DeMarcus Covington

DeMarcus Covington (born March 30, 1989) is an American football coach who is the outside linebackers coach, run game coordinator, and assistant head coach – defense for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at the New England Patriots, Eastern Illinois University, the University of Tennessee at Martin, University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Early years Covington played collegiately at wide receiver for the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Samford Bulldogs where he registered 62 receptions for 586 yards and two touchdowns from 2007 to 2010. He graduated from Samford in 2011.

Coaching career College Covington began his coaching career a year after he graduated in 2012 as defensive graduate assistant at the University of Alabama-Birmingham for the Blazers. In 2013 he went to the Southeastern Conference where he spent two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Ole Miss. In 2015, Covington coached the defensive line at UT Martin. This was followed by 2016 when he spent the college football season as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois. In 2020 he was moved to coaching the defensive line. On February 1, 2024, he was promoted to defensive coordinator. Covington was not retained by the Patriots upon the hiring of Mike Vrabel.

Green Bay Packers On January 30, 2025, Covington was hired to serve as the defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers. On March 19, 2026, Covington was shifted to the role of outside linebackers coach.

Personal life Covington and wife, Natasha have two sons, Cassius and Cayman. Covington created Next Level in 2012, a non-profit football camp that serves as an outlet to the youth of his home town of Birmingham, Alabama, for a full day of football-related drills and activities.