Donnie Abraham
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Position: | Orangeburg (SC) Wilkinson | ||||
College: | East Tennessee State | ||||
NFL draft: | 1996 / Round: 3 / Pick: 71 | ||||
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Nathaniel Donnell Abraham (born October 8, 1973) is an
Life after football
After considering retirement since the 2004 season ended, he finally decided to do so on July 15, 2005.[2] 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.[3]
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
In November 2018, Abraham joined Steve Spurrier's Orlando Apollos coaching staff as defensive backs coach.[8]
In June 2022, Abraham joined Anthony Becht's coaching staff as the Defensive Coordinator of St. Louis.[9]
References
- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "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". Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Coaches".
- ^ "Football Academy - Football Program | IMG Academy".
- ^ "NFL veteran Donnie Abraham joins Illinois' coaching staff". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Q&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.