Derius Swinton II
| San Francisco 49ers | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Special teams coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | April 26, 1985 |
| Place of birth: | Newport News, Virginia |
| Career information | |
| College: | Hampton University |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| |
Derius Swinton II is an American football special teams coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Hampton University from 2003-06. He finished his collegiate career with 103 tackles, 19 passes defensed and eight interceptions.[1]
In 2007, Swinton became a defensive graduate assistant at Tennessee and would stay in that role all the way through the 2008 season. Swinton was offered a new job after the 2008 season and made his NFL coaching debut with the St. Louis Rams in 2009 as the special teams quality control coach, he maintained that role for 3 seasons, before being let go after the 2011 season. In 2012, he had been offered another job in the same role by the Kansas City Chiefs. He worked with Kansas City’s newly hired offensive quality control coach Jim Bob Cooter, who he was familiar with from his days at Tennessee. After just 1 season, he left to join the Denver Broncos coaching staff in 2013, this time as special teams assistant, he would stay with Broncos for 2 seasons (2013-2014). In 2015, he followed John Fox who was fired by the Broncos, to Chicago assigned to the same role, assistant special teams coach for the Chicago Bears. However, after the 2015 season, he was offered a higher position with the San Francisco 49ers by newly hired head coach Chip Kelly, to be the special teams coordinator and accepted on January 22, 2016.[2]
Coaching tree
NFL head coaches under whom Derius Swinton II has served:
- Steve Spagnuolo, St. Louis Rams (2009-2011)
- Romeo Crennel, Kansas City Chiefs (2012)
- John Fox, Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears (2013-2015)
- Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers (2016–present)
References
- ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs: Derius Swinton". www.kcchiefs.com.
- ↑ "Derius Swinton to Leave Bears' Coaching Staff". NBC Chicago.