Former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback DeShea Townsend interviewed for the San Francisco 49ers' defensive coordinator job.
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend celebrates his teammate James Harrison's 100-yard touchdown during the second quarter of the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. . This is the first known interview for Townsend to receive that promotion to defensive play-caller. He is currently the defensive backs coach with the Detroit Lions.
Townsend, 49, has been a coach for 13 years in the NFL and college football. He started out as the assistant defensive backs coach with the Arizona Cardinals, but since then, had tenures with the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, and now, the Lions. Townsend was the Steelers' fourth-round pick out of Alabama in the 1998 NFL Draft, and he spent nearly his entire career with the team. He played with the Indianapolis Colts for his final season in the league, but from 1998 to 2009, he was a stalwart for the Steelers and a two-time Super Bowl champion under the guidance of Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin.
Townsend has slowly worked his way up the ranks as a coach and now appears to be set to make his big breakthrough as a play-caller. Even if he does not land the 49ers job, Townsend could be an internal candidate if Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn accepts a head coach job., where our team of sports betting experts has reviewed the experience, payout speed, parlay options and quality of odds for multiple sportsbooks.
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