Anthony Lynn

Anthony Lynn

Anthony Ray Lynn is the current head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. He was a journeyman reserve running back and special teams player during his NFL career, playing for the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers. Lynn was part of Denver’s back-to-back Super Bowl champion teams.

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Summary Anthony LynnAnthony Ray Lynn is the current head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. He was a journeyman reserve running back and special teams player during his NFL career, playing for the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers. Lynn was part of Denver’s back-to-back Super Bowl champion teams. He joined the Denver coaching staff in 2000 as a special teams assistant. Lynn then joined the Jacksonville Jaguars as the running backs coach. In 2007, with the retirement of Bill Parcells as Dallas head coach, Lynn signed on with the Cleveland Browns. In 2012, Lynn was named the assistant head coachrunning backs coach for the New York Jets. In 2013, Lynn helped Chris Ivory establish a team-leading 833 yards on 182 carries.

In 2014, he followed Rex Ryan to the Buffalo Bills where he took the same position. In 2015, he was the offensive coordinator for the Bills when Greg Roman was fired. In 2016, he became the interim head coach on December 27, 2016, after Rex Ryan was fire. On January 12, 2017, Lynn was hired to become the new head coach of the Chargers, the same day that owner Dean Spanos announced that the Chargers were relocating from San Diego to Los Angeles. Lynn became the franchise’s first African-American head coach in its 56-year history. In the 2020 NFL Draft, the Chargers would draft Justin Herbert of Oregon sixth overall.