In 2021 under the leadership of DeCamillis, the Rams special teams unit finished sixth in field goals made (32) and led to Kicker Matt Gay's first Pro Bowl selection. Gay's only two misses during the regular season were from 40+ and 50+ yards and he ranked third in the NFL with 144 points scored. DeCamillis also helped Gay finish third for all players in the 2021 postseason with 35 points scored, making 8 of his 10 field goal attempts and converting all extra point attempts.
According to TruMedia, the Rams ranked fifth in the NFL with 11.32 yards per punt return and fifth in net punting average (42.59 yards per game) in the 2021 season. With the guidance of DeCamillis, the Rams made a midseason move to acquire receiver and return specialist Brandon Powell, who earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after returning two kicks for 75 kards, including one which he returned 61 yards for a touchdown on the road in Minnesota. The Rams punting unit also recorded three punts inside the 5-yard line, which was tied for 10th best in the league.
Prior to joining the Rams, DeCamillis spent the four seasons prior with the Jacksonville Jaguars in his second stint with the franchise. In 2020, Jacksonville ranked seventh in net punting average (42.4), eighth in gross punting yards (3,051) and allowed only 196 punt return yards by their opponents.
The Jaguars 2019 special teams unit was ranked fourth in the NFL in the Dallas Morning News' annual special teams rankings. Dallas Morning News columnist Rick Gosselin uses a points system based on 22 categories to rank each of the 32 NFL teams' special teams units at the end of each season. P Logan Cooke and K Josh Lambo became the first teammates to lead the league in net punting average (min. 10 punts) and field goal percentage (min. 15 attempts), respectively, in the same year since net punting average first began being tracked in 2000. Cooke posted a 44.5-yard net punting average in 2019, tied for the highest mark in the NFL (min. 10 punts) and tied for the fourth-highest since the stat began being tracked in 2000. Lambo was named to the Associated Press All-Pro second team, becoming the first placekicker in franchise history to make an Associated Press All-Pro team.
In 2018, DeCamillis oversaw the special teams unit that finished first in the NFL in opposing kick return average (17.8) and second in opposing punt return average (5.0). Cooke, who was selected in the seventh round of the 2018 Draft, recorded a franchise-record 37 punts inside the 20, the third-most in the NFL and the most among rookies. His 41.3 net punting average was the highest for a single season in franchise history. In Week 15 against Washington, WR Dede Westbrook scored a TD on a 74-yard punt return, marking the third- longest punt return in franchise history.
In 2017, DeCamillis oversaw a mid-season kicking change as Lambo, who was acquired by Jacksonville prior to the team's Week 7 contest, finished the season 19 of 20 on FGs (95.0 pct.), Including 12 of 12 at TIAA Field. Lambo's 95.0 field goal percentage was the best mark in Jaguars single-season history among kickers with at least 10 FG attempts. P Brad Nortman landed a career-high 29 punts inside the 20, which was tied for fifth in franchise history. DeCamillis' unit also converted on all three fake punt tries, one of which RB Corey Grant rushed 56 yards for a TD against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 10.
DeCamillis spent 2015-16 as the special teams coordinator for the Denver Broncos. In 2016, his unit ranked seventh in the NFL in both opponents' punt return average (6.8) and opponents' kickoff return average (20.2), while finishing 11th in the NFL in kick return average (22.9).
DeCamillis' units have accounted for 32 total kick return scores during his 34 seasons coaching special teams in the NFL.
Before returning to Denver, he spent two seasons (2013-14) as Chicago's assistant head coach/special teams, instructing a unit that allowed a league-low 18.3 yards per kick return while generating two TD returns (one PR, one KR) and three takeaways. In 2013, WR Devin Hester turned in one of the best seasons of his career under DeCamillis, posting his second- highest kickoff return average (27.6) and fourth-highest punt return average (14.2).
Prior to coaching with the Bears, DeCamillis served as special teams coordinator with Dallas from 2009-12. During that time, the Cowboys tied for the most punt return TDs (six) in the NFL, including a franchise-record three in 2010 by the rookie duo of WR Dez Bryant (two) and CB Bryan McCann (one).
As Jacksonville's special teams coach from 2007-08, DeCamillis' coverage unit ranked second in the NFL in average opponent field position after kickoffs (25.3- yard line) with 34 opponent returns being downed inside the 20-yard line.
DeCamillis had a 10-year run coaching special teams for the Atlanta Falcons (1997-2006)—the first seven years under Head Coach Dan Reeves, whom he worked in his first two NFL coaching roles with the Broncos and New York Giants.
He coached special teams for the Giants from 1993-96, as the club accounted for the fourth-most kick return scores (six) in the NFL during that period. RB David Meggett tied for second in the league with three punt return TDs during his final two years with the Giants (1993-94), ranking fourth in the NFL with his 11.3- yard punt return average in that two-year span.
DeCamillis began his NFL career in Denver in 1989 assisting with the club's football administration for two years before serving as a defensive quality control coach from 1991-92 under Reeves. An all-state quarterback and wrestler at Arvada (Colo.) High School, DeCamillis went on to become an All- America wrestler at the University of Wyoming. He was born on June 29, 1965, and is married to Dana. They have two daughters, Caitlin and Ashley.
