Sedrick Irvin (born March 30, 1978) 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 with ...
coach and former player. He is the head coach at
Raw 7v7. Irvin was formally the head football coach at
Miami Senior High School
Miami Senior High School, also known as Miami High School, is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Founded in 1903, it is one of the oldest high school in Miami- ...
and
Westminster Christian School in
Palmetto Bay, Florida
Palmetto Bay is a suburban incorporated village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,439 as of the 2020 US census.
Palmetto Bay includes three neighborhoods that were former census-designated places, Cutler, R ...
. Irvin played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
and professionally in the
National Football League
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(NFL) with the
Detroit Lions
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.
Early years
Irvin played
high school football
High school football (french: football au lycée) is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries, but its popularity is declining, part ...
at
Miami Southridge Senior High School
Miami Southridge Senior High School is a secondary school located in South Miami Heights, Florida (Miami postal address). Its current principal is Humberto J. Miret. The school serves ninth through twelfth grade students in a mostly unincorporat ...
and
Miami Senior High School
Miami Senior High School, also known as Miami High School, is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Founded in 1903, it is one of the oldest high school in Miami- ...
, where he was named a ''
USA Today
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''
All-American in 1995. He played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
where he was well known for his jukes and stutter steps en route to 1,000 yard rushing seasons in each of his three seasons there. His sophomore season, in 1997, he ran for 1,211 yards on 231 carries and scored 9 touchdowns. As a junior in 1998, he ran for 1,167 yards on 272 carries and scored 10 touchdowns.
Irvin left Michigan State after his junior season with the fourth most rushing yards in school history to enter the
National Football League Draft
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.
Professional playing career
Irvin fell to the fourth round in the
1999 NFL Draft
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due to scouts citing that he was too slow for the NFL game. He led the
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...
in touchdowns his rookie year while backing up
James Stewart
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. After two years in which he was beset by injuries, the Lions let Irvin go. He signed with the
Miami Dolphins
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in hopes of returning to the NFL, but never saw game time. He also played in
NFL Europe
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and the
Arena Football League
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where he played
linebacker
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and
fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to:
Sports
* A position in various kinds of football, including:
** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position
** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...
, both positions new to him.
Coaching career
Irvin was formerly an assistant coach at
Gulliver Preparatory School
Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private co-educational school. Its management offices are in Kendall, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its four campuses are across the county.
Previously the ad ...
in Miami. From 2008 to 2009, he worked under head coach
Nick Saban
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at the
University of Alabama
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. During his acceptance speech for the
Heisman Trophy
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, Alabama running back
Mark Ingram II
Mark Valentino Ingram II (born December 21, 1989) is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, where he was the first Alabama player to win the Heis ...
thanked Irvin for helping him throughout his college career. On January 14, 2010, Irvin was named the running backs coach for the
Memphis Tigers
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On March 6, 2011, he was hired as the new head football coach for Westminster Christian School. In April 2016, Sedrick Irvin was hired to the East Carolina University coaching staff.
Personal life
Sedrick Irvin is married with two sons. Irvin is the cousin of former
Dallas Cowboys
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wide receiver and
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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r
Michael Irvin
Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former professional football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 2007, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...
.
References
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1978 births
Living people
American football running backs
Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches
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Columbus Destroyers players
Detroit Lions players
Memphis Tigers football coaches
Michigan State Spartans football players
High school football coaches in Florida
Miami Southridge Senior High School alumni
Players of American football from Miami
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African-American coaches of American football
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