Kerry Barth Locklin is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 coach

Coach (sport)

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, most recently the defensive line coach for the New York Jets

New York Jets

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 in the National Football League

National Football League

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.

Locklin graduated from New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...

, where he had been the All-WAC

Western Athletic Conference

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 tight end

Tight end

The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

. Drafted in the sixth round of 1982 NFL Draft

1982 NFL Draft

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 by the Los Angeles Rams

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, he played with them for the 1982 season

1982 Los Angeles Rams season

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 and with the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 in 1987. In between, he played with Arizona in the United States Football League

United States Football League

The United States Football League was an American football league which was in active operation from 1983 to 1987. It played a spring/summer schedule in its first three seasons and a traditional autumn/winter schedule was set to commence before league operations ceased.The USFL was conceived in...

 from 1984 to 1985.

Locklin coached at Western New Mexico

Western New Mexico University

Western New Mexico University, a public university located in Silver City, New Mexico, has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as a comprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and caters to a student body diverse in age, culture,...

 (1988), Utah

Utah Utes football

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 (1989), Morehead State

Morehead State University

Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S...

 (1990–1993), for the Shreveport Pirates

Shreveport Pirates

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 in the Canadian Football League

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 (1994), and then for Eastern Michigan

Eastern Michigan Eagles football

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 (1995–1999) and then as the defensive line coach

Defensive Line Coach

A defensive line coach is a coach that is in charge of the defensive line in gridiron football. This position is very common in the CFL, NFL, and college football programs. The defensive line coach serves the defense, which is led by the defensive coordinator. A defensive line coach works primarily...

 at Fresno State

Fresno State Bulldogs football

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, before joining the Jets.