Perry Fewell
NFL Officiating | |
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Position: | Senior Vice President of Officiating Administration |
Personal information | |
Born: | Cramerton, North Carolina | September 7, 1962
Career information | |
High school: | Belmont (NC) South Point |
College: | Lenoir-Rhyne |
Undrafted: | 1985 |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Head coaching record | |
Regular season: | 3–8 (.273) |
Coaching stats at PFR |
Perry Fewell (born September 7, 1962) is an American football coach. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Officiating Administration for the National Football League's officiating department. Before that, he served as the interim head coach and defensive coordinator of the NFL's Buffalo Bills. He was named interim head coach after serving as the team's defensive coordinator from 2006 to 2009 under head coach Dick Jauron. Between his stints with the Bills and Redskins, Fewell was the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants for five seasons. After working as the Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive backs coach, he joined the Carolina Panthers in the same position, and eventually worked as Carolina's interim head coach.
Early years
Fewell attended South Point High School in Belmont, North Carolina. In 1979, he helped lead the school to a 3-A state football championship.
College
Fewell attended Lenoir-Rhyne College and was a football standout. In football, he was a four-year letterman and as a senior, he was named the team's Most Improved Player.
Coaching career
College
Fewell was a college coach for 13 years (1985-1997), working as an assistant at North Carolina, Army, Kent State, and Vanderbilt.[1]
Jacksonville Jaguars
Fewell entered the NFL as the defensive backs coach for Tom Coughlin in 1998 and stayed there through 2002. Jacksonville's pass defense ranked third in the NFL in 1999 and two years later the Jaguars gave up only 13 touchdown passes.[1]
St. Louis Rams
In 2003, Fewell moved to St. Louis, where he was the secondary coach of the Rams.
Chicago Bears
Fewell was a Defensive Backs coach with Chicago from 2004–2005 under Head Coach Lovie Smith.
Buffalo Bills
Fewell was hired as defensive coordinator of the Buffalo Bills in 2006. In what was statistically their best season under Fewell, the 2008 Bills defense ranked 2nd in the AFC in negative yardage plays, recorded 7 games of holding opposing offenses to less than 100 yards rushing, finished 4th in the NFL in red zone defense (41.8%), and allowed just 14 passing TDs all year.[2]
In Week 10 of the 2009 season, the Bills fired head coach Dick Jauron after a 3–6 start and Fewell was appointed interim head coach. He led Buffalo to a 3–4 finish. Following the season finale, the Bills fired their entire coaching staff, including Fewell.
New York Giants
On January 14, 2010, Fewell was hired as defensive coordinator of the New York Giants.[1] Fewell served under head coach Tom Coughlin, under whom Fewell previously worked during his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars. On February 5, 2012, the Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21–17 to win Super Bowl XLVI. Under his leadership, the Giants defense was often criticized for being "off and soft", allowing other teams to come back into games they should not have been able to. On January 7, 2015, the Giants and Perry Fewell parted ways after he spent five years in charge of the defense.[3]
Washington Redskins
Fewell served as defensive backs coach for the Washington Redskins for two seasons.
Return to the Jacksonville Jaguars
After Tom Coughlin returned to the Jacksonville Jaguars as the Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Fewell was brought in to act as the defensive backs coach on Doug Marrone's staff.[4]
Carolina Panthers
Fewell was named the secondary coach of the Carolina Panthers on January 15, 2019.[5] He was named interim head coach on December 3, 2019, following the dismissal of Ron Rivera.[6]
NFL Officiating
In 2020, Fewell joined the NFL's officiating department as Senior Vice President of Officiating Administration.[7]
Head coaching record
Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
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Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
BUF* | 2009 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 4th in AFC East | — | — | — | — |
BUF Total | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
CAR* | 2019 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 4th in NFC South | — | — | — | — |
CAR total | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
Total | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
* – Interim head coach
References
- ^ a b c "Giants hire Fewell as new defensive coordinator". ESPN.com. January 14, 2010.
- ^ http://www.buffalobills.com/team/coaches/perry-fewell/a53e90bd-a60d-45ec-be9e-29a6e5ca2fe1
- ^ "Fewell out as Giants' defensive coordinator". ESPN.com. January 7, 2015.
- ^ Day, Ryan (January 14, 2017). "Jaguars name Perry Fewell new secondary coach". Big Cat Country.
- ^ "Perry Fewell named secondary coach". www.panthers.com.
- ^ "Interim head coach Perry Fewell takes the reins from Ron Rivera". www.panthers.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Perry Fewell, Walt Anderson join NFL Officiating Staff". National Football League. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- New York Giants coaches
- Buffalo Bills coaches
- Buffalo Bills head coaches
- Chicago Bears coaches
- Jacksonville Jaguars coaches
- Washington Redskins coaches
- St. Louis Rams coaches
- Carolina Panthers coaches
- National Football League defensive coordinators
- Army Black Knights football coaches
- Kent State Golden Flashes football coaches
- Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football players
- North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches
- Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches
- People from Belmont, North Carolina
- People from Gaston County, North Carolina
- African-American coaches of American football
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- Lenoir–Rhyne University alumni