Derrick D'wayne Burroughs (born May 18, 1962) is an

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coach and former

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who played five seasons in the

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(NFL) for the

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. He was drafted by the Bills in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft with the 14th overall pick. He served two stints as the head football coach at Lane College, from 2010 to 2013 and 2015 to 2019.

Coaching career

Burroughs began his coaching career in 1995 as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for

Knoxville College Knoxville College is an unaccredited private historically black college in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1875 by the United Presbyterian Church of North America. The college is a United Negro College Fund member sch ...

. Three years later, he joined the

Amsterdam Admirals The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional American football team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, playing in the NFL Europe. History The Admirals were formed in 1995 as part of the NFL's plan to restart the World League of American Football, t ...

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in the role of running backs coach. Burroughs became the defensive backs coach of the

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in 1999. He served in a similar capacity with the

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of the

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(2000) and

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of the XFL (2001). After four years in private business he returned to coaching in 2006 as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Clark Atlanta. In 2007, he was the defensive backs coach at

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. Burroughs spent 2008 in the same role at

Alabama State University Alabama State University (ASU, Bama State, or Alabama State) is a public historically Black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, during the Reconstruction era, it was one of about 180 " normal schools" established by state gove ...

. On February 6, 2010, Burroughs became the head football coach at Lane College. He returned to Lane in 2015 after a one-year stint at

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Head coaching record

References

External links

Lane Dragons bio
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