Stan Drayton
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Biography
Drayton was born on March 11, 1971 in Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. He attended Allegheny College
Allegheny College
Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the town of Meadville. Founded in 1815, the college has about 2,100 undergraduate students.-Early history:...
where he played running back
Running back
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on the football team. Drayton is married to Monique Fuller and has two children.
Career
Drayton held assistant coaching positions with the Eastern Michigan EaglesEastern Michigan Eagles football
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, Penn Quakers
Penn Quakers football
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, Villanova Wildcats
Villanova Wildcats football
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, and the Bowling Green Falcons
Bowling Green Falcons football
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before being hired by the Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
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as Assistant Offensive Quality Control and Special Teams Coach. Following his time with the Packers he became Running Backs Coach with the Mississippi State Bulldogs
Mississippi State Bulldogs football
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, Florida Gators
Florida Gators football
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, and the Tennessee Volunteers
Tennessee Volunteers football
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. He was re-hired by the Gators in 2010.
In January 2011, Stan was hired to coach wide receivers by The Ohio State Buckeyes.