Chiefs assistant coach Dave Merritt charged with domestic battery

On the day of the NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs suffered a slight blow.

Assistant coach Dave Merritt was charged Thursday with misdemeanor domestic battery.

A complaint filed by the district attorney in Johnson County, Kansas, accused him of causing bodily harm to a daughter.

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The Chiefs said they were aware of the arrest but had no comment. Merritt was due in court later Thursday.

Merritt, 54, played college football at North Carolina State and was a seventh-round pick in 1993 of the Miami Dolphins.

He played just four games for them before joining the then-Phoenix Cardinals, for whom he played until 1995. He played 16 games in 1994 and 15 the following season.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt stands on the sideline during the first half of an NFL game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass., on Dec. 17, 2023. (Greg M. Cooper/AP)

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Merritt then had a stint with NFL Europe in 1997 before moving into coaching. His first coaching gig was with the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga as an outside linebacker coach.

He joined the NFL sidelines in 2001 as a defensive assistant and linebackers coach with the New York Jets in 2001, then went to the Giants the following year.

Merritt stayed with Big Blue until 2017 before going back to his former Cardinals for one season. He then joined Kansas City in 2019 as their defensive backs coach.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt celebrates with his sons after a 31-20 victory in Super Bowl LIV against the San Francisco 49ers on February 2, 2020 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)

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As a coach, he has won five Super Bowls – two with the Giants and three with the Chiefs.