Kevin Coyle (born January 14, 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 who is currently the defensive coordinator at
Fresno State
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bachelo ...
. Prior to that, Coyle was a senior analyst at
LSU
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...
. He served as head coach of the
Atlanta Legends of the
Alliance of American Football (AAF) and also spent 13 seasons with the
Cincinnati Bengals of the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL).
In October 2018, Coyle agreed to become the defensive coordinator of the
Atlanta Legends of the
Alliance of American Football, taking over the position upon completing the 2018 college football season with LSU. On January 9, 2019, Coyle was promoted to head coach after
Brad Childress resigned from the position.
Raised in
New Dorp
New Dorp is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, United States. New Dorp is bounded by Mill Road on the southeast, Tysens Lane on the southwest, Amboy and Richmond Roads on the northwest, and Bancroft Avenue on the n ...
, in 1974 Coyle graduated from
Monsignor Farrell High School
Monsignor Farrell High School is an American Catholic high school for boys, located in the Oakwood section of Staten Island, New York.
Opened in 1961, the school is named in honor of Monsignor Joseph Farrell, a Catholic priest, as well as a re ...
in
Oakwood,
Staten Island, New York
Staten Island ( ) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the city's southwest portion, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and ...
. He was inducted into the
Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame
The Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame mission is "to recognize those individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to Staten Island sports history, and by virtue of their accomplishments, service, or force of character, have enriched tha ...
in 2011.
Head coaching record
Alliance of American Football
See also
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References
External links
Cincinnati Bengals bio
1956 births
Living people
Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches
Atlanta Legends coaches
Cincinnati Bearcats football coaches
Cincinnati Bengals coaches
Fresno State Bulldogs football coaches
Holy Cross Crusaders football coaches
LSU Tigers football coaches
Maryland Terrapins football coaches
Merchant Marine Mariners football coaches
Miami Dolphins coaches
National Football League defensive coordinators
Syracuse Orange football coaches
UMass Minutemen football players
Sportspeople from Staten Island
Monsignor Farrell High School alumni
People from New Dorp, Staten Island
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