Chris Hewitt

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Chris Hewitt
Baltimore Ravens
Position:Assistant head coach/pass game coordinator/secondary coach
Personal information
Born: (1974-07-22) July 22, 1974 (age 50)
Kingston, Jamaica
Career information
High school: Dwight Morrow (Englewood, New Jersey)
College: Cincinnati
Undrafted: 1997
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Notre Dame (2003)
    Assistant strength and conditioning coach
  • Rutgers (2004–2011)
    Running backs & cornerbacks coach
  • Baltimore Ravens (2012–2019)
    Defensive back coach
  • Baltimore Ravens (2020–2021)
    Pass defense coordinator
  • Baltimore Ravens (2022–2023)
    Pass game coordinator & secondary coach
  • Baltimore Ravens (2024–present)
    Assistant head coach, pass game coordinator, and secondary coach
Career highlights and awards
As coach:
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Christopher Horace Hewitt (born July 22, 1974) is a former American football safety who is the assistant head coach, pass game coordinator, and secondary coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). [1]

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Early life

Hewitt was born in Kingston, Jamaica [2] and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School. [3]

College career

He played for the Cincinnati Bearcats football team at the collegiate level. Hewitt's 31.50 kickoff return average in the 1993 season ranks second on the all-time rankings for the Cincinnati Bearcats, while his 742 career kickoff return yards rank ninth and his 28.54 career yards per kickoff returns place him first on the school's rankings. [4]

Professional career

Hewitt played as a defensive back and on special teams for the New Orleans Saints in 1997, starting two games and finishing the season with 12 tackles and a fumble recovery as a defensive back. In 1998, he again started two games and had 9 tackles and two sacks. In his third and final season with the Saints, Hewitt was limited to one tackle and a sack. [2]

Coaching career

Hewitt joined the coaching staff at Rutgers under Greg Schiano, where he spent eight years, including as running backs coach and defensive backs coach. As part of the NFL's Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, Hewitt worked on the staffs of the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the Ravens, who hired him in February 2012 as the team's assistant special teams coach. [5] [6] Hewitt was brought into the Ravens by head coach John Harbaugh, who had been Hewitt's special teams coach when he was playing at the age of 17 as a freshman at the University of Cincinnati. Hewitt was part of the Ravens coaching staff for the Raven's victory at Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, which was played in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where Hewitt played in the NFL with the Saints. [3] [7] The Ravens promoted Hewitt to pass defense coordinator on February 26, 2020. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Hamm, Timm. "Ravens Promote Chris Hewitt To Assistant Head Coach", Sports Illustrated , February 13, 2024. Accessed February 20, 2024. "On Monday, John Harbaugh and the Ravens announced the promotion of Chris Hewitt to assistant head coach. Hewitt also coaches the secondary and is the passing game coordinator."
  2. 1 2 "Chris Hewitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Stapleton, Art. "Englewood's Chris Hewitt heads to Super Bowl with the Ravens", The Record (Bergen County) , January 31, 2013. Archived on February 1, 2013. Accessed February 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ Kickoff Returns Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine , Cincinnati Bearcats football. Accessed February 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Rowe, John. "Chris Hewitt leaves Rutgers for NFL", The Record (Bergen County) , February 14, 2012. Archived on March 7, 2016. Accessed February 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ Zrebiec, Jeff. "Who will be Ravens defensive coordinator? Eight options to replace Mike Macdonald". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Super Bowl XLVII - San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens - February 3rd, 2013". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ravens Coaching Announcements". BaltimoreRavens.com. February 26, 2020. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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