Chargers make changes to coaching staff

The Chargers are trying to shore up the special teams department.

The Chargers are making some changes to the coaching staff.

Coach Anthony Lynn is reassigning special teams coach George Stewart as an offensive analyst and promoting assistant special teams coach Keith Burns to fill the void.

Lynn will also aide in the department.

Los Angeles made the change after ranking dead last in special teams DVOA, according to Football Outsiders. The team has allowed the most punt return yards in the league this season — and they’ve had three blocked punts.

Stewart has served as the special teams and assistant coach since 2017.

Burns spent six years as an assistant special teams coach in Denver from 2007-2012. After that, he was Washington’s coordinator in 2013, and has been the assistant for the Chargers since 2018.