1. Clarence Clifford Pendergast III was born on November 29,1967 and is an American football coach who served as defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, California Golden Bears, and USC Trojans football teams.
12 Facts About Clancy Pendergast
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Clancy Pendergast was a graduate assistant or assistant coach at Mississippi State, University of Southern California, University of Oklahoma, and University of Alabama at Birmingham before joining the Houston Oilers in 1995.
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Clancy Pendergast helped develop first-round draft pick Roy Williams into a Pro Bowl safety.
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Clancy Pendergast officially became the defensive coordinator for the Chiefs on March 13,2009, where he reunited with Head Coach Todd Haley, who was offensive coordinator at Arizona during Pendergast's time there.
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Clancy Pendergast was hired to become the Oakland Raiders defensive backs coach on February 6,2010.
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On February 19,2010, Clancy Pendergast was hired as defensive coordinator for the California Golden Bears, succeeding Bob Gregory.
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Clancy Pendergast helped produce nine NFL players, including first-round pick defensive end Cameron Jordan, and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year linebacker Mychal Kendricks.
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Clancy Pendergast was hired by the USC Trojans as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach in 2013.
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Clancy Pendergast did not return to the team in 2014, but did so in 2016 after spending 2015 as inside linebackers coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
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The son of a farmer, Clancy Pendergast attended Tolleson High School, where his sister, Bonnie Clancy Pendergast, now teaches calculus.
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Clancy Pendergast graduated from the University of Arizona in 1990, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in agriculture.
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Clancy Pendergast did not play football in college, but did coach his fraternity team.