DeChon Burns

American football player and coach (born 1970)

DeChon Burns (born June 6, 1970, in Riverside, California) is the football head coach at Linfield Christian School.[1]

## Playing career

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Burns was a four sport letterman at Rubidoux High School, Riverside, California.

Burns attended the University of Southern California as a student-athlete, where he played cornerback.[2] He played in 1989 for a team that went to the Rose Bowl Game,[3] but suffered a neck injury that ended his football career;[4] he served as an assistant to the coaching staff for the 1990-92 seasons.

Burns shifted to baseball and played center field for USC in 1992. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in communications in 1993 and was in the Houston Astros' Developmental League in 1994.

## Coaching career

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Burns was formerly the defensive line coach at UTEP,[5] the defensive line coach and Defensive Coordinator at Texas Southern.[6] Prior to that, Burns coached for the National Football League Washington Redskins, the Florida Gators, at Linfield Christian High School, Bishop Amat High School and at Beverly Hills High School.

## Media

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Coach Burns talked about his football playing and coaching career in a 2009 interview on OTTObox.[7]

## References

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1. ^ Jeffrey, Parenti (March 1, 2013). "DeChon Burns named new Linfield football coach". Press Enterprise. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013.
2. ^ "USC Football All Time Lettermen A-C". Archived from the original on April 28, 1999.
3. ^ "Rose Bowl 1989".
4. ^ Jerry, Crowe (August 21, 1990). "USC's Burns Told to Quit After Injuring Neck". Los Angeles Times.
5. ^ "UTEP Miners Bio: DeChon Burns". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
6. ^ "Texas Southern coach fired, replaced by defensive coordinator".
7. ^ "OTTObox talks to DeChon Burns". January 31, 2010.

## External links

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* Linfield Christian profile
* UTEP profile
* Interview on OTTObox