Deland McCullough

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Deland McCullough
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Position:Running backs coach
Personal information
Born:Jon Kenneth Briggs
(1972-12-01) December 1, 1972 (age 49)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Career information
College:Miami (OH)
Undrafted:1996
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
As player
As coach
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Deland McCullough (born Jon Briggs on December 1, 1972) is a former American and Canadian football running back in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He is formerly the Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach.[1] He played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He played college football at Miami University.[2] In 2020, McCullough won his first Super Bowl when the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV.

On February 8, 2021, McCullough was hired at Indiana University as their running backs coach.[3]

On January 31, 2022, Notre Dame hired McCullough as their new running backs coach.

Personal life[]

McCullough, born Jon Briggs, was placed for adoption as a newborn, but reunited with his biological mother in November 2017. He found out from her that his mentor, Sherman Smith, is his biological father,[4] as depicted in the Kendrick Brothers 2021 film, Show Me the Father.

References[]

  1. ^ Hoosiers hire Deland McCullough as new RB coach
  2. ^ McCullough could be back
  3. ^ "Chiefs RBs coach Deland McCullough leaving for Indiana". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach Deland McCullough went searching for his biological parents. He found them where he never would have expected (ESPN)

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