Tommy Brasher
American football player and coach
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Tommy Brasher is an American football coach who currently serves as the Kansas City Chiefs' defensive line coach. He coached the Philadelphia Eagles line in 1985, then moved on to the Atlanta Falcons until 1989. After this he went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to coach for 1 year in 1990. He coached the Seattle Seahawks Defensive line from 1992-1998. Then he went back to the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999, until 2005, when he retired. In 2001 he was awarded the Eagles Ed Block Courage Award. He came out of retirement in 2012 to rejoin the Eagles after the firing of Jim Washburn to finish the season. After head coach Andy Reid was fired by the Eagles and hired by the Chiefs, Brasher was among the assistant coaches who followed Reid to Kansas City.
1970 University of Arkansas (Assistant)
1971-1973 Virginia Tech (Assistant)
1974 University of Louisiana-Monroe (Assistant)
1976 University of Louisiana-Monroe (Assistant)
1977-1981 Southern Methodist University (Assistant)
1982-1984 New England Patriots (DL)
1985 Philadelphia Eagles (DL)
1986-1989 Atlanta Falcons (DL)
1990 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DL)
1992-1998 Seattle Seahawks (DL)
1999-2005 Philadelphia Eagles (DL)
2012 Philadelphia Eagles (DL)
2013–Present Kansas City Chiefs (DL)