hired as the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator on January 21, 2009, about a week after the Lions hired new head coach Jim Schwartz, who he worked with on the Titans from 2001–2003. Personal life He became a naturalized U.S. citizen on April 6, 2010. Cunningham and his wife had two children. Cunningham died on Saturday, May 11, 2019 from cancer. Head coaching record References 1946 births 2019 deaths Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches Baltimore Colts coaches California Golden Bears football coaches Detroit Lions coaches Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaches Indianapolis Colts coaches Kansas City Chiefs coaches Kansas City Chiefs head coaches Los Angeles Raiders coaches National Football League defensive coordinators Oregon Ducks football players Oregon Ducks football coaches San Diego Chargers coaches Stanford Cardinal football coaches Tennessee Titans coaches Sportspeople from Munich German emigrants to the United States