Ivan Fears

Ivan Fears

Fears during an August 28, 2009 preseason game against the Washington Redskins.
Current position
Title	Running backs coach
Team	New England Patriots
Personal information
Date of birth	(1954-11-15) November 15, 1954
Place of birth	Portsmouth, Virginia
Career information
Position(s)	Running back
College	William & Mary
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1976 William & Mary (graduate assistant) 1977 William & Mary (wide receivers) 1978–1979 William & Mary (quarterbacks) 1980–1990 Syracuse (wide receivers) 1991–1992 New England Patriots (wide receivers) 1993–1998 Chicago Bears (wide receivers) 1999–2001 New England Patriots (wide receivers) 2002–present New England Patriots (running backs)

Ivan Fears (born November 15, 1954 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is the current American football running backs coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.

Playing career

High school

Fears attended John Yeates High School in Suffolk, Virginia, and was a letterman in football. In football, he was twice named the school's "Outstanding Player of the Year", and as a senior, was also an All-State selection.

College

Fears attended The College of William & Mary, where he played football as a running back from 1973 to 1975.

Coaching career

College

Fears began his coaching career in 1976 with his alma mater, William & Mary as a graduate assistant and in 1977-1978 was the team's Receivers coach. In 1979 he served as the team's quarterbacks coach before moving to Syracuse University in 1980 as the wide receivers coach.

NFL

Fears joined the Patriots' coaching staff in 1991. He spent two seasons with the Patriots before moving on to coach the Chicago Bears' wide receivers starting in 1993, but rejoined New England in 1999 as their wide receivers coach. In 2002, he was reassigned to running backs coach.

External links

• New England Patriots bio