Larry Mac Duff
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| Larry Mac Duff | ||
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | June 22, 1948 | |
| Place of birth |  Clinton, Iowa |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1966-1967 1968-1969 |
Fullerton (J.C.) Oklahoma |
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| Position | DE | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1980-1983 1984-1986 1987-1996 1997-2000 2001-2002 2003-2006 2007 |
Stanford (DL) Hawaiʻi (DL/ST) Arizona (DC) New York Giants (ST) Arizona (DC) San Francisco 49ers (ST) Texas (Co-DC) |
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Larry Mac Duff (born June 22, 1948 in Clinton, Iowa) is an American football coach. He served as co-defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns during their 2007 season, alongside Duane Akina. He was hired on January 7, 2007, to replace Gene Chizik, who left Texas after two seasons to become the head coach at Iowa State University.[1] Mac Duff and Akina were responsible for the so-called “Desert Swarm” defense at University of Arizona, which led the nation in scoring defense in 1992, allowing only 8.9 points per game, and finished second in total defense.
A former national assistant coach of the year while at Arizona, Mac Duff has helped mentor a Nagurski Trophy winner, an Outland Trophy winner, a Thorpe Award winner, a Lombardi Award finalist, five Pac-10 Defensive Players of the Year and an NCAA sack champion.[citation needed]
Following a disappointing 2007 season, Mac Duff resigned as co-defensive coordinator of the Longhorns.[2] Texas had one of the worst defenses in the country, giving up an average of 374.8 yards per game.
[edit] References
- ^ Mac Duff is Texas' newest defensive co-coordinator
- ^ "Charles leaving school to enter NFL draft", ESPN.com, The Disney Company, January 2, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
| Preceded by Gene Chizik |
University of Texas Defensive coordinator 2007 (alongside Duane Akina) |
Succeeded by Will Muschamp |
