Anthony Ray Lynn (born December 21, 1968 in McKinney, Texas) is a former American football running back and current assistant coach for the New York Jets.
The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lynn played at Celina High School and later at Texas Tech (1988-91), where he was an All-Southwest Conference running back in 1990. His senior year was cut short by a knee injury, and concerns about the injury left him undrafted. He was a journeyman reserve running back a...
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Anthony Ray Lynn (born December 21, 1968 in McKinney, Texas) is a former American football running back and current assistant coach for the New York Jets.
The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lynn played at Celina High School and later at Texas Tech (1988-91), where he was an All-Southwest Conference running back in 1990. His senior year was cut short by a knee injury, and concerns about the injury left him undrafted. He was a journeyman reserve running back and special teams player during his NFL career, playing for the Denver Broncos (1993, 1997-99) and San Francisco 49ers (1995-96). He retired in 2000 due to repeated neck stinger injuries. Lynn was part of Denver's back-to-back Super Bowl champion teams (1997-98).
Upon retiring in 2000, he joined the Denver coaching staff as an offensive assistant and special teams coach (2000-02), before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars as the running backs coach (2003-04). He left Jacksonville after being switched to special teams coach following a coaching...
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