After three years coaching in college, longtime NFL special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis is returning to the pros. The Raiders are expected to hire DeCamillis as their special teams coordinator, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports.
The 60-year-old DeCamillis spent the last two seasons at South Carolina as its associate head coach/ST coordinator. He was a special assistant at Texas in 2023. Before that, DeCamillis racked up 34 years’ experience in the NFL.
DeCamillis’ career began in 1991 as Denver’s assistant special teams coach. He went on to run ST units for the Giants, Falcons, Jaguars, Cowboys, Bears, Broncos, Jaguars and Rams over the next three decades. A two-time Super Bowl champion, DeCamillis won a ring with the Broncos in 2015 and the Rams in 2021.
During his second stint in Denver from 2015-16, DeCamilis worked for head coach Gary Kubiak. He’ll now serve under Kubiak’s son, new Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak, in Las Vegas. Once official, DeCamillis will be the second coordinator hire for the 38-year-old Kubiak, who promoted defensive line coach Rob Leonard to DC on Saturday.
DeCamilis will take over a special teams unit that struggled mightily and went through an in-season coaching change in 2025. With the Raiders off to a 2-7 start in early November, former head coach Pete Carroll fired ST coordinator Tom McMahon. Assistant Derius Swinton II, who’s now with the Steelers, took the reins for the rest of the year. Pro Football Focus ranked the Raiders’ special teams a woeful 31st in the league. Kubiak will expect better results from the DeCamillis-led group in 2026.
Ok that’s all fine and good.
But, worthless unless you start drafting, developing and be smart about acquisitions.
Stop the luxury picks like rb and te. Build both lines and duh you can compete.
You can call them “luxury “ picks but bowers is already the best TE in football (you could say Trey McBride) but regardless Bowers is a top 2-3 TE in football. Ashton will be there too. He broke the raiders rookie record for total yards last season with a weak OL. I don’t call them “luxury” picks. I call it top skill player talent. Yes the Raiders could’ve gone OL but I’d rather have bowers than JC Latham (whom many Raider fans wanted) thank God that didn’t happen. Latham will probably never be a top tackle but Bowers will be a top TE.
I don’t disagree, in principle, but Bowers was an absolute steal.
Bowers being a “luxury pick” because he has the TE label is so asinine lol
Have you watched him play? He’s the go-to player in the passing game. TE or not, he significantly impacts the game. That’s not a luxury pick. He’s a foundational player.
Good. Last year was the first time in years that I didn’t like our ST’s.
This guy was awesome at South Carolina.