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).
 Fears in August 2009 | |
| New England Patriots | |
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| Position: | Running backs coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 15, 1954 Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Suffolk (VA) John Yeates |
| College: | William & Mary |
| Career history | |
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| 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
- Phillips, Michael. "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.
- "Ivan Fears". Fanbase. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- Yang, Nicole (November 23, 2019). "Patriots assistant coach Ivan Fears not worried about struggling running game". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 19, 2020.