Wilks also served as defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns (2019) and at Missouri (2021). Starting his coaching career at Johnson C. Smith as defensive coordinator in 1995-96, Wilks served ...

Jets head coach Aaron Glenn has added Steve Wilks to his staff as defensive coordinator. AP. Banjo, 34, had a 10-year playing career in the NFL and overlapped with Glenn with the Saints from 2016 ...

Wilks was hired as defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns in 2019 in the one-year reign of Freddie Kitchens. He sat out 2020 and was the defensive coordinator for Missouri in 2021 before ...

Wilks was the Arizona Cardinals head coach in 2018. The 49ers fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks on Wednesday. AP Steve Wilks on the 49ers sideline during Super Bowl 2024.

San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks will move from upstairs in the coaching booth to the sideline beginning with Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, coach Kyle ...

Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks of the San Francisco 49ers on the sideline during the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levis Stadium on January 7, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Michael ...

The San Francisco 49ers and defensive coordinator Steve Wilks have agreed to part ways, coach Kyle Shanahan announced. “It just ended up not being the right fit,” Shanahan said.

Wilks was an NFL assistant from 2006-2019, working as a defensive backs coach with the Bears, Chargers and Panthers before taking over as Carolina’s coordinator in 2017 under Rivera.

As defensive coordinator for the Panthers in 2017, Wilks led the Panthers to the number three run defense in the league and the number three ranked defense in terms of sacks.

After stints as defensive coordinator with the Browns (2020) and the Missouri Tigers (2021), Wilks returned to the Panthers and became their defensive coordinator again in 2022.

Next up is former head coach Steve Wilks, a coach with a long history with the Colts' decision-makers. Background Wilks is a former defensive back who played his college ball at Appalachian State ...