Joe DeCamillis joined the Rams as their special teams coordinator last year and immediately helped them improve in that area. Brandon Powell became a huge part of the return game, Matt Gay made the Pro Bowl and the overall operation on special teams was much better.
But he does more than coach special teams players. He helps the Rams situationally on game days and throughout the week. In a recent video, DeCamillis revealed that he holds “situational masters” meetings every week, and not just for special teams guys.
He has everyone in those meetings, including the quarterbacks.
“I actually have a meeting on situational masters every week, and everybody’s in there, including the quarterbacks,” he said. “So I think what Coach McVay wants to do is empower everybody, but he also knows that because of my position, I’m gonna know situations, I’m gonna know the rules, all those type of things, and it’s been a pretty cool deal being here with him.”
In the video, DeCamillis details his journey to becoming a special teams coach, believing he would be a teacher and a coach long ago. He’s gone on to have a successful career in the NFL, coaching special teams since 1988 when he got started with the Broncos.