Longtime NFL player and coach Howard Mudd died on Wednesday, two weeks after suffering multiple life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle accident. He was 78.
Mudd played in the NFL from 1964 through 1970, making the Pro Bowl three times as right guard for the San Francisco 49ers. But he will be better remembered for his career as an offensive line coach for multiple NFL teams — including the Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 through 1992 under head coach Marty Schottenheimer, who brought him from his Cleveland Browns staff to coach rising offensive line stars like John Alt, Dave Szott and Tim Grunhard.