PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
PRESEASON EditiON - Detroit Lions
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kyle<br />
valero<br />
Offensive<br />
Quality Control<br />
Years with <strong>Lions</strong>: 3<br />
Years in NFL: 3<br />
Valero enters his third season as the <strong>Lions</strong> offensive coaching<br />
assistant after joining the staff during the 2010 offseason. In addition<br />
to opponent film breakdown and self scouting, he assists with coaching<br />
the wide receivers during practice<br />
Before coming to <strong>Detroit</strong>, Valero spent the previous two seasons<br />
with the coaching staff at Florida State. He served as an Offensive<br />
Student Assistant in 2008 and then became the Offensive Graduate<br />
Assistant for the 2009 season. Valero was set to be the Seminoles’<br />
Offensive Quality Control Coach for 2010 before leaving for the NFL.<br />
Valero got his first coaching experience with the Tampa Bay<br />
Buccaneers during the 2002-2003 seasons. While his primary<br />
responsibility was helping with Special Teams, he also assisted two<br />
future head coaches – Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin and former<br />
Buccaneers Head Coach Raheem Morris – with the defensive backs<br />
throughout training camp.<br />
valEro' s Background<br />
<strong>Detroit</strong> <strong>Lions</strong> .......................................................................... 2010-<br />
Offensive Quality Control ............................................................................2012<br />
Offensive Coachign Assistant .....................................................................2011<br />
Assistant to the Defensive Coaching Staff .............................................2010<br />
Florida State University.......................................................2008-09<br />
Offensive Graduate Assistant.....................................................................2009<br />
Offensive Student Assistant .......................................................................2008<br />
tim<br />
Walton<br />
Secondary/<br />
Third Down Package<br />
Years with <strong>Lions</strong>: 4<br />
Years in NFL: 4<br />
Tim Walton joined the <strong>Lions</strong> as secondary coach in 2009. Before<br />
coming to <strong>Detroit</strong>, he was the defensive coordinator at the University<br />
of Memphis (2008) and had additional responsibilities coaching the<br />
safeties. Throughout his 14-year collegiate coaching career, Walton<br />
coached 13 players who were eventually drafted into the NFL,<br />
including five first round picks (Patriots S Brandon Merriweather,<br />
Seahawks CB Kelly Jennings, Giants CB Kenny Phillips, Redskins S<br />
LaRon Landry and Cardinals S Antrel Rolle) and four second round<br />
picks (S Idrees Bashir, WR/KR Devin Hester, S Michael Stone and CB<br />
Corey Webster).<br />
lions coaching highlights<br />
Walton coached a secondary that excelled in making big plays in 2011.<br />
‣ <strong>Detroit</strong>’s secondary accounted for 16 of the team’s 21 interceptions<br />
in 2011 which was the most by a group of <strong>Lions</strong> defensive<br />
backs since 2005 (16).<br />
‣ Of the unit’s 16 interceptions in 2011, three were returned for<br />
touchdowns, the most by a <strong>Lions</strong> secondary since 2001 (3).<br />
‣ <strong>Lions</strong> CB Chris Houston led the team with a career-high 5 interceptions<br />
for 225 yards and 2 touchdowns in 2011 and was second with<br />
14 pass defenses. Houston was one of only three NFL players in<br />
2011 with 2 interception returns for touchdowns.<br />
‣ In 2010, CB Alphonso Smith, acquired from Denver at the end of<br />
the preseason, led the team with a career-high five interceptions<br />
including one for a touchdown.<br />
‣ As a rookie in 2009, S Louis Delmas finished second on the team<br />
with 91 tackles. His other defensive tallies included: two interceptions<br />
(130 yds), eight passes defensed, one sack and one fumble<br />
recovery. He became the only rookie in NFL history to record a<br />
safety (vs. GB 11/26), an interception return for a touchdown (Arz<br />
12/20) and return a fumble for a touchdown (at NO 9/13) in the<br />
same season. Delmas led the defense with 84 tackles (62 solo)<br />
in 2010 despite playing most of the season with a groin injury.<br />
Prior to joining Memphis, Walton spent the previous four seasons<br />
(2004-07) with the Miami Hurricanes. He was promoted to defensive<br />
coordinator in February of 2007 and helped propel the defense to a<br />
national ranking of 33rd in total defense. In his first three seasons<br />
at Miami, he coached the defensive backs and the Miami secondary<br />
ranked in the top 10 nationally in pass defense in 2004 (ninth) and<br />
2005 (first).<br />
In 2005, Walton’s pass defense led the nation, allowing only<br />
152.17 yards per game, and featured All-Americans safety Brandon<br />
Meriweather and cornerback Kelly Jennings as well as Freshman<br />
All-American Kenny Phillips.<br />
Walton was at LSU in 2003 and his defensive backs were a key<br />
factor in the Tigers earning the 2003 BCS National Championship and<br />
a Southeastern Conference title. The LSU defense ranked among the<br />
nation’s top three in four-of-five major defensive statistical categories:<br />
total defense (first, 252.0 yards per game), scoring defense (first,<br />
11.0 ppg), pass efficiency defense (second, 89.8 rating) and rushing<br />
defense (third, 67.0 yards per game). Additionally, LSU ranked 18th<br />
nationally in passing yardage defense (185.0 ypg) while leading the<br />
SEC in four of the five defensive categories, including a No. 2 ranking<br />
in the league in pass defense.<br />
In his first stint with Memphis (2000-01), Walton coached defensive<br />
backs. In 2000, the Tigers ranked fifth in the nation in total defense<br />
(first in rush defense), allowing only 275 yards per game and placed in<br />
the top 15 nationally in passing and scoring defense. He left Memphis<br />
to coach defensive backs at Syracuse for the 2002 season.<br />
Walton began his coaching career as a defensive graduate<br />
assistant at Bowling Green in 1995. He was promoted to running backs<br />
coach in 1996 and then moved to coach the defensive backs in 1999.<br />
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Walton has had<br />
three summer internships with NFL teams. He spent the summer of<br />
1998 serving as a defensive intern with the Chicago Bears, the summer<br />
of 2001 as a defensive intern for the Green Bay Packers and in 2004<br />
with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under current Pittsburgh Steelers<br />
Head Coach Mike Tomlin.<br />
As a defensive back at Ohio State, Walton lettered four seasons<br />
and served as co-captain for the Big Ten champions in 1993. During<br />
his time with the Buckeyes, OSU went to four bowl games, including<br />
the Liberty Bowl in 1990. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology<br />
from OSU in 1994.<br />
Walton and his wife, Tracy, have three children: Trei, Timia and<br />
Tyler.<br />
walton' s Background<br />
<strong>Detroit</strong> <strong>Lions</strong> .......................................................................... 2009-<br />
Seconday/Third Down Package................................................................2012-<br />
Secondary ................................................................................................ 2009-11<br />
Memphis ..................................................................................2008<br />
Defensive Coordinator ..................................................................................2008<br />
Miami (Fla.) ....................................................................... 2004-07<br />
Defensive Coordinator ..................................................................................2007<br />
Defensive Backs ..................................................................................... 2004-06<br />
Louisiana State ........................................................................2003<br />
Defensive Backs ............................................................................................2003<br />
Syracuse ..................................................................................2002<br />
Defensive Backs ............................................................................................2002<br />
Memphis ............................................................................ 2000-01<br />
Defensive Backs ..................................................................................... 2000-01<br />
Bowling Green ................................................................... 1995-99<br />
Defensive Backs ............................................................................................1999<br />
Running Backs ........................................................................................ 1996-98<br />
Defensive Graduate Assistant ...................................................................1995