10 Facts About Mickey Conn

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Mickey Conn was born on November 9,1971 and is an American football coach and former player who is currently the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Clemson University.

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Mickey Conn has served in various assistant coaching roles at Clemson since 2016, including as defensive assistant in 2016, safeties coach from 2017 to 2020 and special teams coordinator and safeties coach in 2021.

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Mickey Conn walked on to play defensive back for Gene Stallings at Alabama from 1990 to 1994 eventually getting a scholarship.

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Mickey Conn redshirted his freshman season and lettered from the 1992 national championship season to 1994.

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Mickey Conn began his career in coaching at his alma mater Alabama in 1996 where he worked as a graduate assistant under his former head coach, Gene Stallings.

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Mickey Conn was retained in 1997 under Mike DuBose's new staff as a graduate assistant.

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In 1998 and 1999 Mickey Conn coached at his former high school, South Gwinnett High School in Atlanta.

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Mickey Conn joined Clemson's coaching staff under his former teammate Dabo Swinney in 2016 as a defensive assistant.

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On December 14,2021, Mickey Conn was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach, alongside Wes Goodwin, replacing Brent Venables after his departure to become the head coach at the University of Oklahoma.

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Mickey Conn is the uncle of Appalachian State Mountaineers quarterback Chase Brice.