Virginia Cavaliers | |
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Title | Offensive coordinator |
Personal information | |
Born | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | July 19, 1978
Career information | |
High school | Wagener-Salley (SC) [1] |
College | Furman (1996–1999) |
NFL draft | 2000: 7th round, 207th overall pick |
Position | Wide receiver |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Coaching | |
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Desmond "Des" Kitchings (born July 19, 1978) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is currently the offensive coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Kitchings played as a receiver/return specialist at Furman University. He averaged 29.3 yards per kick return and set a school record of four kick returns for touchdowns. Kitchings was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2000 NFL draft, but never played in the pro leagues. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Kitchings began his coaching career at Furman, working as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator from 2004 to 2007. He then spent 3 seasons coaching at Vanderbilt [7] serving one of them as the offensive coordinator. [8] After spending 2011 at Air Force, he went on to coach 8 seasons at NC State. [9] In 2020 [10] he served as the running backs coach for South Carolina. [11] In 2021 he was named the running backs coach [12] for the Atlanta Falcons. [13] After week 17 of Kitching's first year with the Falcons, it was announced that he would become the offensive coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers.