Andre Clintonian Coleman (born September 19, 1972) is an American football coach and former wide receiver and return specialist who is an offensive assistant for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 1994 NFL draft, later playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.
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| Position: | Offensive assistant |
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| Born: | (1971-09-19) September 19, 1971 (age 52) Hermitage, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Hickory (Hermitage) |
| College: | Kansas State (1990–1993) |
| NFL draft: | 1994 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70 |
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Coleman's primary role during his career was as a kick returner, gaining 4,466 yards and scoring two touchdowns. He also added 384 yards and a touchdown returning punts, and caught 43 passes for 602 yards and three touchdowns. As a rookie in 1994, Coleman played in Super Bowl XXIX with the Chargers and set several Super Bowl records in the game: most kickoff returns (8), most kickoff return yards (244), and most total return yards (244, tied with Desmond HowardinSuper Bowl XXXI). Coleman had a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the game, tied for the second longest kickoff return in Super Bowl history.
Coleman began his coaching career at Youngstown State in 2010, spending his first season as the tight ends coach and the following two seasons as their wide receivers coach.[1] He left to coach wide receivers at his alma mater of Kansas State in 2013.[2] Coleman added pass game coordinator to his duties in the 2016 season, and was later promoted to offensive coordinator in 2018.[2][3]
Coleman joined the Texas Longhorns in 2019 as an offensive analyst. He was promoted to interim wide receivers coach on December 1, 2019, and officially named wide receivers coach on January 13, 2020.[4][5] He was fired after the 2021 season.[6] After two years away from coaching, Coleman was hired by the Washington Commanders as an offensive assistant in 2024.[7]