Alvin Reynolds | |
Position: | Defensive back |
Birth Date: | June 24, 1959 |
Birth Place: | Pineville, Louisiana, U.S. |
High School: | West Jefferson (Harvey, Louisiana) |
College: | Indiana State |
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Alvin Reynolds (born June 24, 1959)[1] is a former college and National Football League (NFL) defensive backs coach.
Reynolds attended Indiana State, where he played on the football team for four years. Over his career he appeared in 33 games recording five interceptions for 39 yards.[2]
After graduation, Reynolds began his coaching career in 1982.[3] He was on the staff for the 1984 Indiana State football team, a team that was inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall-of-Fame in 2012.[4]
In 1993, Reynolds joined the Denver Broncos coaching staff where he was an assistant defensive backs and quality control coach for three seasons. In 1996, he became the first defensive backs coach in Ravens history. He served in that position for three seasons. In 1999, he joined the Carolina Panthers as a defensive quality control and was also a defensive assistant for four seasons. After leaving the Panthers, he joined the coaching staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars where he served for five seasons as defensive backs coach from 2003 to 2007.[5] He then joined the Atlanta Falcons in 2008, coaching the defensive backs until he was fired after the 2011 season.[6]
In 2013, Reynolds guested with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
In 2018, Reynolds return to the college ranks as a defensive backs coach for Bentley University. In 2020, he was promoted to Defensive coordinator. In 2022, he was promoted again, this time to head coach, his first head coaching role.[7]