Eugene Chung

Eugene Yon Chung (born June 14, 1969) is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League from 1992 to 1997. He is also a former American football coach.

Eugene Chung
Personal information
Born: (1969-06-14) June 14, 1969
Prince George's County, Maryland
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:295 lb (134 kg)
Career information
High school:Vienna (VA) Oakton
College:Virginia Tech
NFL Draft:1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
  • Philadelphia Eagles (2010−2012)
    (Asst. offensive line coach)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (2013−2015)
    (Asst. offensive line coach)
  • Philadelphia Eagles (2016−2019)
    (Asst. offensive line/tight ends/run game)
Career highlights and awards
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Games played:55
Games started:30
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

The New England Patriots drafted Chung in the first round with the 13th overall selection out of Virginia Tech in the 1992 NFL draft. He played three seasons with New England. Chung was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft. He played one season with the Jaguars and one with the Indianapolis Colts before retiring.

Chung was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[1]

Chung was the assistant offensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013 to 2015 under head coach Andy Reid, after serving three seasons with him in Philadelphia Eagles in the same capacity. Chung was re-hired by the Eagles on January 20, 2016, by new head coach Doug Pederson, who was Chung's offensive coordinator with the Chiefs.[2] As a coach, Chung won Super Bowl LII with the Eagles when they defeated the New England Patriots 41-33.[3]

Chung is of Korean descent, and became only the third person of Asian descent to ever play professional American football when he was drafted.[4] He was also the first Korean American to be drafted in the 1st round. Chung's son, Kyle, followed in his footsteps as an offensive lineman at Virginia Tech,[5] and currently plays professionally for the German team Bad Homburg Sentinels.[6]

References
  1. "Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame". Va. Tech. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. Berman, Zach (January 21, 2016). "Eagles retain seven coaches, add seven new ones". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  3. https://www.roanoke.com/hokies/sports/football/back-for-a-sixth-year-kyle-chung-slides-inside-to/article_35eb4d22-2f8d-11e8-bc0e-1b8c0560a313.html
  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1992/04/15/for-chung-nfl-dream-has-special-glow/dcc945a1-da2f-40ba-b059-32e02648f2cd/
  5. https://hokiesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8814
  6. http://www.afc-sentinels.com/2019/07/14/sentinels-verpflichten-kyle-chung


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