Ivan Fears

Ivan Fears (born November 15, 1954) is an American football coach who is the current running backs coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

Ivan Fears
Fears in August 2009
New England Patriots
Position:Running backs coach
Personal information
Born: (1954-11-15) November 15, 1954
Portsmouth, Virginia
Career information
High school:Suffolk (VA) John Yeates
College:William & Mary
Career history
As coach:
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

High school

Fears attended John Yeates High School in Suffolk, Virginia, and was a letterman in football. In football, he was twice named the school's "Outstanding Player of the Year", and as a senior, was also an All-State selection. He attended The College of William & Mary, where he played football as a running back from 1973 to 1975.[1]

Coaching career

College

Fears began his coaching career in 1976 with his alma mater, William & Mary as a graduate assistant and in 1977-1978 was the team's Receivers coach. In 1979, he served as the team's quarterbacks coach before moving to Syracuse University in 1980 as the [2] wide receivers coach.

NFL

Fears joined the Patriots' coaching staff in 1991. He spent two seasons with the Patriots before moving on to coach the Chicago Bears' wide receivers starting in 1993, but rejoined the New England coaching staff in 1999 as their wide receivers coach. In 2002, he was reassigned to running backs coach[3]. Fears has won six Super Bowls with the Patriots.

References
  1. TIMES-DISPATCH, MICHAEL PHILLIPS RICHMOND. "Ivan Fears was one of the first black players at William & Mary. Now he's preparing for his ninth Super Bowl". Culpeper Star-Exponent. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Staff, Nicole Yang Boston com; November 23; 2019; Comments, 6:14 p m Email to a Friend Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPrint this Article View. "Patriots assistant coach Ivan Fears not worried about struggling running game - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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