Daniel Patrick Quinn is an American football coach who has served in the National Football League for 20 seasons. He was the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks from 2013 to 2014 where he was the playcaller for the team’s Legion of Boom secondary. On February 2, 2015, Quinn reached an agreement to become the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Quinn’s most successful season with the Falcons came in 2016 when he led the team to Super BowlLI.
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Daniel Patrick Quinn is an American football coach who has served in the National Football League for 20 seasons. He was the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks from 2013 to 2014 where he was the playcaller for the team’s Legion of Boom secondary. On February 2, 2015, Quinn reached an agreement to become the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. On January 22, 2017, Quinn’s Falcons won the NFC Championship against the Green Bay Packers 44–21, clinching a berth to play in Super Bowl LI against the New England Patriots. In the 2018 season, the Falcons fell to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles 15–10 in the Divisional Round. Quinn’s most successful season with the Falcons came in 2016 when he led the team to Super BowlLI.
Atlanta would make the playoffs only one more time under Quinn, leading to dismissal early into the 2020 season. Quinn began his coaching career with the William & Mary Tribe football team in 1994 and at Virginia Military Institute in 1995, working with their defensive lines. In 2005, Quinn was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their defensive line coach. In 2007, he was hired in the same role by the New York Jets. In 2011, Quinn left Seattle to serve as the defensive Coordinator and Defensive line coach for the Florida Gators during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. In 2013, Quinn returned to Seattle as their Defensive coordinator, replacing Gus Bradley, who became the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach.
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