The Denver Broncos hired Derius Swinton as assistant special-teams coach on Wednesday. He replaces Keith Burns, who was hired by Mike Shanahan to be the Washington Redskins special-teams coach Monday. Burns spent 17 years with the Broncos as a player and coach.
Derius Swinton
Swinton is entering his fifth NFL season, he spent the 2012 campaign with the Kansas City Chiefs as their special teams quality control coach. Before that he was with the St. Louis Rams from 2009-11 as quality control/special teams coach.
While with the Chiefs, Swinton worked with punter Dustin Colquitt, who made his first Pro Bowl appearance after leading the NFL with more than 54 percent of his punts being downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.
He’ll have his Dustin’s brother Britton Colquitt to work with in Denver.
During his tenure with the Rams, Swinton’s special teams unit ranked third in the NFL with a 39.3-yard net punting average and fourth in the league with an 11.0-yard punt returns average during that time.
Swinton played free safety at Hampton University from 2003-06, then began his coaching career as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2007-08.
Derius has the look of a good up and coming coach, and this looks to be a good hiring for the Broncos.
