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Position: | Linebacker / Safety | ||
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Date of birth: | November 7, 1978 | ||
Place of birth: | Camp Hill, Pennsylvania | ||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||
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High school: | Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) | ||
College: | Stanford | ||
NFL Draft: | 2002 / Round: 3 / Pick: 97 | ||
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Coy Wire (born November 7, 1978) is an American former professional football player in the NFL who joined CNN Sports in 2015 as a full-time anchor and correspondent. From his home base at CNN Center, Wire anchors daily Bleacher Report segments, covers events and serves as an expert contributor across all platforms. He appears regularly on CNN programs Early Start, New Day and CNN Newsroom, in addition to HLN programs Morning Express with Robin Meade and Weekend Express with Lynn Smith. He also contributes to CNN International's World Sport program and to CNN Digital on a broad range of crossover sports stories.
Wire's many field assignments include on-the-ground coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals and National Championship games, and Super Bowl 50.
With his athletic career as a backdrop, Wire wrote an inspirational book, Change Your Mind, which was published in 2012. He then served as a game analyst, studio analyst and online writer for Fox Sports before joining CNN.
Wire graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in 1997 where he set school records in both football and wrestling that have still not been broken. In 1995, his father, Rick, founded Dynamite Sports, a company that guides student athletes and their families through the recruiting process. His mother, Jane, is a software analyst. He has a sister, Tiffany, and his brother, Casey, is a PGA certified teaching professional. Wire is of German, Irish, Dutch, and Japanese descent. His mother named him after the Japanese word for "love".