Charles Douglas Cecil was born on November 8,1964 and is an American football coach and former player in the National Football League.
22 Facts About Chuck Cecil
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Chuck Cecil is a senior defensive assistant for the University of Arizona, his alma mater.
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Chuck Cecil previously served as a defensive assistant for the Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Rams.
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Chuck Cecil spent two seasons as a television analyst for University of Arizona football games.
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Chuck Cecil attended the University of Arizona, where he walked-on for the Wildcats.
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Chuck Cecil proved the recruiters wrong by eventually earning consensus All-America and Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors after his nine-interception senior season in 1987.
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Chuck Cecil held the Pac-10 record for career interceptions, with 21, and set the Wildcats' school single-game record with four interceptions against Stanford in 1987.
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Chuck Cecil was inducted into the Wildcats' Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Chuck Cecil earned a trip to the Pro Bowl and garnered All-Madden status in 1992 when he recorded four interceptions and 102 tackles on the season.
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Chuck Cecil is regarded as among the most vicious hitters in National Football League history.
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In 2001, Chuck Cecil accepted a coaching position for the Tennessee Titans under Jeff Fisher, for whom he had played in his final season.
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Chuck Cecil served as a defensive quality control assistant for three seasons.
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Chuck Cecil was promoted in 2004, to work with the safeties and nickel backs.
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Chuck Cecil's responsibilities expanded in 2007 to cover all of the defensive backs.
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On February 12,2009, Chuck Cecil was named the Titans' defensive coordinator, replacing the departed Jim Schwartz, who had taken the position of head coach for the Detroit Lions.
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On October 3,2010, during a game against the Denver Broncos, Chuck Cecil gave NFL officials the middle-finger gesture in an attempt to protest a neutral zone infraction call against one of his players.
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Live close-up video of Chuck Cecil was being aired at the time, and the gesture was broadcast without editing.
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Chuck Cecil was to fill the void left by Ray Horton when he departed to become the defensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals.
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Chuck Cecil was hired as a special advisor on July 28,2017, at his alma mater, the University of Arizona.
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Chuck Cecil became interim defensive coordinator for the first time on November 2,2019, when Arizona parted ways with defensive coordinator Marcel Yates.
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On December 30,2020, Chuck Cecil was to join Jedd Fisch's coaching staff as safeties coach.
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Chuck Cecil is married to author, columnist and television producer, Carrie Gerlach Chuck Cecil.