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KYLE VALERO Off ensive Quality Control Years with Lions: 3 Years in NFL: 3 Valero enters his third season as the Lions off ensive coaching assistant a er joining the staff during the 2010 off season. In addition to opponent fi lm breakdown and self scouting, he assists with coaching the wide receivers during practice Before coming to Detroit, Valero spent the previous two seasons with the coaching staff at Florida State. He served as an Off ensive Student Assistant in 2008 and then became the Off ensive Graduate Assistant for the 2009 season. Valero was set to be the Seminoles’ Off ensive Quality Control Coach for 2010 before leaving for the NFL. Valero got his fi rst coaching experience with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 2002-2003 seasons. While his primary responsibility was helping with Special Teams, he also assisted two future head coaches – Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin and former Buccaneers Head Coach Raheem Morris – with the defensive backs throughout training camp. VALERO’S BACKGROUND Detroit Lions .......................................................................... 2010- Off ensive Quality Control ............................................................................2012 Off ensive Coachign Assistant .....................................................................2011 Assistant to the Defensive Coaching Staff .............................................2010 Florida State University.......................................................2008-09 Off ensive Graduate Assistant.....................................................................2009 Off ensive Student Assistant .......................................................................2008 TIM WALTON Secondary/ Third Down Package Years with Lions: 4 Years in NFL: 4 Tim Walton joined the Lions as secondary coach in 2009. Before coming to Detroit, he was the defensive coordinator at the University of Memphis (2008) and had additional responsibilities coaching the safeties. Throughout his 14-year collegiate coaching career, Walton coached 13 players who were eventually drafted into the NFL, including fi ve fi rst round picks (Patriots S Brandon Merriweather, Seahawks CB Kelly Jennings, Giants CB Kenny Phillips, Redskins S LaRon Landry and Cardinals S Antrel Rolle) and four second round picks (S Idrees Bashir, WR/KR Devin Hester, S Michael Stone and CB Corey Webster). LIONS COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Walton coached a secondary that excelled in making big plays in 2011. Detroit’s secondary accounted for 16 of the team’s 21 interceptions in 2011 which was the most by a group of Lions defensive backs since 2005 (16). Of the unit’s 16 interceptions in 2011, three were returned for touchdowns, the most by a Lions secondary since 2001 (3). Lions CB Chris Houston led the team with a career-high 5 interceptions for 225 yards and 2 touchdowns in 2011 and was second with 14 pass defenses. Houston was one of only three NFL players in 2011 with 2 interception returns for touchdowns. In 2010, CB Alphonso Smith, acquired from Denver at the end of the preseason, led the team with a career-high fi ve interceptions including one for a touchdown. As a rookie in 2009, S Louis Delmas fi nished second on the team with 91 tackles. His other defensive tallies included: two interceptions (130 yds), eight passes defensed, one sack and one fumble recovery. He became the only rookie in NFL history to record a safety (<strong>vs</strong>. GB 11/26), an interception return for a touchdown (Arz 12/20) and return a fumble for a touchdown (at NO 9/13) in the same season. Delmas led the defense with 84 tackles (62 solo) in 2010 despite playing most of the season with a groin injury. Prior to joining Memphis, Walton spent the previous four seasons EXECUTIVES & COACHING Detroit<strong>lions</strong>.com Media.Detroit<strong>lions</strong>.com (2004-07) with the Miami Hurricanes. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in February of 2007 and helped propel the defense to a national ranking of 33rd in total defense. In his fi rst three seasons at Miami, he coached the defensive backs and the Miami secondary ranked in the top 10 nationally in pass defense in 2004 (ninth) and 2005 (fi rst). In 2005, Walton’s pass defense led the nation, allowing only 152.17 yards per game, and featured All-Americans safety Brandon Meriweather and cornerback Kelly Jennings as well as Freshman All-American Kenny Phillips. Walton was at LSU in 2003 and his defensive backs were a key factor in the Tigers earning the 2003 BCS National Championship and a Southeastern Conference title. The LSU defense ranked among the nation’s top three in four-of-fi ve major defensive statistical categories: total defense (fi rst, 252.0 yards per game), scoring defense (fi rst, 11.0 ppg), pass effi ciency defense (second, 89.8 rating) and rushing defense (third, 67.0 yards per game). Additionally, LSU ranked 18th nationally in passing yardage defense (185.0 ypg) while leading the SEC in four of the fi ve defensive categories, including a No. 2 ranking in the league in pass defense. In his fi rst stint with Memphis (2000-01), Walton coached defensive backs. In 2000, the Tigers ranked fi h in the nation in total defense (fi rst in rush defense), allowing only 275 yards per game and placed in the top 15 nationally in passing and scoring defense. He le Memphis to coach defensive backs at Syracuse for the 2002 season. Walton began his coaching career as a defensive graduate assistant at Bowling Green in 1995. He was promoted to running backs coach in 1996 and then moved to coach the defensive backs in 1999. In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Walton has had three summer internships with NFL teams. He spent the summer of 1998 serving as a defensive intern with the Chicago Bears, the summer of 2001 as a defensive intern for the Green Bay Packers and in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under current Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin. As a defensive back at Ohio State, Walton lettered four seasons and served as co-captain for the Big Ten champions in 1993. During his time with the Buckeyes, OSU went to four bowl games, including the Liberty Bowl in 1990. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from OSU in 1994. Walton and his wife, Tracy, have three children: Trei, Timia and Tyler. WALTON’S BACKGROUND Detroit Lions .......................................................................... 2009- Seconday/Third Down Package................................................................2012- Secondary ................................................................................................ 2009-11 Memphis ..................................................................................2008 Defensive Coordinator ..................................................................................2008 Miami (Fla.) ....................................................................... 2004-07 Defensive Coordinator ..................................................................................2007 Defensive Backs ..................................................................................... 2004-06 Louisiana State ........................................................................2003 Defensive Backs ............................................................................................2003 Syracuse ..................................................................................2002 Defensive Backs ............................................................................................2002 Memphis ............................................................................ 2000-01 Defensive Backs ..................................................................................... 2000-01 Bowling Green ................................................................... 1995-99 Defensive Backs ............................................................................................1999 Running Backs ........................................................................................ 1996-98 Defensive Graduate Assistant ...................................................................1995
