Anthony Lynn

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McKinney, Texas
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college=Texas Tech
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*Denver Broncos (1993, '97-'99)
*San Francisco 49ers, (1995-'96)
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Anthony Ray Lynn (born December 21, 1968 in McKinney, Texas) is a former American football running back and current assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns.

Playing career

The height|ft=6|in=3 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).

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 [ [http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/4809752 FOX Sports on MSN - NFL ] ] and quickly joined the Dallas Cowboys staff as the running backs coach. [http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/DAL/8202313] On January 26th, 2007, with the retirement of Bill Parcells as Dallas head coach, Lynn signed on with the Cleveland Browns to fill their RB coach vacancy. [ [http://www.dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=60FB703F-A810-DE14-E3A734CBE7E662FA DallasCowboys.com - News ] ]

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 [http://www.lifeathletes.org/0008/locker_room.asp]
*His son D'Anton graduated from Celina High School and now plays football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

References

Once scored a hole in one on a golf course in California and it was mentioned by John Madden during game broadcast.

External links

* [http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches_detail.php?id=50 ClevelandBrowns.com official bio]