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Patriots defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington ready to guide ‘from the classroom to the grass’

The title of defensive coordinator had not been used by the New England Patriots since 2017.

That was when the organization’s next ultimately arrived in Foxborough as a coaching assistant. From outside linebackers coach to defensive line coach DeMarcus Covington went before being promoted in January.

“It’s something I always wanted to do in this career,” Covington told Patriots.com in an exclusive interview released Thursday. “To become a defensive coordinator and be able to lead a defense, I would say it’s truly a blessing.”

Covington, 34, was an in-house candidate on a list of outside names that included Tem Lukabu, Christian Parker, Michael Hodges and Gerald Alexander.