Marcus Peters has come full circle.
The former NFL cornerback was announced Thursday as the new football coach at McClymonds High School in Oakland, per the school website. He succeeds his father, Michael Peters, who retired after more than three decades on the staff and 13 years spent as head coach.
Peters served as a volunteer assistant coach there the past two seasons, and he also played at McClymonds under his father.
He went on to play collegiately at Washington before entering the NFL as the Kansas City Chiefs’ 18th-overall pick in the 2015 draft. Peters won Defensive of Rookie of the Year with Kansas City, the first of two straight Pro Bowl seasons to begin his career and three overall. He played 116 games (115 starts) split between the Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens and Las Vegas Raiders over the course of his career, amassing 33 interceptions, seven pick-sixes, 97 passes defensed, 12 forced fumbles, 10 fumble recoveries and 389 tackles.
He last played for the Raiders in 2023, but was cut in November of that season after making 12 starts for the club.
Now, the 33-year-old finds himself at the helm of a program he knows well, with plenty of success to live up to.
McClymonds High School, which boasts a 135-23 record over the past 14 seasons, has four state titles in its history and has advanced to nine consecutive Northern California title games.