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On nan time of nan NFL Draft, nan Kansas City Chiefs were deed pinch a spot of a blow.
Assistant coach Dave Merritt was charged Thursday pinch misdemeanor home battery.
A title revenge by nan territory lawyer successful Johnson County, Kansas, accused him of causing bodily harm to a daughter.
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Kansas City Chiefs protect backs coach Dave Merritt is connected nan sidelines during a crippled against nan New England Patriots astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected Dec. 17, 2023. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire)
The Chiefs said they were alert of nan apprehension but had nary comment. Merritt was owed successful tribunal later Thursday.
Merritt, 54, played college football astatine North Carolina State and was a seventh-round prime successful 1993 to nan Miami Dolphins.
He played only 4 games for them earlier joining nan then-Phoenix Cardinals, for which he played until 1995. He played successful 16 games successful 1994 and 15 nan pursuing season.
Kansas City Chiefs protect backs coach Dave Merritt stands connected nan sideline during nan first half of an NFL crippled against nan New England Patriots successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected Dec. 17, 2023. (Greg M. Cooper/AP)
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Merritt past had a stint pinch NFL Europe successful 1997 earlier going to coaching. His first coaching gig was pinch nan University of Tennessee-Chattanooga arsenic an extracurricular linebackers coach.
He joined nan NFL sidelines successful 2001 arsenic a protect adjunct and linebackers coach pinch nan New York Jets successful 2001 and past went to nan Giants nan pursuing year.
Merritt stayed pinch Big Blue until 2017 earlier going backmost to his erstwhile Cardinals for a season. He past joined Kansas City successful 2019 arsenic their protect backs coach.
Kansas City Chiefs protect backmost coach Dave Merritt celebrates pinch his sons aft a 31-20 triumph successful Super Bowl LIV against nan San Francisco 49ers connected Feb. 2, 2020, astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)
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As a coach, he has won 5 Super Bowls - 2 pinch nan Giants and 3 pinch nan Chiefs.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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