The Arizona Cardinals did not bring back Derrick LeBlanc after two seasons coaching the team’s defensive line. They have apparently made a decision on his replacement.
The expected hire is very young.
According to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenith and Ryan Burns, the Cardinals are expected to hire Winston DeLattiboudere as their new defensive line coach.
DeLattiboudere is 27 years old. He has been at the University of Minnesota for the last two years. He was hired in January 2023 to be their defensive line coach and was promoted to assistant head coach in January 2024.
In 2022, as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, he helped coach the Jacksonville Jaguars’ defensive line during training camp and then, in 2023 under the same fellowship, spent the offseason program with the Green Bay Packers.
He started his coaching career in 2020 as a graduate assistant at Charlotte, working with defensive linemen, and then in 2021 as a graduate assistant at Oregon. In 2022, he was Akron’s defensive line coach before going to Minnesota, where he played collegiately.
The Cardinals have not made any announcement. They had three coaching vacancies. After offensive line coach Klayton Adams became the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, they hired former Ohio State offensive line coach Justin Frye. Linebackers coach Sam Siefkes became Virginia Tech’s defensive coordinator. He has not yet been replaced.
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