DeMarcus Covington

American football player and coach (born 1989)

American football player

DeMarcus CovingtonNew England Patriots

Position:| Defensive coordinator
Personal information
Born:|  (1989-03-30) March 30, 1989 (age 34)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
High school:| John Carroll Catholic
College:| Samford
Career history
As a coach:

* UAB (2012)
Defensive graduate assistant
* Ole Miss (2013–2014)
Defensive graduate assistant
* UT Martin (2015)
Defensive line coach
* Eastern Illinois (2016)
Co-defensive coordinator & defensive line coach
* New England Patriots (2017–2018)
Coaching assistant
* New England Patriots (2019)
Outside linebackers coach
* New England Patriots (2020–2023)
Defensive line coach
* New England Patriots (2024–present)
Defensive coordinator

Career highlights and awards

* Super Bowl champion (LIII)

Coaching stats at PFR

DeMarcus Covington (born March 30, 1989) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).[1] He previously served as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois University, the University of Tennessee at Martin, University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

## Early years[edit]

Covington played collegiately at wide receiver for the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Samford Bulldogs where he registered 62 receptions for 586 yards and two touchdowns from 2007 to 2010. He graduated from Samford in 2011.[2][3]

## Coaching career[edit]

### College[edit]

DeMarcus began his coaching career a year after he graduated in 2012 as defensive graduate assistant at the University of Alabama-Birmingham for the Blazers. In 2013 he went to the Southeastern Conference where he spent two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Ole Miss. In 2015 Covington coached the defensive line at UT Martin.[4] This was followed by 2016 when he spent the college football season as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois.[1][2]

### New England Patriots[edit]

Covington joined the organization in 2017 and was a coaching assistant for two years before becoming the teams outside linebackers coaching in 2019.[1] He won his first Super Bowl title when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.[5] In 2020 he was moved to coaching the defensive line.[6] On February 1, 2024, he was promoted to defensive coordinator.[7]

## Personal life[edit]

Covington and wife, Natasha have two sons, Cassius and Cayman.[1] Covington created Next Level in 2012, a non-profit football camp that serves as an outlet to the youth of his home town of Birmingham, Alabama, for a full day of football-related drills and activities.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "DeMarcus Covington". patriots.com. August 15, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
2. ^ a b "Samford Alumnus DeMarcus Covington Helps Patriots to Super Bowl Appearance". samford.edu. January 31, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
3. ^ "FOXNews.com - Samford knocks off Georgia Southern 27-17 - College Sports". www.foxnews.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
4. ^ "Chattanooga Athletics - DeMarcus Covington - Staff Directory - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga". gomocs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2020.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "Super Bowl LIII - Los Angeles Rams vs. New England Patriots - February 3rd, 2019". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
6. ^ Buchmasser, Bernd (August 11, 2020). "Lawrence Guy thinks that DeMarcus Covington will help the Patriots defensive line 'see the bigger picture'". Pats Pulpit. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
7. ^ "Patriots Announce New Group of Coordinators". Patriots.com. February 1, 2024.

## External links[edit]

* New England Patriots profile

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National Football League defensive coordinators

American Football Conference

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* Bobby Babich (Buffalo Bills)
* Anthony Weaver (Miami Dolphins)
* DeMarcus Covington (New England Patriots)
* Jeff Ulbrich (New York Jets)

* Zach Orr (Baltimore Ravens)
* Lou Anarumo (Cincinnati Bengals)
* Jim Schwartz (Cleveland Browns)
* Teryl Austin (Pittsburgh Steelers)

* Matt Burke (Houston Texans)
* Gus Bradley (Indianapolis Colts)
* Ryan Nielsen (Jacksonville Jaguars)
* Dennard Wilson (Tennessee Titans)

* Vance Joseph (Denver Broncos)
* Steve Spagnuolo (Kansas City Chiefs)
* Patrick Graham (Las Vegas Raiders)
* Jesse Minter (Los Angeles Chargers)

National Football Conference

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* Mike Zimmer (Dallas Cowboys)
* Shane Bowen (New York Giants)
* Vic Fangio (Philadelphia Eagles)
* Joe Whitt Jr. (Washington Commanders)

* Eric Washington (Chicago Bears)
* Aaron Glenn (Detroit Lions)
* Jeff Hafley (Green Bay Packers)
* Brian Flores (Minnesota Vikings)

* Jimmy Lake (Atlanta Falcons)
* Ejiro Evero (Carolina Panthers)
* Joe Woods (New Orleans Saints)
* Kacy Rodgers & Larry Foote* (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

* Nick Rallis (Arizona Cardinals)
* Chris Shula (Los Angeles Rams)
* Vacant (San Francisco 49ers)
* Aden Durde (Seattle Seahawks)

*Serves the role under another title

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New England Patriots Super Bowl LIII champions

* 2 Brian Hoyer
* 3 Stephen Gostkowski
* 5 Danny Etling
* 6 Ryan Allen
* 10 Josh Gordon
* 11 Julian Edelman (MVP)
* 12 Tom Brady
* 13 Phillip Dorsett
* 14 Braxton Berrios
* 15 Chris Hogan
* 16 Darren Andrews
* 17 Riley McCarron
* 17 Damoun Patterson
* 18 Matthew Slater
* 21 Duron Harmon
* 22 Obi Melifonwu
* 23 Patrick Chung
* 24 Stephon Gilmore
* 25 Eric Rowe
* 26 Sony Michel
* 27 J. C. Jackson
* 28 James White
* 29 Duke Dawson
* 30 Jason McCourty
* 31 Jonathan Jones
* 32 Devin McCourty
* 33 Jeremy Hill
* 34 Rex Burkhead
* 35 Keion Crossen
* 36 Brandon King
* 42 Jomal Wiltz
* 43 Nate Ebner
* 44 Christian Sam
* 45 Trent Harris
* 46 James Develin
* 47 Jacob Hollister
* 48 Calvin Munson
* 49 Joe Cardona
* 50 Ramon Humber
* 51 Ja'Whaun Bentley
* 52 Elandon Roberts
* 53 Kyle Van Noy
* 54 Dont'a Hightower
* 55 John Simon
* 58 Keionta Davis
* 59 Albert McClellan
* 60 David Andrews
* 61 Marcus Cannon
* 62 Joe Thuney
* 63 Brian Schwenke
* 64 Tony Adams
* 66 James Ferentz
* 67 Ulrick John
* 68 LaAdrian Waddle
* 69 Shaq Mason
* 70 Adam Butler
* 71 Danny Shelton
* 72 Dan Skipper
* 74 Cole Croston
* 75 Ted Karras III
* 76 Isaiah Wynn
* 77 Trent Brown
* 80 Stephen Anderson
* 81 Cody Hollister
* 83 Dwayne Allen
* 84 Cordarrelle Patterson
* 85 Ryan Izzo
* 87 Rob Gronkowski
* 90 Malcom Brown
* 91 Deatrich Wise Jr.
* 92 Frank Herron
* 93 Lawrence Guy
* 94 Adrian Clayborn
* 95 Derek Rivers
* 97 Ufomba Kamalu
* 98 Trey Flowers

* Head coach: Bill Belichick

* Coaches: Cameron Achord
* Atif Austin
* Brian Belichick
* Stephen Belichick
* Bret Bielema
* Josh Boyer
* Moses Cabrera
* Nick Caley
* DeMarcus Covington
* Brendan Daly
* Ivan Fears
* Brian Flores
* Joe Judge
* Josh McDaniels
* Chad O'Shea
* Mike Pellegrino
* Cole Popovich
* Dante Scarnecchia
* Jerry Schuplinski

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