Michael Sinclair (American football)
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 31, 1968 Galveston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 267 lb (121 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Beaumont Charlton-Pollard (Beaumont, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Eastern New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1991: 6th round, 155th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Glenn Sinclair (born January 31, 1968) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as a defensive end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Seattle Seahawks and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Seahawks. Sinclair was a three-time Pro Bowler in 1996, 1997 and 1998. He led the NFL in sacks in 1998 with 16.5, which is also the Seahawks single-season franchise record.
After his playing career, Sinclair won the World Bowl as the defensive line coach for the Hamburg Sea Devils in NFL Europa in 2007. He was named the defensive line coach for the Montreal Alouettes in January 2008, where he spent five seasons and won two Grey Cup championships. On January 18, 2013, Sinclair followed Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman to the Chicago Bears. Sinclair was fired on January 25, 2014.