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Position: | Senior assistant / defense | ||
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Date of birth: | October 20, 1950 | ||
Place of birth: | Mexia, Texas | ||
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High school: | Mexia (TX) | ||
College: | Tulsa (& TCU) | ||
NFL Draft: | 1974 / Round: 10 / Pick: 236 | ||
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Regular season: | 37–42–1 | ||
Postseason: | 1–2 | ||
Career: | 38–44–1 | ||
Coaching stats at PFR |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Raymond Earl Rhodes (born October 20, 1950) is a former senior defensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns. He is also the former American football head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers. Rhodes is the former assistant defensive backs coach of the Houston Texans, and earned five Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers. He was named Coach of the Year by The Associated Press in 1995, his first season as a head coach.
Born and raised in Mexia, Texas, Rhodes graduated from Mexia High School in 1969, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field. He transferred from crosstown Dunbar High School after his sophomore year.
Rhodes was a running back at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth for two seasons, then transferred to the University of Tulsa, where he played wide receiver and defensive back.
Rhodes was selected by the New York Giants in the tenth round of the 1974 NFL draft, 236th overall. He spent his first three years in the NFL as a wide receiver before switching to defensive back. In 1979, he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers for Tony Dungy, another future head coach. He retired after one season with the 49ers.