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Joe DeCamillis

American football coach

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ16195972
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Joe DeCamillis (born June 29, 1965) is an American professional football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was formerly the special teams coordinator in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams for two seasons. Before that, he coached for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons, and Jacksonville Jaguars. DeCamillis was most recently the special teams coordinator for the South Carolina Gamecocks for two seasons.

Wrestling career

DeCamillis did not play football in college. DeCamillis wrestled for the University of Wyoming where he was an All-American by virtue of finishing 8th at the 1988 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

Football coaching career

Early career

DeCamillis began his NFL career as an administrative assistant to his father-in-law, then Denver Broncos head coach Dan Reeves. In 1991, DeCamillis joined the coaching staff as a special teams assistant under Harold Richardson. When Reeves became head coach of the New York Giants in 1993, DeCamillis joined his staff as special teams coach. He followed Reeves again in 1997, becoming the special teams coach of the Atlanta Falcons.

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