Steven Wilks
Encyclopedia
Steven Bernard Wilks is a defensive backs coach
, currently with the San Diego Chargers
of the National Football League
.
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for one season (1999) and compiled a record of 5-6.
Wilks was hired by the Chicago Bears
on February 16, 2006. The Bears announced on December 30, 2008, that they had fired Wilks.
Wilks was hired on January 20, 2009 by the San Diego Chargers
, joining former Defensive Coordinator with the Bears Ron Rivera
.
Defensive backs coach
A defensive backs coach or secondary coach is a coach in charge of the safeties and cornerbacks in gridiron football. This position is very common in the CFL, NFL and college football programs. Some common titles are: safeties coach, cornerbacks coach, secondary coach, secondary/safeties coach,...
, currently with the San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
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Pro career
Wilks played one year in the AFL for the Charlotte RageCharlotte Rage
The Charlotte Rage was a team in the Arena Football League.-History:They competed in the 1992-1996 seasons. They played their home games at the Charlotte Coliseum, then also home of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association....
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Coaching career
Wilks served as Head Football Coach at Savannah State CollegeSavannah State University
Savannah State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university located in Savannah, Georgia. Savannah State holds the distinction as the oldest public historically black university in Georgia...
for one season (1999) and compiled a record of 5-6.
Wilks was hired by the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
on February 16, 2006. The Bears announced on December 30, 2008, that they had fired Wilks.
Wilks was hired on January 20, 2009 by the San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, joining former Defensive Coordinator with the Bears Ron Rivera
Ron Rivera
Ronald Eugene Rivera is the head coach of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Rivera was a linebacker on the 1985 Chicago Bears, who won Super Bowl XX. Rivera was the defensive coordinator for the 2006 Chicago Bears, who won the National Football Conference championship and competed in Super Bowl XLI...
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