Christopher Horace Hewitt (born July 22, 1974) is a former American football safety who is the assistant head coach, pass game coordinator, and secondary coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
| Baltimore Ravens | |
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| Position: | Assistant head coach/pass game coordinator/secondary coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 22, 1974 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Dwight Morrow (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| College: | Cincinnati |
| Undrafted: | 1997 |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Early life
editHewitt was born in Kingston, Jamaica[2] and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School.[3]
College career
editHe played for the Cincinnati Bearcats football team at the collegiate level. Hewitt's 31.50 kickoff return average in the 1993 season ranks second on the all-time rankings for the Cincinnati Bearcats, while his 742 career kickoff return yards rank ninth and his 28.54 career yards per kickoff returns place him first on the school's rankings.[4]
Professional career
editHewitt played as a defensive back and on special teams for the New Orleans Saints in 1997, starting two games and finishing the season with 12 tackles and a fumble recovery as a defensive back. In 1998, he again started two games and had 9 tackles and two sacks. In his third and final season with the Saints, Hewitt was limited to one tackle and a sack.[2]
Coaching career
editHewitt joined the coaching staff at Rutgers under Greg Schiano, where he spent eight years, including as running backs coach and defensive backs coach. As part of the NFL's Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, Hewitt worked on the staffs of the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the Ravens, who hired him in February 2012 as the team's assistant special teams coach.[5][6] Hewitt was brought into the Ravens by head coach John Harbaugh, who had been Hewitt's special teams coach when he was playing at the age of 17 as a freshman at the University of Cincinnati. Hewitt was part of the Ravens coaching staff for the Raven's victory at Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, which was played in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where Hewitt played in the NFL with the Saints.[3][7] The Ravens promoted Hewitt to pass defense coordinator on February 26, 2020.[8]
References
edit- ^ Hamm, Timm. "Ravens Promote Chris Hewitt To Assistant Head Coach", Sports Illustrated, February 13, 2024. Accessed February 20, 2024. "On Monday, John Harbaugh and the Ravens announced the promotion of Chris Hewitt to assistant head coach. Hewitt also coaches the secondary and is the passing game coordinator."
- ^ a b "Chris Hewitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Stapleton, Art. "Englewood's Chris Hewitt heads to Super Bowl with the Ravens", The Record (Bergen County), January 31, 2013. Archived on February 1, 2013. Accessed February 1, 2013.
- ^ Kickoff Returns Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, Cincinnati Bearcats football. Accessed February 1, 2013.
- ^ Rowe, John. "Chris Hewitt leaves Rutgers for NFL", The Record (Bergen County), February 14, 2012. Archived on March 7, 2016. Accessed February 1, 2013.
- ^ Zrebiec, Jeff. "Who will be Ravens defensive coordinator? Eight options to replace Mike Macdonald". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "Super Bowl XLVII - San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens - February 3rd, 2013". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- ^ "Ravens Coaching Announcements". BaltimoreRavens.com. February 26, 2020. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.