HENDERSON, Nev. – Joe DeCamillis has been named Special Teams Coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders, the club announced Monday.
DeCamillis, a longtime NFL special teams coach, spent the past two seasons serving as the South Carolina Gamecocks' associate head coach/special teams coordinator. In 2025, he was nominated for the Broyles Award for his work with a special teams unit that was completely overhauled from the previous year. Mason Love was the nation's second-ranked freshman punter and earned Freshman All-SEC honors after averaging 45.1 yards per punt, the league's third-best mark. Max Kelley also earned Freshman All-SEC honors as a kickoff specialist. Vicari Swain was an All-SEC returner after averaging 15.9-yards per punt return with three touchdowns, tying the school's single-season record. Walk-on placekicker William Joyce was successful on 12-of-15 field goal attempts and all 31 PATs.
In his first season with the Gamecocks, DeCamillis mentored punter Kai Kroeger, who earned second team All-America honors and was the coaches' selection as the All-SEC punter. A Ray Guy semifinalist, Kroeger led the SEC and ranked third in the country averaging 47.8 yards per punt. The Gamecocks finished sixth in the nation in net punting, 13th in punt return defense and 14th in kickoff return defense.
DeCamillis spent the 2023 season at the University of Texas where he served as a special assistant to the head coach. In his lone season in Austin, the Longhorns tied for 10th in the nation with three blocked kicks, ranked 11th in the nation with a 15.9-yard punt return average and 16th in the country with a net punting average of 41.8 yards. Texas won the Big 12 title and advanced to the College Football Playoffs
Prior to his time at UT, DeCamillis spent the previous 34 years in the NFL, including 32 as a special teams coach. He helped lead his squad to seven AFC or NFC Championship Game appearances and four Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl titles with the Denver Broncos in 2015 and the Los Angeles Rams in 2021.
DeCamillis began his NFL career as an administrative assistant for his father-in-law, then Denver Broncos head coach Dan Reeves. DeCamillis was promoted to a position on Reeves' coaching staff in 1991 as a special teams assistant and spent two years in that post with the Broncos.
DeCamillis continued to work for Coach Reeves as a special teams coach for the New York Giants from 1993-96 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1997-2003. After Reeves' departure, DeCamillis remained on the Falcons' staff through the 2006 season. He has also served as a special teams coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2007-08), and as the special teams coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys (2009-12), Chicago Bears (2013-14), Denver Broncos (2015-16), Jacksonville Jaguars (2017-20) and Los Angeles Rams (2021-22). He also held the title of Assistant Head Coach while with the Bears and served as the interim head coach for one game in Denver's 2016 season.
Born in Arvada, Colo., DeCamillis was an all-state quarterback and wrestler. He wrestled for the University of Wyoming where he was a two-time All-Western Athletic Conference performer and an All-American after placing eighth at the 1988 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. DeCamillis and his wife, Dana, have two children, Caitlin and Ashley, and four grandchildren, Decker, Annabelle, Brooks and Reeves.
