James Hasty
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James Edward Hasty is a former professional American football
American football
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 cornerback
Cornerback
A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...

 who played in the National Football League
National Football League
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 for the New York Jets
New York Jets
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, the Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

, and the Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
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 from 1988 to 2001.

Football career

Hasty was selected in the third round of the 1988 NFL Draft
1988 NFL Draft
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 (74th overall) by the Jets and was selected to the Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl
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 in 1997
1997 NFL season
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 and 1999
1999 NFL season
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. He starred at the cornerback position at Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...

. Known for his aggressive bump and run coverage
Bump and run coverage
Bump and run coverage is a strategy often used by defensive backs in American Football in which a defensive player lines up directly in front of a wide receiver and tries to impede him with arms, hands, or entire body and disrupt their intended route...

, Hasty teamed with Dale Carter
Dale Carter
Dale Lavelle Carter is a former American football cornerback who played for the Kansas City Chiefs , Denver Broncos , Minnesota Vikings , New Orleans Saints , and Baltimore Ravens ....

 to form one of the league's top cornerbacking duos while with the Chiefs.

Professional career

From 2001 to 2004, Hasty was an assistant football coach for Bellevue High School who won 4 straight State Championships in the state of Washington. In 2010, He rejoined the coaching staff of the Bellevue Wolverines as a defensive backs coach. The Bellevue Defensive Coordinator was headed by Chris Beak who had served in various coaching duties in the NFL himself. In September, 2010, Chris Beak re-entered the NFL as an offensive assistant coach with the San Francisco 49'ers. This led to James Hasty taking over as the Bellevue defensive coordinator.

He started working for ESPN
ESPN
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 on May 3, 2006. As of the spring 2009, he is working at ESPN as an NFL analyst.

Personal life

Hasty was a member of the Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi
Omega Psi Phi is a fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The founders were three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos...

 fraternity while attending Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...

.

Hasty's son, Tyler,is currently (2010) a junior QB/DB on the Bellevue Wolverines roster. His other soon, JR quick the Washington Husky football program because he was not given the opportunity to compete.
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