After considering retirement since the 2004 season ended, he finally decided to do so on July 15, 2005.[1] Although he had two restaurant businesses going in South Carolina, Abrahams was searching for a post-playing occupation, and during his playing years he swore to himself that he would never become a coach. However, while on the sidelines of his oldest son’s youth football practice, a local high school coach, whose son played on the same team as Abraham’s, approached him about helping out his team. Before long, Abraham became the head coach at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg.[2]
Abraham guided Gibbs to its first district title in 2009 but resigned after a 3–7 season in 2010. He was defensive backs coordinator (2011–2012) at Tampa Bay Storm and later (2012) at East Lake High School. In 2013, he was the head coach of the Clearwater High School football team and resigned in 2015.[3] He was (2015–2017) the defensive coordinator at IMG Academy, in Bradenton, Florida.[4] On February 15, 2017, he was named defensive assistant coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini football, joining Head Coach Lovie Smith's coaching team.[5][6] Abraham left the Illinois program in the summer of 2018.
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donnie, abraham, nathaniel, donnell, abraham, born, october, 1973, american, football, coach, former, cornerback, current, defensive, coordinator, louis, battlehawks, career, played, tampa, buccaneers, 1996, 2001, york, jets, 2002, 2004, louis, battlehawksposi. Nathaniel Donnell Abraham born October 8 1973 is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the current Defensive Coordinator for St Louis Battlehawks In his career he played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1996 2001 and the New York Jets 2002 2004 Donnie AbrahamSt Louis BattleHawksPosition Defensive CoordinatorPersonal informationBorn 1973 10 08 October 8 1973 age 49 Orangeburg South CarolinaHeight 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m Weight 192 lb 87 kg Career informationHigh school Orangeburg SC WilkinsonCollege East TennesseeNFL Draft 1996 Round 3 Pick 71Career historyAs a player Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1996 2001 New York Jets 2002 2004 As a coach Tarpon Springs FL East Lake H S 2005 2008 Defensive backs coach St Petersburg FL Gibbs H S 2009 2010 Head coach Tampa Bay Storm 2011 2012 Defensive backs coach Tarpon Springs FL East Lake H S 2012 Defensive backs coach Clearwater FL H S 2013 2014 Head coach IMG Academy 2015 2016 Defensive coordinator Illinois 2017 Defensive backs coach Orlando Apollos 2019 Defensive backs coach St Louis BattleHawks 2023 present Defensive CoordinatorCareer highlights and awardsPro Bowl 2000 NFL interceptions co leader 1999 PFWA All Rookie Team 1996 Career NFL statisticsTotal tackles 441Sacks 2 0Forced fumbles 2Fumble recoveries 8Interceptions 38Total touchdowns 5Player stats at NFL com PFRLife after football EditAfter considering retirement since the 2004 season ended he finally decided to do so on July 15 2005 1 Although he had two restaurant businesses going in South Carolina Abrahams was searching for a post playing occupation and during his playing years he swore to himself that he would never become a coach However while on the sidelines of his oldest son s youth football practice a local high school coach whose son played on the same team as Abraham s approached him about helping out his team Before long Abraham became the head coach at Gibbs High School in St Petersburg 2 Abraham guided Gibbs to its first district title in 2009 but resigned after a 3 7 season in 2010 He was defensive backs coordinator 2011 2012 at Tampa Bay Storm and later 2012 at East Lake High School In 2013 he was the head coach of the Clearwater High School football team and resigned in 2015 3 He was 2015 2017 the defensive coordinator at IMG Academy in Bradenton Florida 4 On February 15 2017 he was named defensive assistant coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini football joining Head Coach Lovie Smith s coaching team 5 6 Abraham left the Illinois program in the summer of 2018 In November 2018 Abraham joined Steve Spurrier s Orlando Apollos coaching staff as defensive backs coach 7 In June 2022 Abraham joined Anthony Becht s coaching staff as the Defensive Coordinator of St Louis 8 References Edit Jets CB Abraham decides to retire National Football League Hempstead New York July 15 2005 Archived from the original on August 9 2007 Retrieved July 16 2011 Life After Football Donnie Abraham Tamba Bay Buccaneers Retrieved August 9 2017 Coaches Football Academy Football Program IMG Academy NFL veteran Donnie Abraham joins Illinois coaching staff Chicago Tribune Q amp A with ex Bucs CB Donnie Abraham now coaching at Illinois Tampa Bay Times Archived from the original on August 10 2017 Retrieved August 9 2017 Ruiz Stephen November 8 2018 Steve Spurrier s first staff with Apollos includes Super Bowl champions former Gators Orlando Sentinel Retrieved January 7 2019 XFL Announces Key Football Hires and Coaching Staff for its Eight Teams www xfl com Retrieved July 28 2022 This biographical article relating to an American football defensive back born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donnie Abraham amp oldid 1129398400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
