Floyd Reese was an American professional football coach and executive in the National Football League.
19 Facts About Floyd Reese
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Floyd Reese was a three-year letterman and three-year starter for the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Floyd Reese was voted UCLA rookie of the year in 1967.
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Floyd Reese was voted the team co-MVP in 1969 making him the only defensive player ever to win the award.
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Floyd Reese was one of UCLA's tri-captains as well as All-Pac-8.
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Floyd Reese was voted to the Los Angeles Times All-Time UCLA team in 1970.
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Floyd Reese played in the Hula Bowl after his senior season and was voted the game's outstanding lineman.
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Floyd Reese played one season in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes.
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Floyd Reese signed with the Toronto Argonauts in 1971 but did not play and decided to move into coaching that same year.
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Floyd Reese was an assistant coach at UCLA from 1971 to 1973 and with Georgia Tech in 1974.
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Floyd Reese was in charge of the Detroit Lions' strength and conditioning with head coaches Rick Forzano and Tommy Hudspeth from 1975 until the latter's dismissal with his entire staff on January 9,1978.
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Floyd Reese moved to the San Francisco 49ers as strength and conditioning coach in 1978.
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Floyd Reese became the Minnesota Vikings' linebacker coach and special teams from 1979 though 1983 and was the Vikings' defensive coordinator in 1984.
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Floyd Reese returned to the post of linebacker coach in 1985.
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The next season, Floyd Reese began a four-year stint as linebacker coach for the Houston Oilers.
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In 1990, Floyd Reese was promoted to the position of assistant general manager for the Oilers following an offer from Jerry Glanville, then head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, to join the Falcons as assistant head coach.
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In 1994, Floyd Reese was promoted to executive vice president and general manager, where he stayed while the Oilers moved to Nashville, Tennessee, first as the Tennessee Oilers, then as the Tennessee Titans.
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Floyd Reese added the role of director of football operations in 2001.
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On January 27,2009, Floyd Reese was hired by the New England Patriots as a senior football advisor following Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli leaving to become general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs.