player_team coach_years current_team birth_place player_positions player_years coach_team current_title sport birth_date current_conference article_title name
north carolina new york giants barcelona dragons 1998 -- 2008 2009 -- 2011 2012 2013 -- -- 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 tennessee el dorado , arkansas linebacker 1989 -- 1992 1993 1995 -- 1996 north -rrb- bowling green -lrb- cb -rrb- bowling green -lrb- stc/cb carolina -rrb- illinois -lrb- cb -rrb- illinois -lrb- lb -rrb- north -lrb- carolina -lrb- lb -rrb- auburn -lrb- saf -rrb- auburn -lrb- ga lb -rrb- tennessee -lrb- lb -rrb- -rrb- tennessee state -lrb- lb linebackers coach football 17 march 1971 sec tommy thigpen
 tommy thigpen
tommy thigpen

tommy thigpen -lrb- born march 17 , 1971 -rrb- is an american college football coach and former player .
he is currently the linebackers coach at the university of tennessee , a position he assumed in december 2012 .
prior to that , he spent 14 years as an assistant coach in the collegiate ranks , including a stint at auburn university where he was part of the 2010 national championship team .
thigpen played as a linebacker at the university of north carolina and thereafter was drafted by the new york giants of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
he also played for the barcelona dragons of the world league of american football -lrb- wlaf -rrb- .
