DeMontie Cross

DeMontie Cross
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Director of Player Personnel
Team TCU
Biographical details
Born 1974
St. Louis, Missouri
Alma mater Missouri
Playing career
1994–1996 Missouri
Position(s) Free Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999 Missouri (OLB)
2000 Sam Houston State (DB)
2001–2005 Iowa State (OLB)
2006–2010 Buffalo Bills (Asst.)
2011 Wisconsin (S/ST)
2012 Kansas (LB)
2013-2015 TCU (co-DC/LB)
2016–2017 Missouri (DC)
2018-present TCU (Director of Player Personnel)

DeMontie E. Cross is the director of player personnel for TCU. He was formerly the defensive coordinator of the University of Missouri football team.

Biography

Cross is a graduate of Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis County, Missouri and the University of Missouri. While at Missouri, he played on the football team as a free safety and was named second-team All-Big Eight in 1995 and second-team All-Big 12 in 1996.[1] Cross has two children.

Coaching career

Cross began his college coaching career at his alma mater. He served as the outside linebackers coach from 1998 to 1999. In 2000, he served as the defensive backfield coach with the Sam Houston State Bearkats. From 2001 to 2005, he was the outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator of the Iowa State Cyclones. Cross joined the staff of the Buffalo Bills in 2006. He first served as a defensive and special teams assistant before being promoted assistant linebackers coach and special teams coordinator, serving in those positions for three seasons. Cross spent his final season with the Bills as the inside linebackers coach.

In 2016, Cross was selected by new Missouri head coach, Barry Odom, to become the defensive coordinator. Mid-season, Cross was stripped of his play calling duties by Odom.

In 2018, Cross returned to TCU as director of player personnel.

References

  1. ↑ "DeMontie Cross". University of Kansas Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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