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He has navigated an assistant coach's nomadic existence and ended up in Minnesota to help overhaul a young secondary.
Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones, second from left, leads a practice in November.
The man who ran the defense and special teams at Morgan State University in the late 1990s was Dexter Davis, a former NFL defensive back who declared for the 1991 draft before finishing his degree at Clemson. A back injury and head-related trauma cut Davis' career short in 1997, and when he began coaching, he took undergraduate classes alongside his players.