Billie Matthews (March 15, 1930 – December 7, 2001) was an American football coach who was the offensive coordinator of the

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from 1985 to 1986. He was also the San Francisco 49ers running backs coach from 1979 to 1982, the Philadelphia Eagles running backs coach from 1983 to 1984, the Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach from 1987 to 1988, and the

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defensive backs and running backs coach from 1989 to 1994.

Early life

Matthews was born on March 15, 1930, in

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Coaching career

Kashmere High School

His first coaching position came as the head coach at Kashmere High School. He was the head coach for 12 seasons, from 1959 to 1970.

UCLA Bruins

Matthews got a job as the defensive backs coach for the UCLA Bruins in 1971. He became the running backs coach the next year and was the coach until 1978.

San Francisco 49ers

Matthews got his first

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coaching job as the Running Backs coach for the San Francisco 49ers. He was coach when they won

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. He was coach from 1979 to 1982.

Philadelphia Eagles

He was the running backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1983 to 1984.

Indianapolis Colts

From 1985 to 1986, he was the offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the

Kansas City Chiefs

From 1987 to 1988, he was the running backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Detroit Lions

He was the defensive backs coach from 1989 to 1991 for the

. He switched to running backs coach from 1992 to 1994. For three years, he was the running backs coach of Barry Sanders.

References

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