Brayden Coombs

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Brayden Coombs
Personal information
Born: (1986-10-24) October 24, 1986 (age 37)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Career information
High school: Colerain High School
College: Miami (Ohio)
Career history
As a coach:

Brayden Coombs (born October 24, 1986) is a former American football coach who was the special teams coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He spent his first 10 years coaching with the Cincinnati Bengals [8] after playing in college for the Miami RedHawks. He had been one of the youngest coordinators in the NFL at age 34. [9]

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Playing career

Coombs lettered four times as a defensive back and wide receiver at Miami (Ohio) University from 2005-2009. [10] [11]

Coaching

On January 11, 2020 the Detroit Lions announced the hiring of Braydon Coombs as their Special Teams Coordinator. [12] On December 21, 2020 the Lions fired Brayden Coombs after reportedly going rogue on fake punt by calling the play without the knowledge or consent of interim head coach Darrell Bevell [13]

Family

Brayden and his wife have a daughter and two sons. [14] He is the son of former Ohio State defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs. [15] [16]

On May 28-29, 2021, Coombs was the victim in a physical altercation with his wife Alexia Shay Coombs at the Square Grouper Tiki Bar in Jupiter, Fla. According to the Jupiter Police Report (#: 21-001883), Alexia Coombs was asked to leave the bar because she was "giving employees a hard time and causing a disturbance." As Alexia Coombs endeavored to find and leave with her husband, Brayden Coombs, she struck Brayden Coombs with an open-handed slap to his face. Despite Brayden Coombs unwillingness to assist Jupiter Police in their investigation, Jupiter PD Officer Shanna Shaff observed Brayden Coombs' face to be "slightly red" and placed Alexia Shay Coombs under arrest on the charge of "Battery-Simple (Touch or Strike). [17]

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References

  1. ↑ Jan 11, A. P.; ET, 2020 at 5:31p (January 11, 2020). "Lions hire special teams coordinator Brayden Coombs". FOX Sports. Retrieved April 10, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Lions fill vacant co-ordinator posts with hiring of Undlin and Coombs". Windsor Star. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Justin. "New Lions assistant Brayden Coombs sold on Matt Patricia's investment in special teams". Detroit News. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ WKRC (January 13, 2020). "Colerain, Miami grad and former Bengals assistant hired as Detroit Lions assistant". WKRC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Lions hire special teams coordinator Brayden Coombs". San Diego Union-Tribune. January 11, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Brayden Coombs: What the Lions are getting in their new special teams coach". Lions Wire. January 12, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  7. ↑ Rothstein, Michael (December 21, 2020). "Detroit Lions fire special-teams coach Brayden Coombs day after failed fake punt". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Brayden Coombs | Pro Football History.com". pro-football-history.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Detroit's Brayden Coombs is the youngest special teams coordinator in the NFL. Maybe the loudest too". mlive. January 23, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
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  11. ↑ "The Pride of Cincinnati: Brayden Coombs". Miami University RedHawks. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Lions hire Brayden Coombs as their new Special Teams Coordinator". January 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ Reisman, Jeremy (December 21, 2020). "ST coordinator Brayden Coombs fired after reportedly going rogue on fake punt". Pride Of Detroit.
  14. ↑ "The Official Site of the Detroit Lions". www.detroitlions.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
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