Clancy Pendergast
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 29, 1967 Phoenix, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Arizona |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991 | Mississippi State (GA) |
| 1992 | USC (GA) |
| 1993–1994 | Oklahoma (GA/TE) |
| 1995 | Houston Oilers (DQC) |
| 1996–1999 | Dallas Cowboys (DQC) |
| 2000–2002 | Dallas Cowboys (DB) |
| 2003 | Cleveland Browns (LB) |
| 2004–2008 | Arizona Cardinals (DC) |
| 2009 | Kansas City Chiefs (DC/DB) |
| 2010–2012 | California (DC) |
| 2013 | USC (DC/DB) |
| 2014–2015 | San Francisco 49ers (LB) |
| 2016–present | USC (DC) |
Clarence Clifford "Clancy" Pendergast III (born November 29, 1967) is the defensive coordinator for the USC Trojans football team. He is the former defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, and the California Golden Bears.
He was a graduate assistant or assistant coach at Mississippi State, University of Southern California, University of Oklahoma, and University of Alabama at Birmingham before joining the Houston Oilers in 1995.
After a year with the Oilers, he joined the Dallas Cowboys, where he spent seven seasons, first as defensive assistant/quality control/linebackers coach (1996–99), and later handing responsibilities in nickel defense packages (2000) and the secondary (2001–02). Pendergast helped develop first-round draft pick Roy Williams into a Pro Bowl safety. In 2003, he was linebackers coach with the Cleveland Browns.
While working in Cleveland, Pendergast impressed personnel man Jeremy Green to the point that when Green's father, Dennis Green, became the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, Jeremy convinced him to interview Pendergast for the job. Green was so impressed that he hired Pendergast as the Cardinal's Defensive Coordinator.
After Dennis Green's firing, he was retained as defensive coordinator under new Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt. Pendergast helped lead the Cardinals into Super Bowl XLIII, but was fired on Friday February 6, 2009, less than one week after Arizona lost to Pittsburgh 27-23 in the Super Bowl.
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