- Larry Mac Duff
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Name = Larry Mac Duff
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1948|6|22
Birthplace = flagicon|IowaClinton, Iowa
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Sport = Football
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Player = Y
Years = 1966-1967
1968-1969
Team = Fullerton (J.C.)
Oklahoma
Position = DE
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1980-1983
1984-1986
1987-1996
1997-2000
2001-2002
2003-2006
2007
CoachTeams = Stanford (DL)
Hawaiokinai (DL/ST)
Arizona (DC)New York Giants (ST)
Arizona (DC)San Francisco 49ers (ST)
Texas (Co-DC)
FootballHOF =Larry Mac Duff (born
June 22 ,1948 inClinton, Iowa ) is anAmerican football coach. He served as co-defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns during their 2007 season, alongsideDuane Akina . He was hired onJanuary 7 ,2007 , to replaceGene Chizik , who left Texas after two seasons to become the head coach atIowa State University . [ [http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/01/08/8texfoot.html Mac Duff is Texas' newest defensive co-coordinator] ] Mac Duff and Akina were responsible for the so-called “Desert Swarm” defense atUniversity of Arizona , which led the nation in scoring defense in 1992, allowing only 8.9 points per game, and finished second in total defense.A former national assistant coach of the year while at Arizona, Mac Duff has helped mentor a Nagurski Trophy winner, an
Outland Trophy winner, a Thorpe Award winner, aLombardi Award finalist, five Pac-10 Defensive Players of the Year and an NCAA sack champion.Fact|date=December 2007Following a disappointing 2007 season, Mac Duff resigned as co-defensive coordinator of the Longhorns.cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/news/story?id=3177593 | title=Charles leaving school to enter NFL draft | work=ESPN.com | publisher=The Disney Company | date=
January 2 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-03] Texas had one of the worst defenses in the country, giving up an average of 374.8 yards per game.References
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