{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1959)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Alvin Reynolds | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|6|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = Pineville, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lbs = | high_school = West Jefferson<br>(Harvey, Louisiana) | college = Indiana State | pastcoaching = * Indiana State (1982)<br />Graduate assistant * Indiana State (1983–1989)<br />Secondary coach * Indiana State (1990–1992)<br />Assistant head coach & secondary coach * Denver Broncos ({{nfly|1993}}–{{nfly|1995}})<br />Assistant defensive backs coach & quality control coach * Baltimore Ravens ({{nfly|1996}}–{{nfly|1998}})<br />Defensive backs coach * Carolina Panthers ({{nfly|1999}}–{{nfly|2002}})<br />Defensive quality control coach & defensive assistant * Jacksonville Jaguars ({{nfly|2003}}–{{nfly|2007}})<br />Defensive backs coach * Atlanta Falcons ({{nfly|2008}}–{{nfly|2011}})<br />Defensive backs coach * Billerica Memorial HS (MA) (2015–2016)<br/>Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach * Reading Memorial HS (MA) (2017)<br/>Defensive backs coach * Bentley (2018–2019)<br>Defensive backs coach * Bentley (2020–2021) <br>Defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach * Bentley (2022-2023)<br>Head coach * Everett HS (MA) (2024)<br/>Defensive coordinator | highlights = * Dr. Earl L. Avery MLK Leadership Award (2020) | regular_record = {{Winning percentage|7|3|0|record=y}} | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|7|3|0|record=y}} }} '''Alvin Reynolds''' (born June 24, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/reyn00300coach.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425121759/http://www.profootballarchives.com/reyn00300coach.html |archive-date=2016-04-25 }}</ref> is a former college and National Football League (NFL) defensive backs coach.
==Playing career== Reynolds attended Indiana State, where he played on the football team for four years. Over his career he appeared in 33 games recording five interceptions for 39 yards.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/alvin-reynolds-1.html| title = Alvin Reynolds College Stats {{!}} College Football at Sports-Reference.com}} </ref>
==Coaching career== ===College career=== After graduation, Reynolds began his coaching career in 1982.<ref name="Green White">{{cite web |url=http://www.riderville.com/2013/05/31/riders-name-guest-coaches-for-training-camp-20130531044524/ |title=Riders Name Guest Coaches for Training Camp |website=Riderville.com |date=31 May 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref> He was on the staff for the 1984 Indiana State football team, a team that was inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall-of-Fame in 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1549780| title = Indiana State University Athletics Hall Of Fame Members - GoSycamores.com?Official Web Site of Indiana State Athletics - Indiana State University Athletics}}</ref>
===National Football League=== In 1993, Reynolds joined the Denver Broncos coaching staff where he was an assistant defensive backs and quality control coach for three seasons. In 1996, he became the first defensive backs coach in Ravens history. He served in that position for three seasons. In 1999, he joined the Carolina Panthers as a defensive quality control and was also a defensive assistant for four seasons. After leaving the Panthers, he joined the coaching staff of the Jacksonville Jaguars where he served for five seasons as defensive backs coach from 2003 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mediaguide.jaguars.com/Downloads/Honors_and_All-time/JaguarsbyNumbers.pdf| title = Reference at mediaguide.jaguars.com}}</ref> He then joined the Atlanta Falcons in 2008, coaching the defensive backs until he was fired after the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7494024/atlanta-falcons-fire-defensive-backs-coach-alvin-reynolds |title=Falcons make another staff change |website=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref>
In 2013, Reynolds guested with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<ref name="Green White" />
===Return to college=== In 2018, Reynolds return to the college ranks as a defensive backs coach for Bentley University. In 2020, he was promoted to Defensive coordinator. In 2022, he was promoted again, this time to head coach, his first head coaching role.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bentleyfalcons.com/sports/fball/2021-22/releases/20220513emmlpb |title=Bentley Promotes Reynolds to Head Football Coach |website=BentleyFalcons.com |date=May 13, 2022 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}</ref>
===High school=== In 2024, Reynolds was hired as the defensive coordinator at Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts. He served in that position for one season. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Shuman |first=Cary |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Everett High Football Team Opens Practice Friday {{!}} Everett Independent |url=https://everettindependent.com/2024/08/14/everett-high-football-team-opens-practice-friday/amp/ |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=Everett Independent}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Bentley Falcons | conf = Northeast-10 Conference | startyear = 2022 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2022 | name = Bentley | overall = 7–3 | conference = 5–2 | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Bentley | overall = 7–3 | confrecord = 5–2 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 7–3 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160418013412/http://www.arhenetwork.com/profiles/view/3170/Alvin-Reynolds ARHE profile] * [https://www.bentleyfalcons.com/information/directory/REYNOLDS_ALVIN Bentley Falcons profile]
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