Sylvester Croom

Croom at Tennessee Titans training camp in 2014.

Tennessee Titans

Position:

Running backs coach

Personal information

Date of birth:

September 25, 1954 (age 62)

Place of birth:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

235 lb (107 kg)

Career information

High school:

Tuscaloosa (AL)

College:

Alabama

Undrafted:

1975

Career history

As player:

Alabama (1972–1974)
New Orleans Saints (1975)

As coach:

Alabama (GA, 1976)
Alabama (ILB, 1977–1981)
Alabama (OLB, 1982–1983)
Alabama (ILB, 1984–1986)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (RB, 1987–1990)
Indianapolis Colts (RB, 1991)
San Diego Chargers (RB, 1992–1996)
Detroit Lions (OC, 1997–2000)
Green Bay Packers (RB, 2001–2003)
Mississippi State (2004–2008)
St. Louis Rams (RB, 2009–2011)
Jacksonville Jaguars (RB, 2012)
Tennessee Titans (RB, 2013–present)

Career highlights and awards

SEC Coach of the Year (2007)
Liberty Mutual Fan Coach of the Year (2007)
College All-American (1974)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Head coaching record

Postseason:

1–0 (college)

Career:

21–38 (college)

Player stats at NFL.com

Sylvester Croom Jr. (born September 25, 1954) is an American football coach. He is currently the running backs coach for the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom, Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized by that school as one of the state's 40 pioneers of civil rights. Since his time at Mississippi State, Croom, Jr. has served as running backs coach for three teams in the National Football League.

Croom, a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, starred at Tuscaloosa High School as a linebacker and tight end. He was named Outstanding Player his senior year (1971). He then played those same positions before settling in at center for Paul "Bear" Bryant at the University of Alabama, where in 1974 he was a senior captain, earned the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, and like his father years earlier earned Kodak All-American honors. During his playing career there, Alabama garnered three SEC championships from 1972 to 1974 and a national title in 1973.

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