- Lucious Selmon
Lucious Selmon (born in
Eufaula, Oklahoma ) is an American footballdefensive lineman and coach. Selmon played for theUniversity of Oklahoma Sooners from 1970 to 1973. He is a 27-year coaching veteran, and was a defensive assistant coach for the Sooners for 19 years before moving on to the NFL.Oklahoma Sooners
Selmon came to Oklahoma from Eufaula High School in 1970, and played
nose guard for the Sooners for bothChuck Fairbanks andBarry Switzer . He was a consensusAll-American in 1973, and was named Chevrolet/ABC National Defensive Player of the Year,Big 8 Conference Athlete of the Year, and Big 8 Conference Defensive Player of the Year. He finished second in balloting for theOutland Trophy and seventh in voting for theHeisman Trophy . [ cite web| title =1973 39th Heisman Trophy Award results| work =Heisman.com| url =http://www.heisman.com/winners/j-cappelletti73.html| accessdate =2007-08-22] He made 255 tackles, including 31 for losses (144 yards), during his career. Selmon graduated from Oklahoma with a degree inspecial education in 1974.Selmon's younger brothers, Dewey and Lee Roy, followed him as defensive linemen to Oklahoma. Both were named consensus All-Americans in 1975 and both were drafted by the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the1976 NFL Draft . Lee Roy won the Outland Trophy andLombardi Award , and went on to be the Sooners' firstPro Football Hall of Fame inductee in 1995. Although more than 30 years has passed since the Selmons played for Oklahoma, Oklahoma fans still say (referring to the Selmon brothers' parents), "God bless Mr. and Mrs. Selmon" or "Thank you, Mrs. Selmon." [cite news | last =Young| first =Pete| title =Bucs, Bulls, buddies have been blessed| work =St. Petersburg Times | pages =| language =| date =2004-02-01 | url =http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/01/news_pf/Sports/Bucs__Bulls__buddies_.shtml| accessdate =2007-08-22] [ cite news | last =Stellino| first =Vito| title =High-profile days behind Jags coach| work =Florida Times-Union | date =2002-06-23 | url =http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062302/jag_9737206.html| accessdate =2007-08-22]Professional and coaching career
Selmon was drafted in the 16th round of the
1974 NFL Draft by theNew England Patriots . He played two years as a defensive tackle for theMemphis Southmen (1974-75) in theWorld Football League before returning to Oklahoma as an assistant coach at Switzer's invitation.At Oklahoma, Selmon worked 13 seasons under
Barry Switzer (1976-88) and six more underGary Gibbs (1989-94). He coached the Sooner defensive line from 1976 to 1983 before taking over duties as outside linebackers and defensive ends coach from 1984 to 1994. Selmon helped develop four players that went on to earn All-America honors: nose guardReggie Kinlaw ,Rick Bryan , Kevin Murphy and defensive endDarrell Reed . He participated in the NFL's Minority Coaching Fellowship Program from 1980 to 1989, and worked with theDenver Broncos ' linebackers and defensive ends. Selmon went to work as an assistant coach forTom Coughlin and theJacksonville Jaguars in 1995. Selmon tutored the outside linebackers from 1995-2001 before taking over the defensive line in 2002. Two Jaguars, outside linebackerKevin Hardy and defensive endTony Brackens , earned All-Pro honors. In 2005, after working in football camps around the United States, Selmon joined the staff of theMichigan State Spartans as defensive line coach, [cite news | last =Bishop| first =Matt| title = Selmon named as defensive line coach| work =The State News | publisher =Michigan State University | url =http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=28934| accessdate =2007-08-22] but he left Michigan State after one season. [ cite web| last =Rexrode| first =Joe| title =Spartan aide leaves for job with Raiders| work =Lansing State Journal | date =2006-03-03 | url =http://www.greenandwhite.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060303/GW01/603030343/1099/gw01| accessdate =2007-08-22] He worked as a private consultant to aspiring professional football players for two years.Selmon recently applied for the head coaching position at the
University of Central Oklahoma , [cite news | title =Former Sooner Lucious Selmon applies at UCO| work =KFOR.com| publisher =Associated Press | date =2007-11-27 | url =http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=7415333| accessdate =2008-01-19 ] but he was not hired.Selmon currently resides with his family in Jacksonville. [cite news | work =NewsOK.com| title =Lucious Selmon applies at UCO| publisher =
The Oklahoman | date =2007-11-27 | url =http://newsok.com/article/3173895/| accessdate =2008-01-19 ]References
External links
* [http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aa-lucious-selmon-1973.html Lucious Selmon: All-American at SoonerSports.com]
* [http://www.soonerstats.com/football/players/recap.cfm?PlayerID=1373 Lucious Selmon's college career statistics at SoonerStats.com]
* [http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/selmon_lucious00.html Lucious Selmon official bio at MSSpartans.com]
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