Alvin Reynolds

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Alvin Reynolds
Personal information
Born: (1959-06-24) June 24, 1959 (age 65)
Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
High school: West Jefferson
(Harvey, Louisiana)
College: Indiana State
Position: Defensive back
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
  • Dr. Earl L. Avery MLK Leadership Award (2020)
Head coaching record
Regular season:7–3–0 (.700)
Career:7–3–0 (.700)

Alvin Reynolds (born June 24, 1959) [1] is a former college and National Football League (NFL) defensive backs coach.

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Playing career

Reynolds attended Indiana State, where he played on the football team for four years. Over his career he appeared in 33 games recording five interceptions for 39 yards. [2]

Coaching career

College career

After graduation, Reynolds began his coaching career in 1982. [3] He was on the staff for the 1984 Indiana State football team, a team that was inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall-of-Fame in 2012. [4]

National Football League

In 1993, Reynolds joined the Denver Broncos coaching staff where he was an assistant defensive backs and quality control coach for three seasons. In 1996, he became the first defensive backs coach in Ravens history. He served in that position for three seasons. In 1999, he joined the Carolina Panthers as a defensive quality control and was also a defensive assistant for four seasons. After leaving the Panthers, he joined the coaching staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars where he served for five seasons as defensive backs coach from 2003 to 2007. [5] He then joined the Atlanta Falcons in 2008, coaching the defensive backs until he was fired after the 2011 season. [6]

In 2013, Reynolds guested with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. [3]

Return to college

In 2018, Reynolds return to the college ranks as a defensive backs coach for Bentley University. In 2020, he was promoted to Defensive coordinator. In 2022, he was promoted again, this time to head coach, his first head coaching role. [7]

High School

Aug 2024 Reynolds took over the Defensive coordinator job at Everett High School in Everett Massachusetts. Everett a perennial powerhouse football program that has fallen on tougher times in recent years is looking to regain it's dominance in Massachusetts High School Football

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Bentley Falcons (Northeast-10 Conference)(2022)
2022 Bentley7–35–2
Bentley:7–35–2
Total:7–3

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Alvin Reynolds College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
  3. 1 2 "Riders Name Guest Coaches for Training Camp". Riderville.com. May 31, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Indiana State University Athletics Hall Of Fame Members - GoSycamores.com?Official Web Site of Indiana State Athletics - Indiana State University Athletics".
  5. ↑ "Reference at mediaguide.jaguars.com" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Falcons make another staff change". ESPN.com. ESPN. January 23, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bentley Promotes Reynolds to Head Football Coach". BentleyFalcons.com. May 13, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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