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| name = Gunther Cunningham | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | current_team = | position = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|6|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Munich, Germany | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = | college = Oregon | pastcoaching =
| highlights = | coachregrecord = {{Winning percentage|16|16|record=y}} | coachplayoffrecord = | coachrecord = | pfrcoach = CunnGu0 }} Gunther Cunningham (born June 19, 1946) is a former American football head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was also a long time assistant coach. Cunningham has presided over two successful defenses in the NFL as a defensive coordinator (1995 and 1997). Early lifeCunningham was born in 1946 in war-torn Munich, Germany to an American serviceman and a German mother before moving to the United States at age ten.[1] He attended the University of Oregon, where he played linebacker and placekicker before embarking on a coaching career that has now spanned almost forty years. Coaching careerIn 1995, Cunningham was hired by the Chiefs as the defensive coordinator after spending the previous four seasons as a coach with the Los Angeles Raiders. During his original tenure as defensive coordinator, Cunningham's defenses allowed an average of only 16.4 points per game, the best mark in the NFL and had a turnover margin of +30, tops in the AFC. Under his lead, a number of players excelled, including stars such as Derrick Thomas, Neil Smith, James Hasty, and Dale Carter. Cunningham's defenses led Kansas City to an overall record of 42-22. After the Chiefs missed the playoffs in 1998, head coach Marty Schottenheimer resigned, opening the door for Cunningham's promotion to the head coach position. In his first season, the Chiefs finished 9-7, but were eliminated from playoff contention on the final day of the season when the Oakland Raiders's Joe Nedney kicked a field goal as time expired. After the Chiefs regressed to 7-9 a year later, Cunningham was fired and replaced by Dick Vermeil. The move was controversial at the time as Cunningham claims he was never informed by management that he was to be fired, and apparently only found out about it after discovering the article regarding his termination on the Chiefs website after he showed up to work one morning. Cunningham went on to become a successful linebackers coach for the Tennessee Titans. Under Vermeil, the Chiefs' offense exploded, but its defense struggled, resulting in the firing of Vermeil's choice of defensive coordinator, Greg Robinson. Cunningham was hired again to revitalize a defense that had finished near or at the bottom of the overall rankings since Schottenheimer and Cunningham departed. For the 2008 season, Cunningham coached the Chiefs' linebackers as well as serving as the defensive coordinator. Cunningham was hired as the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator on January 21, 2009, about a week after the Lions hired new head coach Jim Schwartz, who he worked with on the Titans from 2001–2003.[2] Personal lifeHe became a naturalized U.S. citizen on April 6, 2010.[3] Cunningham and his wife, René, have two children, Adam and Natalie. Head coaching record
References1. ^[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CunnGu0.htm] "Born: June 19, 1946 (Age: 70-313d) in Munich, Germany" 2. ^{{Cite news |url=http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090121/SPORTS0101/901210424/1004/SPORTS |newspaper=Detroit News |date=January 21, 2009 |title=Lions hire Cunningham as defensive coordinator }} 3. ^{{Cite news |url=http://detnews.com/article/20100703/SPORTS0101/7030321/1126/rss14 |title=Lions coordinator Gunther Cunningham travels long road from Germany to U.S. citizen |newspaper=Detroit News |date=July 2, 2010 }} 4. ^[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CunnGu0.htm Gunther Cunningham Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com] External links
19 : 1946 births|Living people|Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches|Baltimore Colts coaches|California Golden Bears football coaches|Detroit Lions coaches|Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaches|Indianapolis Colts coaches|Kansas City Chiefs coaches|Kansas City Chiefs head coaches|Los Angeles Raiders coaches|Oregon Ducks football players|Oregon Ducks football coaches|San Diego Chargers coaches|Stanford Cardinal football coaches|Tennessee Titans coaches|National Football League defensive coordinators|Sportspeople from Munich|German emigrants to the United States |
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