Walt Corey Obituary, Funeral

Walter Martin Corey, an Amercan football player and coach who held assistant coaching positions with several teams, including the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1994 has died. He was born on May 9, 1938 and died October 24, 2022 at age 84.

Corey’s parents worked in Western Pennsylvania mill towns and he was the youngest of their 16 children.

Corey went undrafted out of the University of Miami and signed as a free agent with the Dallas Texans in 1960.

He was a member of the Texans’ 1962 AFL championship team and continued with the team through its move to Kansas City.

Corey played on the Chiefs team that defeated the Bills for the 1966 AFL championship and went on to play the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I.

After his playing career, Corey coached in college at Utah State and then at the University of Miami before joining the Chiefs staff in 1971.

He coached Chiefs’ linebackers and special teams under head coach Hank Stram from ’71 to ’74 and then the defensive line and secondary under Levy from ’78 to ’82.

He spent four seasons as defensive line coach under John Mackovic in Kansas City and then became linebackers coach and defensive coordinator in 1986.

After his time with the Bills, Corey spent three seasons as the defensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints and was the defensive coordinator for the XFL’s Memphis Maniax for their only season.