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Ray Horton
TITLE Defensive Backs Coach
NFL EXP: 14 years
 

Coaching Highlights:

Ray Horton is in his second season as defensive backs coach after serving the previous three seasons as assistant defensive backs coach. He was promoted to his current position after Mike Tomlin was hired in January, 2007.

Horton has helped perennial Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu become one of the NFL’s top safeties as Polamalu has been to the past three league all-star games in Hawaii.

Horton has accumulated 14 years of NFL coaching experience following a solid 10-year NFL playing career. Prior to his Steelers’ appointment on Jan. 24, 2004, Horton spent the previous two seasons atDetroit as the Lions’ secondary coach.

Horton, who enters his 15th season coaching in the National Football League, received his first coaching opportunity as an assistant defensive backs coach for the Washington Redskins, where he coached Hall of Famer Darrell Green from 1994-96. He then was hired as defensive backs coach for the Cincinnati Bengals (1997-01).

Horton played cornerback for the Bengals from 1983-88 and played in Super Bowl XXIII. He finished his career with the Dallas Cowboys from 1989-92 and was a member of the Cowboys’ Super Bowl XXVII Championship squad.

Horton played at the University of Washington, where he earned All Pac-10 honors. He was a second-round selection by the Bengals in the 1983 NFL Draft (53rd overall).

Horton has a daughter, Taylor (21), who attends Wheaton College, and a son, Jarren (17).