Lionel Washington

Lionel Washington (born October 21, 1960 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is the co-Defensive Coordinator of the Tulane Green Wave football team. He is a retired American cornerback who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League. Washington attended Tulane University.

Washington was a nicklebacks/cornerbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers from 1999 to 2008. He was let go after a disappointing 2008 season. Before the 2009 season the Oakland Raiders hired him to be their defensive secondary coach. In 2011 Washington became Defensive Backs Coach of the United Football League's Virginia Destroyers. In 2012 he was named co-Defensive Coordinator of the Tulane Green Wave football team.

Washington is the father of Deron Washington, a professional basketball player who was selected in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft.