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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | July 23, 1961||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 278 lb (126 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Bassick (Bridgeport, Connecticut) | ||||||
College: | Wisconsin | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 1 / pick: 20 | ||||||
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Darryl Sims (born June 23, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Wisconsin Badgers as well as four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1985 to 1986 and the Cleveland Browns from 1987 to 1988.
Sims graduated from Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
At Wisconsin playing for coach Dave McClain in 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1984 (he was academically ineligible in 1983), Sims finished 10th in school history, with 39 career tackles for loss and tied for 8th with 17 career sacks. His single-season mark of 24 tackles for loss in 1982 is the third-best single-season number in Wisconsin history. He was a first team All-Big Ten selection in 1981, 1982 and 1984. [1] He helped lead the 1984 Badgers team to the Hall of Fame Bowl. Overall, 16 players from that team went on to play in the NFL, and Sims was one of three first-round draft picks, along with Al Toon and Richard Johnson.
He was selected by the Steelers in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft. [2]
After his playing career, Sims coached at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh as well as in NFL Europe for three different teams: assistant coach of the Amsterdam Admirals from 2000 to 2005, head coach of the Cologne Centurions in 2006, and assistant coach of the Berlin Thunder in 2007. He also was assistant defensive line coach with the Oakland Raiders in 2006 under head coach Art Shell. [3]
Sims continued his education for a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication in 2003, and a master's degree in Educational Leadership in 2005. [4]
Sims currently is the athletics director of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. [3]
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