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Curtis Modkins
American football player and coach (born )
American football player
Curtis Modkins (born November 15, ) is an American football coach who is the current running backs coach and run game coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). A year coaching veteran, Modkins has spent the last 12 years in the NFL as an offensive coordinator[1] or running backs coach.
He has worked with four different 1,yard rushers during that span: C. J. Spiller with Buffalo in , Reggie Bush with Detroit in , Jordan Howard with Chicago in and Phillip Lindsay with Denver in –
Playing career
Modkins attended Texas Christian University (TCU), where he was a three-year starting running back for the TCU Horned Frogs football team.
He rushed for 2, yards and caught 54 passes during his college career, and was a two-time all-Southwest Conference selection.[2]
Coaching career
College years
Modkins began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, TCU in He was promoted to the position of secondary coach in and then coached the Horned Frogs' tight ends in [3] Modkins spent the next four seasons coaching cornerbacks at the University of New Mexico before arriving at Georgia Tech.
Modkins spent time learning under head coach Chan Gailey (while they were at Dallas). After Gailey went to Georgia Tech to become its next head coach, Modkins followed, becoming the coach of both running backs and defensive backs.[4]
NFL
When Gailey was fired from Georgia Tech in , Modkins went with him to the Kansas City Chiefs, to coach running backs.
Gailey became the Chiefs' offensive coordinator.[5] Modkins left his spot with the Chiefs to coach the same position for the Arizona Cardinals in
In , Modkins became the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills.[6] As offensive coordinator for Buffalo from to , Modkins directed a unit in which quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick topped 3, passing yards each season and wide receiver Stevie Johnson reached the 1,yard mark in each season.[7] Modkins was dismissed, along with the entire Bills coaching staff, on December 31, [8] On January 14, , Modkins was hired as the running backs coach of the Detroit Lions.[9]
On January 22, , Modkins was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as their new offensive coordinator.[10] Modkins helped the team finish fourth in the NFL in rushing offense () and ranked second in the NFL in red zone efficiency (%).[11] Modkins joined the Chicago Bears as their running backs coach in [12] Modkins helped Jordan Howard rank sixth in the NFL with 1, rushing yards while totaling five yard rushing games.[13]
Modkins reached an agreement with the Denver Broncos on January 4, , to be their new RB coach.[14]
Modkins took a leave of absence from the team on October 17, , after testing positive for COVID,[15] and returned to the team by October [16]
Modkins was relived of his duties after the firing of head coach Vic Fangio.
Modkins was hiring by Kevin O'Connell (American football) to be the new Running Backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings
References
- ^"Curtis Modkins becomes offensive coordinator in San Francisco". January 22,
- ^"Curtis Modkins Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks".
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- ^"Curtis Modkins, TCU Secondary Coach". .
- ^"Gailey Names Curtis Modkins to Coach Running Backs". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. January 22,
- ^Thorman, Chris (January 17, ). "Chan Gailey: What Did the Chiefs Get?".
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- ^Galliford, Brian (January 23, ). "Report: Bills to name Curtis Modkins offensive coordinator". Buffalo Rumblings.
- ^Schubert, Erich. "Broncos Media Guide"(PDF).Curtis modkins and his wife kristi Curtis Modkins is a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and has been the offensive run game coordinator/running backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings since During this time period, the Vikings compiled a record.
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- ^Gaughan, Mark (December 31, ). "Bills make it official: Gailey is fired". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on January 2, Retrieved December 31,
- ^Rogers, Justin (January 14, ).
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Curtis Modkins (born November 15, ) is an American football coach who is the current running backs coach and run game coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). A year coaching veteran, Modkins has spent the last 12 years in the NFL as an offensive coordinator [ 1 ] or running backs coach."Detroit Lions hire Curtis Modkins to coach running backs; promote Jeremiah Washburn". . Retrieved January 16,
- ^"Curtis Modkins becomes offensive coordinator in San Francisco". January 22,
- ^Schubert, Erich. "Broncos Media Guide"(PDF). . Archived from the original(PDF) on December 16, Retrieved July 11,
- ^Mayer, Larry (January 19, ).
"Bears hire three assistant coaches". Chicago Bears.
Curtis modkins biography Curtis Modkins (born November 15, ) is an American football coach who is the current running backs coach and run game coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). A year coaching veteran, Modkins has spent the last 12 years in the NFL as an offensive coordinator [ 1 ] or running backs coach.Archived from the original on January 22, Retrieved January 26,
- ^Schubert, Erich. "Broncos Media Guide"(PDF). . Archived from the original(PDF) on December 16, Retrieved July 11,
- ^Alper, Josh (January 4, ).
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"Report: Broncos add Mike Sullivan, Curtis Modkins to offensive staff". ProFootballTalk.
- ^Smith, Michael David (October 17, ). "Broncos assistant Curtis Modkins tests positive for COVID". .Curtis modkins sr Curtis Modkins is in his third season with the Minnesota Vikings as running backs/run game coordinator and 29th year coaching in Before joining the Vikings in , he served as the.
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- ^Alper, Josh (October 28, ). "Mike Munchak away from Broncos due to COVID protocols". . Retrieved November 10,