Jovan Dewitt was born on October 21,1975 and is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator at FIU.
23 Facts About Jovan Dewitt
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Immediately following Jovan Dewitt's college playing career, he spent some time as a student assistant working with the Northern Michigan defensive line.
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Jovan Dewitt spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons coordinating special teams and coaching running backs, first at Fort Scott Community College, and then at Fairmont State.
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In 2004, Jovan Dewitt returned to his alma mater, Northern Michigan, to serve as the defensive coordinator for two seasons.
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Jovan Dewitt then served as the defensive coordinator at St Norbert for three seasons from 2006 to 2008.
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In 2009, Jovan Dewitt was hired as the linebackers coach at Northern Iowa, replacing Scott Frost.
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Jovan Dewitt is currently a member of the Baltimore Ravens.
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Jovan Dewitt was promoted to defensive coordinator for the 2011 season.
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In 2012, Jovan Dewitt joined Carl Pelini's inaugural staff at Florida Atlantic coaching the linebackers.
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Midway through the 2013 season Pelini and defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis resigned, and Jovan Dewitt was elevated to interim defensive coordinator for the final four games of the season.
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Jovan Dewitt was the special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at Army for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
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In January 2016, Jovan Dewitt was hired by Scott Frost, whom he replaced at Northern Iowa, to coordinate the UCF special teams, and coach the outside linebackers.
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Jovan Dewitt would go on to be drafted in the 5th round of the 2018 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
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Jovan Dewitt was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2017 season.
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Jovan Dewitt followed Frost to Nebraska prior to the 2018 season.
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Jovan Dewitt helped start the rebuild of the Nebraska football program by guiding linebacker Luke Gifford to a career year in which he had 13 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks.
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Jovan Dewitt missed most of spring ball prior to the 2019 season, fighting throat cancer.
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Jovan Dewitt lost over 100 pounds during his battle, as well as the ability to produce saliva, at least temporarily.
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Jovan Dewitt was a 4 time letterman at Northern Michigan from 1993 to 1996.
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Jovan Dewitt was a two time all conference and all American player, and was named the 1996 Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
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Jovan Dewitt played professionally for three seasons in the Arena Football League, as a member of the Iowa Barnstormers in 1997, the Orlando Predators in 1998, and the Fargo Freeze in 1999.
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Jovan Dewitt graduated from Northern Michigan as a dual-major in mathematics and physics.
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Jovan Dewitt turned down a job to work for NASA following graduation to enter the coaching profession.