Background
Lilly was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1962.
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He attended Woodbridge High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, and he was a standout player for the Woodbridge Vikings high school football team
Career
Lilly played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Denver Broncos of the NFL.
When he was 9 years old he represented the Washington, District of Columbia area in the NFL"s Punt, Pass, and Kick competition. In 1979, Lilly was one of five players from Northern Virginia named to United Press International"s Virginia All-State football team On October 2, 2004, Woodbridge High School retired the numbers of three former football players, including Lilly"s Number.
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Lilly accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Charley Pell"s Florida Gators football team from 1980 to 1983. As a senior in 1983, Lilly was honored as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) selection and a second-team All-American. The Denver Broncos drafted Lilly in the third round (seventy-eighth pick overall) in the 1984 NFL Draft, and he played for the Broncos for four seasons from 1984 to 1988.
Lilly started at safety for the Broncos in Super Bowl XXII. In his four-year NFL career, he played in fifty-eight games, started fifteen of them, and totaled nine interceptions and three fumble recoveries.
Lilly was a special education instructor and the head football coach at Potomac Senior High School located in Dumfries, Virginia from 2005 to 2009. In 2006, Lilly coached the Panthers to an 11–2 record in his second season and capturing the Cardinal District and Northwest Regional championships in the state of Virginia.
In 2007, Lilly guided the Panthers to a perfect 10–0 regular season on the way to the Virginia Division 5 state championship game, before losing to Stone Bridge High School in the final. His 2007 Potomac Panthers finished the season 13–1 overall.
Achievements
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The only two losses that season were to eventual Virginia Division 6 state champion Osbourn High School and Division 5 champion Phoebus High School. In his first season as head coach, he directed the team to a 10-0 regular season, before losing in their first playoff game against Battlefield, the eventual Division 6 champion who they had defeated earlier in the season.
Membership
He became a starter as a freshman when Tim Groves was injured late in the 1980 season, and remained a regular member of the Gators" starting lineup for his remaining three seasons.
