Darvin Wallis

Darvin Wallis

Longtime NFL assistant coach with Kansas City and Cleveland

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Darvin Wallis, a longtime NFL assistant coach with Cleveland and Kansas City, has died.

Chiefs spokesman Bob Moore said Wednesday that the 60-year-old Wallis died in Colorado on Friday. He said the cause of death was not immediately determined.

Wallis was an NFL coach for 26 seasons, including 19 with Kansas City as a defensive assistant/quality control coach before retiring in January 2008.

He began his NFL career with the Cleveland Browns under head coach Sam Rutigliano in 1982. Before joining the Browns, he was a college assistant at Mississippi, Tulane and Adams State.

October 28, 2009

Darvin Wallis

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