David Merritt (born September 8, 1971) is an American professional football coach for the Kansas City Chiefs for the National Football League (NFL) and former linebacker who served as the defensive backs coach for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.
Merritt also played for the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals and has been a coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Virginia Military Institute and for the New York Jets.
[2] Merritt was hired by the New York Giants as a defensive assistant and quality control coach in 2004.
[5] On February 8, 2019, Merritt was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs as their new defensive backs coach.
[6] Merritt got his fourth championship ring with the Chiefs as they defeated the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.