The Baltimore Ravens aren’t just focusing on the 2020 NFL Draft and free agency, they’re looking within to improve. While the NFL combine kicks off, the Ravens changed around some of their coach’s titles.
Per the team’s website, they’ve changed the titles given to six coaches, both on defense and special teams.
- Chris Horton – special teams coordinator (formerly special teams coach)
- Randy Brown – special teams coach (formerly assistant special teams coach)
- Chris Hewitt – pass defense coordinator (formerly defensive backs coach)
- Sterling Lucas – defensive assistant/defensive line (formerly defensive assistant/linebackers)
- Jesse Minter – defensive backs coach (formerly assistant defense backs coach)
- Drew Wilkins – outside linebackers coach (formerly assistant defensive line & OLBs coach)
For Horton and Brown, it doesn’t seem to be changing their actual roles, just consolidating the hierarchy on special teams after former coordinator Jerry Rosburg retired prior to last season.
However, on defense, there appears to be some refining in the roles under defensive coordinator Don Martindale following his new contract. Wilkins is now in charge of the outside linebackers solely. Minter gets a bump up to defensive backs coach, the role vacated by Hewitt, who will now be in charge of the entire pass defense. Lucas will switch his focus from linebackers to the defensive line.
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