Dwayne Stukes

Dwayne Stukes
Los Angeles Rams
Position:	Assistant Special Teams Coach
Personal information
Born:	January 24, 1977 (age 45); Portsmouth, Virginia
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College:	Virginia
Undrafted:	2000
Career history
As a player:
	Atlanta Falcons (2000); Berlin Thunder (2001); Pittsburgh Steelers (2001); Berlin Thunder (2002); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002–2003)*; Colorado Crush (2004);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
	Berlin Thunder (2006); Assistant defensive backs coach; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2006–2007); Coaches assistant; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2008); Special teams quality control coach; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009–2010); Assistant defensive backs coach; Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2011); Special teams coordinator; Dallas Cowboys (2012); Minority coaching intern; Chicago Bears (2013–2014); Assistant special teams coordinator; New York Giants (2016-2017); Assistant special teams coordinator; Jacksonville Jaguars (2019–2020); Defensive assistant; Los Angeles Rams (2021–present); Assistant special teams coach;
Career highlights and awards
	World Bowl champion (IX, X); Super Bowl XXXVII Champion;
	Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Dwayne Stukes (born January 24, 1977) is an American football coach and former defensive back. He is currently the assistant special teams coach for the Los Angeles Rams^[1] of the National Football League.^[2] He was previously an assistant special teams coach for the Chicago Bears. He also served as special teams coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following a 4–12 record for the 2011 season, Raheem Morris and his entire coaching staff were fired.

Professional playing career[]

Stukes was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at Virginia.^[3] He spent parts of four seasons in the NFL from 2000 to 2003 as a member of the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.^[4] Stukes also played in NFL Europe on the Berlin Thunder (2001-2002) and in the Arena Football League on the Colorado Crush).^[5]

Stukes was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as a defensive assistant on February 21, 2019.^[6] Stukes assumed Jason Rebrovich's defensive line coaching duties for team's week 11 game in 2020 against the Pittsburgh Steelers due to Rebrovich missing the game for COVID-19 pandemic protocols.^[7]

On February 23, 2021, the Los Angeles Rams announced Stukes as an assistant special teams coach.^[8]^[9]

Stukes and his wife, Lori have three children two daughters and a son.^[10]

^ Alper, Josh (February 21, 2019). "Jaguars add Dwayne Stukes to coaching staff". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ Alex Marvez [@alexmarvez] (January 21, 2016). "Source tells @NFLonFOX that @Giants have hired Dwayne Stukes as assistant special teams coach. Stukes last with @ChicagoBears in 2014" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Dwayne Stukes College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ "Dwayne Stukes". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ Mayer, Larry (January 28, 2013). "Chris Harris back with Bears as defensive assistant". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
^ Fryburger, Jackson (February 21, 2019). "Jaguars hire Dwayne Stukes as defensive assistant". USAToday.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ Reid, John (November 22, 2020). "Jaguars coach Doug Marrone unsure about his starting QB for this upcoming week". Jacksonville.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ Jackson, Stu (February 23, 2021). "Rams finalize 2021 coaching staff". www.therams.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Arthur, Kenneth (February 23, 2021). "Rams add 5 new coaches, promote Thomas Brown to assistant head coach". Turf Show Times. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ "Dwayne Stukes". www.jaguars.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

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