In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group.1 Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, associate and assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordinators.23
Common positions
Common position coaches on coaching staffs in the National Football League456 and NCAA football7 include:
- Defensive line (DL) coach
- Linebacker (LB) coach
- Offensive line (OL) coach
- Quarterback (QB) coach
- Running backs (RB) coach
- Secondary (DB) coach. Responsible for coaching defensive backs, including safeties and cornerbacks
- Special teams (ST) coach. Responsible for coordinating punts, kickoffs, and field goals/extra points
- Tight ends (TE) coach
- Wide receivers (WR) coach
- Fullbacks (FB) coach
References
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