Lionel Washington is a retired American

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 cornerback

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 who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League

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. Washington attended Tulane University

Tulane University

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Washington was a nicklebacks/cornerbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers

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 from 1999 to 2008. He was let go after a disappointing 2008 season. Before the 2009 season the Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

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 hired him to be their secondary coach. On May 23, 2011 Washington was named Defensive Backs Coach on Marty Schottenheimer

Marty Schottenheimer

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's staff of the United Football League

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's Virginia Destroyers.

Washington is the father of Deron Washington

Deron Washington

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, a professional basketball

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 player who was selected in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft

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. High School: Lutcher High School - Lutcher, Louisiana