Tony Oden

Tony Oden

Detroit Lions
Position:	Cornerbacks coach
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1973-06-30) June 30, 1973
Place of birth:	Cleveland, Ohio
Career information
College:	Baldwin–Wallace
Career history
As coach:
Millersville University of Pennsylvania (1996) (Assistant Defensive Backs Coach) Boston College (1997) (Graduate Assistant Coach) United States Military Academy (1998-1999) Varsity Defensive Backs/JV Assistant Coach (1998) Head JV Coach/Varsity Defensive Backs Coach (1999) East Carolina University (2000-2002) Outside Linebackers Coach (2000) Secondary Coach (2001) Safeties Coach (2002) Eastern Michigan University (2003) (Defensive Backs Coach) Houston Texans (2004–2005) (Defensive Asst./Asst. Defensive Backs Coach) New Orleans Saints (2006–2010) (Assistant Secondary Coach) New Orleans Saints (2011) (Secondary Coach) Jacksonville Jaguars (2012) (Defensive Backs Coach) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2013) (Defensive Backs Coach) Detroit Lions (2014-present) (Cornerbacks Coach)
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-OAC (1993, 1994) Super Bowl champion (XLIV)

Anthony Earl Oden (born June 30, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. Oden played collegiately as an outside linebacker at Baldwin–Wallace College in the early 1990s.

Early life

Oden was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Coaching career

From 2004 to 2005 Oden got his first National Football League coaching job with the Houston Texans as a defensive assist coach.

In 2006, Oden was hired as assistant secondary coach by the New Orleans Saints, spending five seasons in that capacity. Head coach Sean Payton promoted him to the role of secondary coach following the 2010 season.

On January 19, 2012, the Jacksonville Jaguars hired Oden as their defensive backs coach.

Oden was hired to be the Secondary/ Cornerbacks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2013. He was let go after the season

External links

• Jacksonville Jaguars bio