49ers’ Assistant Coach Ray Rhodes Named Eagles’ Head Coach

Fri., Feb. 3, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

Ray Rhodes, an assistant coach who won five Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers, was hired Thursday as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Rhodes, 43, joins Dennis Green of the Minnesota Vikings as the NFL’s only black head coaches.

With the 49ers, Rhodes won four Super Bowl titles as assistant defensive backs coach and defensive backs coach from 1981 to 1991. After two seasons as defensive coordinator in Green Bay, he returned to San Francisco as defensive coordinator this season.

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