Diron Reynolds

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Diron Reynolds
Arizona State Sun Devils
Position:Defensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1971-02-23) February 23, 1971 (age 52)
Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.
Career information
High school: Aiken (SC)
College: Wake Forest
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards

Diron Reynolds (born February 23, 1971) is an American football coach who is currently the defensive line coach at Arizona State. He has also coached at Michigan State, Stanford, Oklahoma, Wake Forest, and Indiana as well as the professional level with the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, and Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL).

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Coaching career

After finishing a playing career as a linebacker at Wake Forest, Reynolds began his coaching career at Brookland-Cayce High School in South Carolina as an assistant coach as well as their strength & conditioning coach. He was hired as a graduate assistant at his alma mater Wake Forest in 1997 as a graduate assistant and was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 1999. [1]

Following Wake Forest head coach Jim Caldwell's departure, Reynolds spent 2001 at Indiana as their defensive tackles coach. He was hired as a defensive quality control coach for the Indianapolis Colts in 2002 under Tony Dungy and reunited with Caldwell, who was the Colts assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. [2] While with the Colts, he was credited by Dungy with developing Dwight Freeney into a 7× Pro Bowler and a 3× first-team All-Pro. [3] He won his first Super Bowl in his final season in Indianapolis as the Colts defeated the Bears in Super Bowl XLI. [4] He was hired to coach the defensive line for the Miami Dolphins in 2007, and was fired after one season after the Dolphins finished the season 1–15. He was later hired as the assistant defensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings in 2009, and later as a defensive assistant at Stanford in 2014 working with the defensive line. [5]

Oklahoma

Reynolds was hired at Oklahoma in 2015 as the program's defensive line coach. [6] [7]

Stanford (second stint)

Reynolds was named the defensive line coach at Stanford in 2016. [8]

Michigan State

It was announced on January 25, 2023, that Reynolds had been hired to be Michigan State's new defensive line coach. [9]

Arizona State

On December 3, 2023, Reynolds was named the new defensive line coach at Arizona State.

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References

  1. ↑ "WAKE'S CALDWELL HIRES 2 AIDES, SHIFTS OTHERS ON FOOTBALL STAFF". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Colts' Reynolds living out dream". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma football: New OU assistant Diron Reynolds brings a wealth of experience, Tony Dungy's approval". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Diron Reynolds' professional approach paying early dividends for Sooners". Tulsa World. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Vikings hire defensive line coach Reynolds, cut RB Hicks". NFL.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Oklahoma hires Stanford staffer Diron Reynolds as D-line coach". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Diron Reynolds Named Defensive Line Coach". University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Stanford hires Oklahoma's Diron Reynolds as new DL coach". The Stanford Daily. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Michigan State football hires new defensive line coach Diron Reynolds". Spartans Wire. 25 January 2023.
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