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David Merritt
Personal information
Born:
(1971-09-08) September 8, 1971 (age 47)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Career information
High school: Raleigh (NC) Millbrook
College: North Carolina State
NFL Draft:
1993 / Round: 7 / Pick: 191
Career history
As player:



  • Miami Dolphins (1993)


  • Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals (1993–1995)


  • Rhein Fire (1997)


As coach:



  • Tennessee-Chattanooga (1997)
    Outside linebackers


  • Virginia Military Institute (1998)
    Defensive ends/outside linebackers coach


  • Virginia Military Institute (1999–2000)
    Defensive line coach


  • New York Jets (2001–2003)
    Defensive assistant/linebackers coach


  • New York Giants (2004)
    Defensive assistant/quality control coach


  • New York Giants (2005)
    Defensive assistant


  • New York Giants (2006–2017)
    Secondary/safeties coach


  • Arizona Cardinals (2018)
    Defensive backs coach



Career highlights and awards

  • 2× Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI)


Career NFL statistics















Tackles:		 0

Interceptions:		 0

Sacks:		 0
Player stats at NFL.com

David Merritt (born September 8, 1971) is an American football coach and former linebacker who served as the defensive backs coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina State.


Merritt also played for the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals and has been a coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Virginia Military Institute and for the New York Jets.




Contents






  • 1 Early years


  • 2 Coaching career


    • 2.1 New York Jets


    • 2.2 New York Giants


    • 2.3 Arizona Cardinals




  • 3 Coaching tree


  • 4 External links





Early years[edit]


Merritt was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Millbrook High School (Raleigh, North Carolina). Merritt was a member of the Millbrook High School inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2012



Coaching career[edit]



New York Jets[edit]


In 2001, Merritt joined the New York Jets as a defensive assistant and linebackers coach.



New York Giants[edit]


Merritt was hired by the New York Giants as a defensive assistant and quality control coach in 2004. In 2006, he was promoted to secondary and safeties coach.



Arizona Cardinals[edit]


On February 21, 2018, Merritt was hired by the Arizona Cardinals as their new defensive backs coach.



Coaching tree[edit]


NFL head coaches under whom Dave Merritt has served:




  • Herman Edwards, New York Jets (2001–2003)


  • Tom Coughlin, New York Giants (2004–2015)


  • Ben McAdoo, New York Giants (2016–2017)


  • Steve Spagnuolo, New York Giants (2017) Interim


  • Steve Wilks, Arizona Cardinals (2018)



External links[edit]


  • New York Giants profile













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