DAT Nguyen

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dat Tan Nguyen (born September 25, 1975 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was the first Vietnamese American to play in the NFL. He played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1999 to 2005. He played college football at Texas A&M. He was the Cowboys' assistant linebackers coach and quality control coach from 2007-2009. On February 14, 2010, Nguyen was named the new inside linebacker coach at his alma mater. Nguyen's family left South Vietnam during the fall of Saigon, which led to the end of the Vietnam War, and he was born in a refugee center. He lived most of his childhood in the Gulf Coast town of Rockport, Texas. In high school, Nguyen earned All-State honors as a punter.