DeMarcus Covington
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| Position: | Defensive Line Coach |
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| Born: | March 30, 1989 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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| High school: | John Carroll Catholic High School |
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DeMarcus Covington[1](born March 30,1989) [2]is an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL).He is currently the defensive line coach[3] for the New England Patriots[4] of the National football league. Covington joined the organization in 2017 [5]and was a coaching assistant for two years before becoming the teams outside linebackers coaching in 2019[6][7]. He joined the Patriots organization after 5 years working in college football, and having played wide receiver for Samford University.
Playing Career[edit]
Covington played wide receiver [8]for Samford University[9] where he registered 62 receptions for 586 yards and two touchdowns[10] from 2007–2010. DeMarcus would graduate from Samford in 2011.
Coaching Career[edit]
College Coaching[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[11]. This was followed by 2016 when he spent the college football season as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois.
New England Patriots[edit]
Covington joined the organization in 2017 [5]and was a coaching assistant for two years before becoming the teams outside linebackers coaching in 2019.[7][6][4] In 2020 he was moved to coaching the defensive line.[12]
Personal Life[edit]
Covington and his wife Natasha have a son, Cassius.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Patriots Staff". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "DeMarcus Covington". Footballguys.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ Andrew Callahan | acallahan@masslive. com (2019-04-27). "New England Patriots draft pick reveals who the Patriots' unannounced defensive line coach could be". masslive. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "DeMarcus Covington | Pro Football History.com". pro-football-history.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Brian Belichick, DeMarcus Covington join Patriots' 'farm system' for coaches". ESPN.com. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "John Simon one of the Patriots unheralded 'Boogeymen'". WEEI. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Perry, Phil. "DeMarcus Covington". NBC Sports Boston. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ "DeMarcus Covington, 2007 Wide Receiver - Rivals.com". n.rivals.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ↑ Athletics, Samford (2018-01-31). "Samford alum coaching in first Super Bowl". al. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "FOXNews.com - Samford knocks off Georgia Southern 27-17 - College Sports". www.foxnews.com. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "Chattanooga Athletics - DeMarcus Covington - Staff Directory - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga". gomocs.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ Buchmasser, Bernd (2020-08-11). "Lawrence Guy thinks that DeMarcus Covington will help the Patriots defensive line 'see the bigger picture'". Pats Pulpit. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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