1. Todd Darren McNair was born on August 16,1965 and is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the running backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.
21 Facts About Todd McNair
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Todd McNair previously served as the running backs coach at the University of Southern California from 2004 to 2010, until the NCAA issued a one-year show-cause penalty against him as part of sanctions related to the ineligibility of one of his former players, Reggie Bush.
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Todd McNair lived in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey and played high school football at Pennsauken High School.
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Todd McNair was a 1988 graduate of Temple University, where he played football.
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Todd McNair is the uncle of former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Isaac Redman.
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Younger brother Scott Todd McNair was a running back at Temple.
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Todd McNair was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the eighth round of the 1989 NFL Draft.
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Todd McNair played professionally in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Oilers.
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Todd McNair retired from professional football in 1996 and began coaching at Camden High School in Camden, New Jersey.
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Todd McNair was the running backs coach for the Cleveland Browns from 2001 to 2003, and joined USC Trojans from 2004 to 2009.
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Todd McNair was considered one of the most effective recruiters in college football.
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Todd McNair was named one of the nation's top-25 recruiters by Rivals.
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Todd McNair played a key part in the NCAA's investigation of the school's athletic department dealing with former Trojans running back Reggie Bush.
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The NCAA ruled that Todd McNair had engaged in unethical conduct, claiming that Todd McNair had known about some of Bush's improperly received benefits, and sanctioned him with a show-cause penalty, prohibiting his interactions with football recruits for one year.
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On January 20,2013, it was reported that Todd McNair would be the new running backs coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
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However, 12 days later, Todd McNair stated that he would not be joining the Cardinals' coaching staff.
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On January 10,2019, Todd McNair agreed to terms to become the new running backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Todd McNair earned his first Super Bowl title when the Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV.
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On June 6,2011, Todd McNair filed suit against the NCAA, alleging that the collegiate athletics governing body wrongfully caused him to lose his job with the Trojans because of punishment handed down in 2010 in the Reggie Bush case.
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The disputed issues in Todd McNair's appeal centered on the believability of one of the NCAA's key witnesses in the case, Lloyd Lake, the would-be sports marketer who allegedly provided substantial amounts of money to Bush's family over a two-year period while the star running back played for the Trojans.
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On December 3,2018, Todd McNair petitioned for a new trial, which was granted in January 2019 with the Los Angeles Times noting, "The judge wrote that the infractions committee's report was false "in several material ways.