Perry Fewell

Perry Fewell

Current position
Title	Defensive backs coach
Team	Washington Redskins
Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-09-07) September 7, 1962
Place of birth	Cramerton, North Carolina
Career information
College	Lenoir-Rhyne
Career highlights
Super Bowl wins	Super Bowl XLVI
Head coaching record
Regular season	3–4–0
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1985–1986 North Carolina Tar Heels (GA) 1987 Army Black Knights (DB) 1988–1991 Kent State Golden Flashes (WR) 1992–1994 Army Black Knights (DL) 1995–1997 Vanderbilt Commodores (AHC in 1997) (DB) 1998–2002 Jacksonville Jaguars (DB) 2003–2004 St. Louis Rams (DB) 2005 Chicago Bears (DB) 2006–2009 Buffalo Bills (DC) 2009 Buffalo Bills (Interim HC) 2010–2014 New York Giants (DC) 2015–present Washington Redskins (DB)

Perry Fewell (born September 7, 1962) is an American football coach who currently serves as the defensive backs coach for the Washington Redskins. Before that he served as the interim head coach and defensive coordinator of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills. He was named interim head coach after serving as the team's defensive coordinator from 2006 to 2009 under head coach Dick Jauron. Most recently, Fewell was the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants.

Early years

Fewell attended South Point High School in Belmont, North Carolina. In 1979, he helped lead the school to a 3-A state football championship.

College

Fewell attended Lenoir-Rhyne College and was a football standout. In football, he was a four-year letterman and as a senior, he was named the team's Most Improved Player.

Coaching career

College

Fewell was a college coach for 13 years (1985-1997), working as an assistant at North Carolina, Army, Kent State and Vanderbilt.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Fewell entered the NFL as the defensive backs coach for Tom Coughlin in 1998 and stayed there through 2002. Jacksonville's pass defense ranked third in the NFL in 1999 and two years later the Jaguars gave up only 13 touchdown passes.

St. Louis Rams

In 2003, Fewell moved to St. Louis, where he was the secondary coach of the Rams.

Chicago Bears

Fewell was a Defensive Backs coach with Chicago from 2004–2005 under Head Coach Lovie Smith.

Buffalo Bills

Fewell was hired as defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills in 2006. In what was statistically their best season under Fewell, the 2008 Bills defense ranked 2nd in the AFC in negative yardage plays, recorded 7 games of holding opposing offenses to less than 100 yards rushing, finished 4th in the NFL in red zone defense (41.8%), and allowed just 14 passing TDs all year.

In Week 10 of the 2009 season, the Bills fired head coach Dick Jauron after a disappointing start and Fewell was appointed interim head coach. He led Buffalo to a 3-4 finish. Following the season finale, the Bills fired their entire coaching staff, including Fewell.

New York Giants

On January 14, 2010, Fewell was hired as defensive coordinator of the New York Giants. Fewell served under head coach Tom Coughlin, under whom Fewell previously worked during his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars. On February 5, 2012 the Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 to win Super Bowl XLVI. Under his leadership, the Giants defense was often criticized for being "off and soft", allowing other teams to come back into games they should not have been able to. On January 7, 2015 the Giants and Perry Fewell parted ways after he spent five years in charge of the defense.

Head coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
BUF	2009	3	4	0	.429	4th in AFC East	-	-		(Interim Head-Coach)

External links

• Buffalo Bills biography

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jerry Gray	Buffalo Bills Defensive Coordinator 2006–2009	Succeeded by George Edwards
Preceded by Bill Sheridan	New York Giants Defensive Coordinator 2010–2014	Succeeded by Steve Spagnuolo