Chidera Uzo-Diribe

Chidera Uzo-Diribe (born May 30, 1992) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the outside linebackers coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the outside linebackers coach for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Early life and playing career Chidera Uzo-Diribe was born on May 30, 1992, in Long Beach, California. He is cousins with Osi Umenyiora, a former NFL player for the New York Giants. After completing high school at Corona High School, Uzo-Diribe attended University of Colorado Boulder and played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes for four years, where he was a consistent starter and finished top ten in many defensive statistics. Uzo-Diribe graduated from Colorado with a bachelor's degree in communication, and a masters degree in learning sciences and human development in 2018 from the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder.

After going undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft, Uzo-Diribe signed with the New Orleans Saints on May 11, 2014. He was later waived on August 30, 2014. Uzo-Diribe then became the defensive line coach for the SMU in 2021. Following the hiring of Sonny Dykes by the TCU Horned Frogs as head coach, Uzo-Diribe rejoined Dykes in TCU as the defensive line coach again. However, Uzo-Diribe only remained the defensive line coach at TCU for a month, as he was hired as the outside linebackers coach by the Georgia Bulldogs early in the 2022 college football year. Later that year, Uzo-Diribe would win his first college football national championship as a coach, which coincidently was against Dykes and TCU.

On February 3, 2026, Uzo-Diribe was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as the team's outside linebackers coach.