Andre Curtis

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|current_team = Dallas Cowboys

|position = Defensive passing game coordinator

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|8}}

|birth_place = Beaverdam, Virginia, U.S.

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|college = VMI

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VMI (2000–2003)
Linebackers coach
Georgia Southern (2004–2005)
Defensive ends coach
New York Giants ({{nfly|2006}}–{{nfly|2008}})
Defensive quality control coach
St. Louis Rams ({{nfly|2009}}–{{nfly|2011}})
Defensive backs coach
New Orleans Saints ({{nfly|2012}}–{{nfly|2014}})
Assistant secondary coach
Seattle Seahawks ({{nfly|2015}}–{{nfly|2016}})
Assistant secondary coach/safeties coach
Seattle Seahawks ({{nfly|2017}})
Defensive backs coach
Seattle Seahawks ({{nfly|2018}}–{{nfly|2021}})
Defensive passing game coordinator
Chicago Bears ({{nfly|2022}}–{{nfly|2024}})
Safeties coach
Dallas Cowboys ({{nfly|2025}}–present)
Defensive passing game coordinator

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Super Bowl champion (XLII)

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Andre Curtis (born December 8, 1976) is an American football coach who is the defensive pass coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was a former linebacker at Virginia Military Institute.

Playing career

Curtis was a four-year letter winner playing linebacker for the Keydets between 1996 and 1999.{{Cite web|last=Starling (ABC7)|first=Alison|date=2020-07-21|title=Prominent VMI graduates push school to address cozy relationship with Confederate symbols|url=https://wjla.com/news/local/prominent-vmi-graduates-push-school-to-address-cozy-relationship-with-confederate-symbols|access-date=2021-02-19|website=WJLA}}

Coaching career

= College coaching career =

Curtis began his coaching career at his alma mater coaching his former position, linebackers. He was there for four years and would then go on to coach the 2004 and 2005 seasons at Georgia Southern as their defensive ends coach.{{Cite news|last=Condotta|first=Bob|date=March 25, 2015|title=Seahawks fill out defensive coaching staff with three more hires|work=Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seahawks-fill-out-defensive-coaching-staff-with-three-more-hires/}} During his time coaching at the college level Curtis had internships with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship.

= New York Giants =

Curtis was a defensive quality control coach for the New York Giants from 2006-2008 coaching under David Merritt who he played under at VMI.{{Cite web|last=Berman981-3125|first=Mark|title=Super journey runs through VMI|url=https://roanoke.com/sports/college/super-journey-runs-through-vmi/article_ecf32737-5233-57d9-a28a-2be3fe8ee186.html|access-date=2021-02-19|work=Roanoke Times|date=19 February 2012}} With the Giants, Curtis won the Super Bowl.

= St. Louis Rams =

From 2009{{Cite web|last=Thurman|first=Erika|title=Get To Know Your Rams Coaching Staff!|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/188703-get-to-know-your-rams-coaching-staff|access-date=2021-02-19|work=Bleacher Report}} to 2011 Curtis served as the defensive backs/safeties coach for the St. Louis Rams when he went to the team with Steve Spagnuolo.{{Cite web|date=2009-01-29|title=Giants lose assistant to Rams|url=https://nypost.com/2009/01/29/giants-lose-assistant-to-rams/|access-date=2021-02-19|work=New York Post}}{{Cite web|title=Spagnuolo Announces 2 More Coaches|url=https://247sports.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/Article/Spagnuolo-Announces-2-More-Coaches-104588565/|access-date=2021-02-19|work=Los Angeles Rams}}

= New Orleans Saints =

Once again following Spagnuolo, Curtis went to New Orleans and became the Saints assistant defensive backs coach.{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=David "Satch"|date=2012-02-07|title=New Orleans Saints hire Andre Curtis as assistant secondary coach - New Orleans Saints Football NFL News - NOLA.com|url=https://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2012/2/7/2783603/new-orleans-saints-hire-andre-curtis-as-assistant-secondary-coach-new|access-date=2021-02-19|work=Canal Street Chronicles}}

= Seattle Seahawks =

On March 25, 2015 Curtis was hired by the Seahawks organization to be the team's safeties coach.{{Cite web|last=Woodbery|first=Evan|title=Former Saints assistant Andre Curtis hired by Seattle Seahawks|url=https://www.nola.com/sports/saints/article_fff52443-ea1d-5c32-8319-aa38bb9541dd.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=NOLA.com|date=26 March 2015}} In 2017 he was made the team's defensive backs coach. In 2018 he was promoted to defensive pass game coordinator. He was released by the team after the 2021 season.{{Cite news|title=Seattle Overload, Episode 29: Reaction to Seahawks Firing Ken Norton Jr., Andre Curtis {{!}} Sports Illustrated Seattle Seahawks News, Analysis and More|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/.amp/podcasts/seattle-overload-episode-29-reaction-to-seahawks-firing-ken-norton-jr-andre-curtis|access-date=2022-02-11|newspaper=Sports Illustrated Seattle Seahawks News, Analysis and More}}

= Chicago Bears =

On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Curtis was joining the Chicago Bears as their safeties coach.{{Cite web|last=chicagobears.com|first=Larry Mayer {{!}}|title=Bears add Curtis as Safeties Coach|url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/bears-add-andre-curtis-as-safeties-coach|website=chicagobears.com|access-date=2022-02-10}}

= Dallas Cowboys =

On January 29, 2025, it was announced that Curtis was joining the Dallas Cowboys as their defensive pass coordinator.{{Cite web|last=Yarrish|first=Tommy|title=Cowboys hire first three assistants on Schottenheimer's staff|url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-hire-first-three-assistants-on-schottenheimer-s-staff|website=dallascowboys.com|date=January 29, 2025|access-date=January 29, 2025}}