Joe DeCamillis is in his fourth season with the Jaguars (second season under Head Coach Doug Marrone) and in his 25th year coaching in the NFL.

Joe DeCamillis is in his fourth season with the Jaguars (second season under Head Coach Doug Marrone) and in his 25th year coaching in the NFL.  

In 2017, DeCamillis oversaw a midseason kicking change as K Josh Lambo, who was acquired by Jacksonville prior to the team’s Week 7 matchup at Indianapolis, finished the season 19 of 20 on FGs (95 percent), including 12 of 12 at TIAA Bank Field. Lambo’s 95 percent field goal percentage was the best mark in Jaguars single-season history among kickers with at least 10 FG attempts. P Brad Nortman landed a career-high 29 punts inside the 20, which was tied for the fifth-most in franchise history. DeCamillis’ unit also converted on all three fake punt tries, one of which RB Corey Grant rushed 56 yards for a TD against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 10. The special teams unit still found success despite being forced to use three different long snappers due to injury.   

DeCamillis spent 2015-16 as the special teams coordinator for the Denver Broncos. In 2016, DeCamillis’ unit ranked seventh in the NFL in both opponents’ punt return average (6.8) and opponents’ kickoff return average (20.2), while finishing 11th in the NFL in kick return average (22.9).  

DeCamillis’ units have accounted for 29 total kick return scores (18 PR, 11 KR) and 43 takeaways during his 24 seasons coaching special teams in the NFL. 

Before returning to Denver, DeCamillis spent two seasons (2013-14) as Chicago’s assistant head coach/special teams, instructing a unit that allowed a league-low 18.3 yards per kick return while generating two TD returns (1 PR, 1 KR) and three takeaways. In 2013, WR Devin Hester turned in one of the best seasons of his career under DeCamillis, posting his second-highest kickoff return average (27.6) and fourth-highest punt return average (14.2).  

Prior to coaching with the Bears, DeCamillis served as special teams coordinator with Dallas from 2009-12. During that time, the Cowboys tied for the most punt return TDs (6) in the NFL, including a franchise-record three in 2010 by the rookie duo of Dez Bryant (two) and Bryan McCann (one).  

As Jacksonville’s special teams coach from 2007-08, DeCamillis’ coverage unit ranked second in the NFL in average opponent field position after kickoffs (25.3-yard line) with 34 opponent returns being downed inside the 20-yard line.  

DeCamillis had a 10-year run coaching special teams for the Atlanta Falcons (1997-2006)—the first seven years under Head Coach Dan Reeves, for whom he worked for in his first two NFL coaching roles with the Broncos and Giants.  

He coached special teams for the Giants from 1993-96, as the club accounted for the fourth-most kick return scores (six) in the NFL during that period. RB David Meggett tied for second in the league with three punt return TDs during his final two years with the Giants (1993-94), ranking fourth in the NFL with his 11.3-yard punt return average in that two-year span.  

DeCamillis began his NFL career in Denver in 1989 assisting with the club’s football administration for two years before serving as a defensive quality control coach from 1991-92 under Reeves.  

An all-state quarterback and wrestler at Arvada (Colo.) High School, DeCamillis went on to become an All-American wrestler at the University of Wyoming. DeCamillis, who was born on June 29, 1965, is married to Dana, and the couple has two daughters, Caitlin and Ashley.