Ray Rhodes
Raymond Earl Rhodes (born October 20, 1950 in Mexia, Texas) is a former football player and coach , Rhodes graduated from Mexia High School in 1969, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field. He transferred from crosstown Dunbar High School after his sophomore year.Rhodes was a running back at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth for two seasons, then transferred to the University of Tulsa, where he played wide receiver and cornerback.Rhodes was selected by the New York Giants in the tenth round of the 1974 NFL draft, 236th overall. He spent his first three years in the NFL as a wide receiver before switching to cornerback. In 1979, he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers for Tony Dungy, another future head coach. He retired after one season with the 49ers.He became the 4th black head coach in the NFL as he served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the former assistant defensive backs coach of the Houston Texans. He earned five Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers, and was named Coach of the Year by The Associated Press in 1995, his first season as Eagles head coach. He last served as the senior defensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns.
As a player:* New York Giants (1974–1979)* San Francisco 49ers (1980)As a coach:* San Francisco 49ers (1981–1991)(1981–1982) Assistant defensive backs coach (1983–1991) Defensive backs coach* Green Bay Packers (1992–1993)Defensive coordinator* San Francisco 49ers (1994)Defensive coordinator* Philadelphia Eagles (1995–1998)Head coach* Green Bay Packers (1999)Head coach* Washington Redskins (2000)Defensive coordinator* Denver Broncos (2001–2002)Defensive coordinator* Seattle Seahawks (2003–2007)Defensive coordinator* Houston Texans (2008–2010)Defensive assistant* Cleveland Browns (2011-2012)Defensive assistantCareer highlights and awards* 5× Super Bowl champion (XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, XXIX)* 1993 NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award (PFWA)* 1995 NFL Coach of the Year (AP, SN, PFW, UPI, MX)