- Derek Mason
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Not to be confused with Derrick Mason.
Derek Mason Sport(s) Football Current position Title Associate head coach/co-defensive coordinator Team Stanford Conference Pac-12 Biographical details Place of birth Phoenix, Arizona Playing career 1989–1992 Northern Arizona Position(s) Cornerback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1994
1995–1996
1997–1998
1999–2001
2002
2003
2004
2005–2006
2007–2009
2010
2011–presentMesa Community College
Weber State (WR)
Idaho State (RB)
Bucknell (DB)
Utah (WR/ST)
St. Mary's (Asst. HC/co-DC)
New Mexico State (WR)
Ohio (WR)
Minnesota Vikings (DB)
Stanford (DB)
Stanford (Assoc. HC/co-DC)Derek Mason is an American football coach and former player who is the associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator, and defensive backs coach for the Stanford Cardinal football team.
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Early life and playing career
Mason attended Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating from high school, he attended Northern Arizona University from 1989 to 1992, where he was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at cornerback.[1]
Coaching career
After his playing career ended, Mason coached college football at Mesa Community College, Weber State, Bucknell, Utah, St. Mary's, New Mexico State, and Ohio. From 2007 to 2009, he coached defensive backs for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings under Brad Childress, who had been one of his coaches at Northern Arizona. In 2010, Mason was hired as a defensive back coach on Jim Harbaugh's staff at Stanford.[2] In 2011, Mason was promoted to associate head coach and co-defensive coordinator at Stanford under new head coach David Shaw.[1]
Personal
Mason and his wife Leighanne have two daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bio: Derek Mason". Stanford Department of Athletics. http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mason_derek00.html. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ "Ron Turner and Derek Mason Added to Cardinal Coaching Staff" (Press release). Stanford Department of Athletics. February 17, 2010. http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021710aaa.html. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
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