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Derius Swinton II

Special Teams Assistant

College: Hampton

Hometown: Newport News, Virginia

Experience: 15 years

Biography

Enters his third season with the Las Vegas Raiders and his 15th season in the NFL coaching ranks….He joined the Silver and Black after serving as the special teams coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers for the 2021 season...In 2020, he was an assistant special teams coach with the Arizona Cardinals after spending one season as an offensive assistant with the Detroit Lions in 2018…He served as assistant special teams coach with the Chicago Bears for two seasons (2015 and 2017)…Between his two seasons in Chicago, he earned his first opportunity as a special teams coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016…Began his NFL coaching career with the St. Louis Rams, where he served as a special teams quality control coach from 2009-11 before coaching in the same role with the Chiefs in 2012…After his lone season with the Chiefs in 2012, spent two seasons with the Denver Broncos (2013-14) as an assistant special teams coach…Began his coaching career as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2007-08.

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