Richard Hightower
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Position: | Special teams coordinator |
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Born: | Houston, Texas | September 15, 1980
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High school: | Harris County (TX) MacArthur |
College: | Texas |
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Richard Hightower (born September 15, 1980) is an American football coach currently serving as special teams coordinator of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
Coaching Career
Hightower was hired by the San Francisco 49ers on February 17, 2017 as special teams coordinator. Previously he held the role of assistant special teams coach with the Chicago Bears in 2016 and the 49ers in 2015. He has also held coaching roles with both the Houston Texans and the Washington Redskins. He was hired by the Chicago Bears on February 6, 2022 as the special teams coordinator.
College football career
Hightower played college football at the University of Texas with Kyle Shanahan. As a senior in 2002, after years of being a walk on, in front of the entire team, coach Mack Brown awarded Hightower, and fellow special teams standout Michael Ungar and Shanahan with scholarships.
- 1980 births
- Living people
- San Francisco 49ers coaches
- Texas Longhorns football players
- Chicago Bears coaches
- Players of American football from Houston
- Houston Texans coaches
- Washington Redskins coaches
- Sportspeople from Houston
- African-American coaches of American football
- African-American players of American football
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American people