Tem Lukabu

Tem Lukabu (born August 6, 1981) is an American football coach and former player currently serving as the linebackers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Lukabu spent the 2019 season as the linebackers coach for Cincinnati Bengals. Lukabu served as a defensive assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL from 2012 to 2013 and has coached both linebackers and defensive line at the collegiate level, including stops at the University of Rhode Island, Rutgers University, Colgate University, Florida International University (FIU), and Mississippi State University.

Early life and playing career Lukabu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire.

Lukabu attended Colgate University, where he was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at linebacker. He helped the Raiders to a 31–7 overall record and 18–2 Patriot League mark. Colgate won back-to-back Patriot League championships and Lukabu was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003. and 2017 seasons as the defensive quality control coach with the San Francisco 49ers. The 2016 season Lukabu worked closely with the linebackers. In 2017, Lukabu assisted defensive backs coach Jeff Hafley, who guided a 49ers secondary that included standouts Eric Reid and Jimmie Ward.

In 2015, Lukabu served as the defensive line coach at Florida International. In 2014, he served as the outside linebackers coach at his alma mater, Colgate.

Lukabu spent two seasons (2012–13) as a defensive assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2012, Lukabu assisted the Buccaneers defense, which ranked first for rushing defense in the NFL, after finishing the 2011 season last in the same category. During his time in Tampa Bay, he worked with defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who was named to the first two Pro Bowls of his career and first-team All-Pro honors in both 2012 and 2013.

Following two seasons at Rutgers (2010–11), Lukabu joined Tampa Bay. At Rutgers, Lukabu coached outside linebackers under Greg Schiano. In 2011, Lukabu coached Khaseem Greene, who earned conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Carolina Panthers On February 19, 2023, the Carolina Panthers hired Lukabu as their outside linebackers coach. He was fired by the Panthers on January 8, 2025.

Jacksonville Jaguars On February 2, 2025, Lukabu was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the team's linebackers coach.