Wayne Nunnely is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 defensive line coach

Coach (sport)

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 for the National Football League

National Football League

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's Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. Nunnely was the head coach

Head coach

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 of the UNLV Rebels football

UNLV Rebels football

The UNLV Rebels football program is a college football team that represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . The team is currently a member of the Mountain West Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletics Association...

 team from 1986-1989.

Coaching career

Prior to coaching the Broncos, Nunnely has coached since 1975 at UNLV, Cal Poly Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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, CSUF

California State University, Fullerton

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, University of the Pacific, USC

University of Southern California

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, UCLA, New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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 and the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

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On April 23, 1986, Nunnely was named interim head coach UNLV Rebels after the previous coach, Harvey Hyde

Harvey Hyde

Harvey Hyde is a sports journalist and former American football head coach, most notably of the UNLV Rebels football team.Hyde started his college head coaching career at Pasadena City College.The Rebels had unprecedented success in the 1984 season; with...

, had been dismissed due to disciplinary issues surrounding his players; Nunnely had been an assistant coach on Hyde's staff.

College career

Nunnely played college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 at UNLV where he was a fullback

Fullback (American football)

A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...

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High school career

Nunnely played high school football

High school football

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 at Monrovia High School

Monrovia High School

Monrovia High School is a public high school located in Monrovia, California, a northeastern suburb of Los Angeles. Monrovia High School is the only 9-12 comprehensive high school in the Monrovia Unified School District...

 in Monrovia, California

Monrovia, California

Monrovia is a city located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 36,590 at the 2010 census, down from 36,929 at the 2000 census...

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External links

• http://www.chargers.com/team/coaches/wayne-nunnely.htm