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Position: | Defensive coordinator |
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Born: | Colchester, England | 6 January 1981
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High school: | Alta Loma (Rancho Cucamonga) |
College: | UC Davis |
Undrafted: | 2004 |
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Ejiro Evero (born 6 January 1981) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). [1] [2] He previously served as an assistant coach for the Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers.
Evero was born in Colchester, England, but grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and attended Alta Loma High School. [3] [4]
Evero played college football at UC Davis as a safety and was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2004.
Evero got his first NFL coaching opportunity with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007, where he worked as a defensive quality control coach until 2009.
After leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2009 and spending the 2010 season with the University of Redlands, Evero got back into the NFL in 2011 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he worked as a quality control coach in 2011, an offensive assistant from 2012-2013 and a defensive assistant from 2014-2015.
Evero seved as a defensive quality control coach during the 2016 season with the Green Bay Packers.
Evero served as the safeties coach for the Los Angeles Rams from 2017-2020. For the 2021-2022 season Evero had his role changed to secondary coach & passing game coordinator, Evero helped the Rams win a Super Bowl during the 2021-2022 season. [5]
On 18 February 2022, Evero was hired by the Denver Broncos to serve as the team's defensive coordinator for the 2022 season. [6] After Nathaniel Hackett was fired as the Broncos' head coach, Evero [7] was offered the interim job. He decided to pass on the interim position and remain the defensive coordinator. On 4 February 2023, five days after the Denver Broncos traded for Sean Payton to be their head coach, Evero was released from his contract making him a free agent.
On 5 February 2023, Evero was hired by the Carolina Panthers as their defensive coordinator under head coach Frank Reich. [8] On February 8, 2024 it was announced Evero would be retained under new head coach Dave Canales.
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