Chidera Uzo-Diribe
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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| Title | Outside linebackers coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 30, 1992 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Colorado |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Coaching | |
| Awards and highlights | |
Chidera Uzo-Diribe (born May 30, 1992) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the outside linebackers coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the outside linebackers coach for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Early life and playing career
Chidera Uzo-Diribe was born on May 30, 1992, in Long Beach, California. He is cousins with Osi Umenyiora, a former NFL player for the New York Giants. After completing high school at Corona High School, Uzo-Diribe attended University of Colorado Boulder and played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes for four years, where he was a consistent starter and finished top ten in many defensive statistics. Uzo-Diribe graduated from Colorado with a bachelor's degree in communication.[1]
After going undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft, Uzo-Diribe signed with the New Orleans Saints on May 11, 2014.[2] He was later waived on August 30, 2014.[2]
Coaching career
After graduating from Colorado and a brief stint with the New Orleans Saints, Uzo-Diribe returned to become a graduate assistant for the football team and specialized in the defensive line and outside linebacker players. After three years as a graduate assistant, Uzo-Diribe became the outside linebackers coach for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was recognized as one of the top thirty rising coaches in college football.[3] Uzo-Diribe then became the defensive line coach for the SMU in 2021. Following the hiring of Sonny Dykes by the TCU Horned Frogs as head coach, Uzo-Diribe rejoined Dykes in TCU as the defensive line coach again.[4] However, Uzo-Diribe only remained the defensive line coach at TCU for a month, as he was hired as the outside linebackers coach by the Georgia Bulldogs early in the 2022 college football year.[5] Later that year, Uzo-Diribe would win his first college football national championship as a coach, which coincidently was against Dykes and TCU.[6]
On February 3, 2026, Uzo-Diribe was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as the team's outside linebackers coach.[7]
References
- ^ "Chidera Uzo-Diribe - Football Coach".
- ^ a b "Saints Player Transactions - 2014". New Orleans Saints. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ "Chidera Uzo-Diribe - Football Coach".
- ^ Riley, Connor (January 8, 2023). "Georgia football, TCU gush about Chidera Uzo-Diribe: 'He's going to be a real star'". DawgNation. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Sentell, Jeff (February 18, 2025). "Sentell's Intel: What does Georgia football look for in recruits at the EDGE position?". DawgNation. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ Russo, Ralph D. (January 10, 2023). "No. 1 Georgia bullies TCU 65-7 to win 2nd consecutive title". AP News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Williams, Jonathan (February 3, 2026). "Dallas Cowboys Expected to Hire Georgia's Chidera Uzo-Diribe". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 9, 2026.