Johnnie Ross Lynn (born December 19, 1956) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

coach and former player. He was a defensive back who played for the New York Jets for seven seasons from 1979 to 1986. He became a secondary coach after his playing career ended. He coached for the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The cl ...

from 1994 to 1995, the

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

in 1996, the New York Giants from 1997 to 2003 (where he was defensive coordinator from 2002 to 2003), the

Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays it ...

from 2004 to 2005, the 49ers again from 2006 to 2010, the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play ...

in 2011, the Oakland Raiders from 2012 to 2014, and most recently for the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquar ...

in 2017.

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1956 births Living people John Muir High School alumni Players of American football from Los Angeles American football defensive backs UCLA Bruins football players New York Jets players Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaches San Francisco 49ers coaches New York Giants coaches Baltimore Ravens coaches Philadelphia Eagles coaches National Football League defensive coordinators Coaches of American football from California Sports coaches from Los Angeles Ed Block Courage Award recipients {{defensiveback-1950s-stub