Deshea Townsend

Deshea Townsend
	Townsend (left) with the Steelers in 2007
Detroit Lions
Position:	Defensive passing game coordinator & defensive back coach
Personal information
Born:	September 8, 1975 (age 48); Batesville, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	South Panola; (Batesville, Mississippi)
College:	Alabama
NFL draft:	1998 / Round: 4 / Pick: 117
Career history
As a player:
	Pittsburgh Steelers (1998–2009); Indianapolis Colts (2010);
As a coach:
	Arizona Cardinals (2011–2012); Assistant defensive backs coach; Mississippi State (2013–2015); Cornerbacks coach; Tennessee Titans (2016–2017); Defensive backs coach; New York Giants (2018); Assistant defensive backs coach; Chicago Bears (2019–2021); Secondary coach; Jacksonville Jaguars (2022–2023); Passing game coordinator & cornerbacks coach; Detroit Lions (2024–present); Defensive passing game coordinator & Defensive backs coach;
Career highlights and awards
	2× Super Bowl champion (XL, XLIII); First-team All-SEC (1996); 2× Second-team All-SEC (1995, 1997);
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:
Total tackles:	449
Sacks:	15.5
Forced fumbles:	5
Fumble recoveries:	3
Interceptions:	21
Defensive touchdowns:	3
	Player stats at PFR

Trevor Deshea Townsend (born September 8, 1975) is an American football coach and former cornerback who currently is the defensive backs coach and defensive pass game coordinator for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He previously worked as an assistant coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals.

Townsend played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round (117th overall) in the 1998 NFL draft, where he spent his entire career, besides his final year with the Indianapolis Colts.