Joe Cullen is currently the defensive line coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars

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. Cullen was a four-year starting nose guard at the University of Massachusetts

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, where he started 45 straight games. He was a three-time All-Yankee Conference selection and was the Minutemen’s team MVP in 1989.

He graduated from UMass in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in sports management. He spent a year as a graduate assistant there before becoming a position coach. Afterwards, he coached at the University of Richmond

University of Richmond

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, LSU

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, University of Memphis

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, Indiana University, and University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 before joining the Lions in 2006.

Cullen was arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence

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 as the defensive line coach for the Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

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. In another incident, also during the 2006 pre-season, he was arrested after he drove through a Wendy's

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 drive-thru nude. He was fined $20,000 by the NFL for "conduct detrimental to the league" and sentenced by a judge to 10 days of community service

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 and to attend Alcoholics Anonymous

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 meetings.

In 2009 he was an assistant coach at Idaho State.

External links

• Detroit Lions Bio