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My Take
What grabs me about Hines Ward is the through-line from being born in Seoul to becoming a Super Bowl MVP wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I came up admiring him at Georgia and through that 1998 third-round draft pick that paid off for years. What I respect most is how he leaned into his Korean roots later in his career, turning a personal story into something bigger than football. Seeing him move into coaching, including the wide receivers role at Arizona State, makes sense to me; he always read the game like a teacher. He feels like a player whose second act earns as much attention as his first.
Overview
Hines Edward Ward Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach for Arizona State. He played as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) after being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1998 NFL draft. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hines Ward
- Name (Japanese)
- ハインズ・ウォード
- Reading
- はいんず・うぉーど
- Born
- March 8, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 6 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player / restaurateur / sports executive / baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Mount Zion High School
- University
- University of Georgia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.