JEREMIAH WASHBURN Assistant Off ensive Line Years with Lions: 4 Years in NFL: 11 Jeremiah Washburn joined the Lions coaching staff as the assistant off ensive line coach in 2009. Before coming to Detroit, he had spent six seasons working in the Baltimore Ravens player personnel department. Washburn was the Ravens’ area scout for the Southwest from 2005-08 and covered schools from the Big 12, SEC, WAC and Conference USA. He also assisted with the acquisition of rookie free agents following the dra . LIONS COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Detroit’s off ensive line continues to be one of the top pass protecting lines in the NFL for an off ense that has passed more than any other team the past three seasons (1,884 pass attempts). Over the past two seasons, Detroit has allowed 63 sacks (10th best in the NFL) while having the second most pass attempts (1,299) in the NFL. Their sacks-per-pass-play percentage during that span is 4.6 pct (7th best in the NFL). During his fi rst two years in Baltimore (2003-04), Washburn was a player personnel assistant. He assisted in pro scouting, including some advance scouting of opponents, unrestricted free agents, NFL Europe and other free agents, and he also assisted the college scouting director in preparation for the NFL Dra . In 2002, Washburn entered the NFL as a football operations assistant with the Carolina Panthers. Washburn was a three-year guard at the University of Arkansas. He was an international economics major and was a graduate assistant for the Razorbacks’ athletic department while he earned his MBA. Washburn and his wife, Susan, have two daughters, Ally and Megan, and a son, Drew. WASHBURN’S BACKGROUND Detroit Lions .......................................................................... 2009- Assistant Off ensive Line ............................................................................2009- Baltimore Ravens ................................................................2003-08 Area Scout ............................................................................................... 2005-08 Player Personnel Assistant ................................................................. 2003-04 Carolina Panthers .....................................................................2002 Football Operations Assistant...................................................................2002 Arkansas............................................................................ 2000-01 Graduate Assistant ................................................................................ 2000-01 EXECUTIVES & COACHING Detroit<strong>lions</strong>.com Media.Detroit<strong>lions</strong>.com GEORGE YARNO Off ensive Line Years with Lions: 4 Years in NFL: 5 George Yarno enters his fourth season as Detroit’s off ensive line coach. Prior to joining the Lions’ coaching staff , Yarno spent the 2008 season as the assistant off ensive line coach with Tampa Bay a er spending 17 years at the college level working with the off ensive line. LIONS COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Detroit’s off ensive line continues to be one of the top pass protecting lines in the NFL for an off ense that has passed more than any other team the past three seasons (1,884 pass attempts). On 702 pass plays in 2011 (most in the NFL), Detroit allowed 36 sacks for a sacks-per-pass-play percentage of 5.1 (10th best in the NFL). Over the past two seasons, Detroit has allowed 63 sacks (10th best in the NFL) while having the second most pass attempts (1,299) in the NFL. Their sacks-per-pass-play percentage during that span is 4.6 (7th best in the NFL). In 2010, Detroit fi nished with a sacks-per-pass play percentage of 4.09, which was the third-lowest sacks per pass play percentage allowed by the Lions since 1960. From 2003-07, Yarno worked at his alma mater, Washington State, in his second stint as the school’s off ensive line coach. During the 2003 season, he guided All-Pac-10 selections Josh Parrish (fi rst team) and Calvin Armstrong (honorable mention) to become 2003 Holiday Bowl champions. Yarno began his coaching career with the Cougars from 1991-94. Over the course of his 17-year college coaching career, Yarno served as an off ensive line coach at both LSU (2001-02), helping the team win an SEC title (2001) and at Arizona State (2000). Yarno also served as an assistant head coach/off ensive line coach at Houston (1998-99) and as an off ensive coordinator/off ensive line coach at Idaho (1995-97). Prior to coaching, Yarno was a two-time Pac-10 conference honoree as a defensive lineman at Washington State (1975-79). In1979 he signed as a free agent with Tampa Bay where he played for fi ve years (1979-1983). Yarno later joined the Denver Gold of the upstart USFL (1984-85) before returning to the Buccaneers (1985-87). Yarno fi nished out his NFL playing career with Atlanta (1988), Houston (1989) and Green Bay (1990). Born August 12, 1957, Yarno and his wife, Cindy, have three children, Josh, Adrianne and George. YARNO’S BACKGROUND Detroit Lions .......................................................................... 2009- Off ensive Line ...............................................................................................2009- Tampa Bay Buccaneers .............................................................2008 Assistant Off ensive Line ..............................................................................2008 Washington State............................................................... 2003-07 Off ensive Line .......................................................................................... 2003-07 Louisiana State .................................................................. 2001-02 Off ensive Line .......................................................................................... 2001-02 Arizona State ...........................................................................2000 Off ensive Line .................................................................................................2000 Houston ..............................................................................1998-99 Assistant Head Coach/Off ensive Line ............................................... 1998-99 Idaho ................................................................................. 1995-97 Off ensive Coordinator/Off ensive Line ................................................ 1995-97 Washington State............................................................... 1991-94 Off ensive Line .......................................................................................... 1991-94
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