JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Anthony Campanile as defensive coordinator, the team announced today.
“Anthony Campanile represents exactly what we want to be as a defensive unit and football team,” said Head Coach Liam Coen. “He brings an aggressive defensive mindset and a system that is adaptable to our players and allows them to play fast and physical.”
Campanile will enter his sixth season in the NFL in 2025, first as a defensive coordinator. In 2024, Campanile served as the linebackers coach/running game coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. The Packers defense allowed the seventh fewest rush yards per game (99.4) under Campanile’s guidance. He also helped Green Bay’s defense finish fourth in total points allowed (318) and fifth in total defense (314.5). Rookie LB Edgerrin Cooper was named NFC Defensive Rookie of the Month for December/January to close out his 2024 campaign.
Prior to joining the Packers, Campanile spent four seasons as linebackers coach for the Dolphins, helping Miami rank fourth in the NFL over that span in sacks (185.0), sixth in rushing defense (106.4 ypg), eighth in takeaways (96), eighth in third-down defense (38.6 pct.) and tied fifth in forced fumbles (56). In 2023, the Dolphins set a franchise-record with 56.0 sacks, LB Bradley Chubb posted a team-high 11.0 sacks and six forced fumbles.
Campanile’s college coaching career included three years at Boston College (2016-18), where he helped six of his defensive backs earn All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors and saw four of his defensive backs go on to be selected in the NFL Draft (S John Johnson III, CB Kamrin Moore, CB Isaac Yiadom, S Will Harris).
Campanile, a native of New Jersey, began his coaching career as a student assistant at Rutgers in 2005 after playing safety and linebacker for the Scarlet Knights from 2002-04. He then coached for six seasons (2006-11) at the high school level, including five years at Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.), where he helped guide the Ironmen to state titles in both 2010 and 2011 and a No. 1 national ranking in 2011. He returned to Rutgers in 2012 as a defensive assistant and switched to the offensive side of the ball, coaching tight ends (2013-2014) and wide receivers (2015).
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