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Longtime NFL coach Robert Nunn is entering his third season at Cincinnati in 2025. Nunn will specialize in the development of the outside linebackers and pass rushers.
He previously worked on Shawn Clark’s staff at Appalachian State for three seasons from 2020-22 – following a nearly-20-year career in the NFL.
Nunn produced five Sun Belt All-Conference honorees across the defensive line while in Boone, including three-time First-team selection Demetrius Taylor who finished fourth in program history in career sacks.
In 2021, App State ranked No. 5 nationally with 112 tackles for loss and No. 21 by allowing a league-best 122.1 rushing yards per game.
Nunn spent 19 years coaching in the NFL, which was highlighted by winning Super Bowl XLVI with the New York Giants. During Nunn’s NFL coaching career, he helped coach six top-10 defenses for three different teams, and 19 different players of his produced at least five sacks in a season. Of those 19 players, 11 matched or established their single-season career bests while coached by him.
Before heading to Appalachian State, Nunn was the defensive line coach for the New York Jets from 2017-18. He was the defensive line coach for the New York Giants from 2010-15 and also had stints with the Cleveland Browns (2016), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009), Green Bay Packers (2005-08), Miami Dolphins (2001-02, 04) and Washington Commanders (2003).
He saw 19 different players record at least five sacks in a season as an NFL assistant. Nunn’s incredible list of pupils, includes:
He spent eight seasons as the head coach at Georgia Military College from 1992-99, posting a 66-19 record while mentoring 13 NJCAA All-Americans and 15 future NFL players.
Nunn coached defensive ends at Tennessee in 1989 and 1990, helping lead the Volunteers to a 20-3-2 mark and Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl victories.
After a four-year career as a linebacker at Oklahoma State from 1984-87, he started his coaching career as a defensive line assistant at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in 1988.
He previously worked on Shawn Clark’s staff at Appalachian State for three seasons from 2020-22 – following a nearly-20-year career in the NFL.
Nunn produced five Sun Belt All-Conference honorees across the defensive line while in Boone, including three-time First-team selection Demetrius Taylor who finished fourth in program history in career sacks.
In 2021, App State ranked No. 5 nationally with 112 tackles for loss and No. 21 by allowing a league-best 122.1 rushing yards per game.
Nunn spent 19 years coaching in the NFL, which was highlighted by winning Super Bowl XLVI with the New York Giants. During Nunn’s NFL coaching career, he helped coach six top-10 defenses for three different teams, and 19 different players of his produced at least five sacks in a season. Of those 19 players, 11 matched or established their single-season career bests while coached by him.
Before heading to Appalachian State, Nunn was the defensive line coach for the New York Jets from 2017-18. He was the defensive line coach for the New York Giants from 2010-15 and also had stints with the Cleveland Browns (2016), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009), Green Bay Packers (2005-08), Miami Dolphins (2001-02, 04) and Washington Commanders (2003).
He saw 19 different players record at least five sacks in a season as an NFL assistant. Nunn’s incredible list of pupils, includes:
- NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith, who broke the NFL career sacks mark under him in 2003.
- NFL Hall of Famer Jason Tayler, who had 18.5 sacks for the Dolphins in 2002
- Jason Pierr-Paul, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, who all starred for the Giants.
He spent eight seasons as the head coach at Georgia Military College from 1992-99, posting a 66-19 record while mentoring 13 NJCAA All-Americans and 15 future NFL players.
Nunn coached defensive ends at Tennessee in 1989 and 1990, helping lead the Volunteers to a 20-3-2 mark and Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl victories.
After a four-year career as a linebacker at Oklahoma State from 1984-87, he started his coaching career as a defensive line assistant at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in 1988.