Seahawks (2003–2006) Defensive backs coach Arizona Cardinals (2007–2009) Defensive backs coach Florida (2010) Defensive coordinator Baltimore Ravens (2011–2013) Secondary coach Detroit Lions (2014–present) Defensive coordinator

Coaching stats at PFR

Teryl Austin (born March 3, 1965) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).

Career

Austin was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh from 1984 to 1987, where he was a four-year letterman and three-year starter. He played in the 1984 Fiesta Bowl and the 1987 Bluebonnet Bowl. Austin played one season with the Montreal Machine of the World League of American Football in 1991.

Austin then began a career in coaching, landing a position as a graduate assistant at Penn State in 1991. In 1993, he accompanied fellow Penn State assistant Jim Caldwell to Wake Forest where he served as secondary coach.^[1] Austin went on to serve on the coaching staffs at Syracuse and Michigan before joining the Seattle Seahawks' staff in 2003, helping Seattle advance to Super Bowl XL in 2006.

He joined the Arizona Cardinals coaching staff as coach of defensive backs in 2007. He helped the team reach Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.

On February 12, 2010, it was announced that Austin had been hired as the defensive coordinator for the Florida Gators.^[2] His tenure as defensive coordinator ended following the Gators' 37–24 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions in the 2011 Outback Bowl, and head coach Urban Meyer's resignation in December 2010.

On January 26, 2011, it was announced that Austin had been hired as the secondary coach for the Baltimore Ravens, and helped lead them to a Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

On January 16, 2014, it was announced that Austin had been hired as the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions.

References

↑ "Nittany Lions Well-Represented on Super Bowl XLIII Teams," Penn State Department of Sports Information (January 21, 2009). Retrieved February 11, 2010.
↑ Robbie Andreu, "UF makes Austin hire official," Gainesville Sun (February 12, 2010). Retrieved February 12, 2010.

Current defensive coordinators of the National Football League

Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII champions

2 Tyrod Taylor 4 Sam Koch 5 Joe Flacco (MVP) 9 Justin Tucker 10 Dennis Dixon 11 Tommy Streeter 12 Jacoby Jones 15 LaQuan Williams 16 David Reed 17 Tandon Doss 20 Ed Reed 21 Lardarius Webb 22 Jimmy Smith 23 Chykie Brown 24 Corey Graham 25 Asa Jackson 26 Emanuel Cook 27 Ray Rice 28 Damien Berry 29 Cary Williams 30 Bernard Pierce 31 Bernard Pollard 32 James Ihedigbo 33 Christian Thompson 34 Bobby Rainey 35 Anthony Allen 37 Sean Considine 38 Omar Brown 39 Chris Johnson 41 Anthony Levine 42 Nigel Carr 44 Vonta Leach 45 Lonyae Miller 46 Morgan Cox 47 Ricky Brown 48 Alex Silvestro 49 D. J. Bryant 50 Albert McClellan 51 Brendon Ayanbadejo 52 Ray Lewis 53 Jameel McClain 54 Adrian Hamilton 55 Terrell Suggs 56 Josh Bynes 58 Michael McAdoo 59 Dannell Ellerbe 60 Antoine McClain 62 Reggie Stephens 62 Terrence Cody 63 Bobbie Williams 66 Gino Gradkowski 69 Jack Cornell 70 Ramon Harewood 72 Kelechi Osemele 73 Marshal Yanda 74 Michael Oher 76 Jah Reid 77 Matt Birk 78 Bryant McKinnie 81 Anquan Boldin 82 Torrey Smith 83 Deonte Thompson 84 Ed Dickson 86 Billy Bajema 88 Dennis Pitta 90 Pernell McPhee 91 Courtney Upshaw 92 Haloti Ngata 93 DeAngelo Tyson 95 Bryan Hall 96 Ma'ake Kemoeatu 97 Arthur Jones 98 Ryan McBean 99 Paul Kruger

Head coach: John Harbaugh

Coaches: Teryl Austin Juney Barnett Clarence Brooks Jason Brooks Randy Brown Jim Caldwell Jay Harbaugh Wade Harman Chris Hewitt Jim Hostler Don Martindale Andy Moeller Ted Monachino Wilbert Montgomery Dean Pees Bob Rogucki Jerry Rosburg Craig Ver Steeg Todd Washington Matt Weiss

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