Aubrey Pleasant
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Los Angeles Rams | |
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Position: | Defensive backs/passing game coordinator |
Personal information | |
Born: | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
Career information | |
High school: | Flint (MI) Northern Hill-McCloy (MI) |
College: | Wisconsin |
Undrafted: | 2009 |
Career history | |
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Aubrey Pleasant is an American football coach who is the defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin and was previously an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions.
Early life
Pleasant grew up in Flint, Michigan, where he attended Montrose High School and earned all-city running back honors as a sophomore. He graduated from Montrose Community Schools after receiving Class B all-state honorable mention at safety his senior year.
College football career
Pleasant was a 3-star recruit coming out of high school and committed to the
Coaching career
Grand Blanc High School
Pleasant began coaching at Grand Blanc High School. He worked mostly with the defensive backs and was a behavioral specialist and special needs teacher in the Flint Community School District.
Michigan
He was then hired by the
Cleveland Browns
In 2013 he was hired by the Cleveland Browns as an offensive staff and head coaching intern during training camp.
Washington Redskins
Following training camp, he was hired as an offensive assistant by the
Los Angeles Rams
Following the 2016 season, he was hired by the Los Angeles Rams as their cornerbacks coach, where he worked closely with defensive coordinator Wade Phillips in implementing the defensive scheme in LA. As cornerbacks coach for the Rams, 5 different cornerbacks have recorded at least 2 interceptions in a season, including Marcus Peters, Troy Hill and Darious Williams in 2018, where the Rams went on to participate in Super Bowl LIII.
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions hired Pleasant as pass game coordinator/defensive backs coach on January 28, 2021.[3] Pleasant was fired by the Lions on October 31, 2022.[4][5]
Green Bay Packers
After being fired by the Lions, on November 14, 2022, Pleasant was hired by the Green Bay Packers as an offensive consultant, in order to give head coach Matt LaFleur defensive perspectives.[6]
Los Angeles Rams (second stint)
On February 16, 2023, Pleasant was hired by the Los Angeles Rams as defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator.[7]
References
- ^ "Aubrey Pleasant". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Woodyard, Eric (2013-09-20). "Flint native Aubrey Pleasant's job is to help Redskins crush Lions on Sunday". mlive. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Lions add Aubrey Pleasant to coaching staff". Detroit Lions. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Reisman, Jeremy (31 October 2022). "REPORT: Detroit Lions fire DBs coach Aubrey Pleasant". Pride Of Detroit. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Pouncy, Nick Baumgardner and Colton. "Lions fire DB coach Aubrey Pleasant". The Athletic. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Packers hire former Lions assistant coach Aubrey Pleasant as offensive coaching consultant". Packers Wire. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Flick, Daniel (2023-02-17). "Rams Hire Ex-Fired Lions Coach as Defensive Assistant". Sports Illustrated LA Rams News, Analysis and More. Retrieved 2024-02-20.