Dean Cokinos
| Washington Valor | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Head coach |
| Career information | |
| College: | UMass Boston |
| Undrafted: | 1990 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 71–64-1 |
| Postseason: | 7–3 |
| Career: | 78–67-1 |
Dean Cokinos is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Washington Valor of the Arena Football League (AFL). He was previously head coach of the Alabama Vipers, Georgia Force and New Orleans VooDoo, helping the Force reach the playoffs in 2011 and 2012.[1][2] He coached the Tennessee Valley Vipers to a 56 to 55 overtime victory against the Spokane Shock in ArenaCup IX.[1] Cokinos served as head coach of the Alabama Hammers of the Professional Indoor Football League from 2013 to 2014, winning the PIFL Championship in 2013 and being named Coach of the Year.[3] He also spent seven years as head coach for two teams in the German Football League.[4][5] He was named assistant head coach and defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Storm on October 26, 2015.[6][7] On May 5, 2016, Cokinos was named the inaugural head coach for the Washington Arena Football League Team, which was later named the Washington Valor.[2][8]
College career
Cokinos attended University of Massachusetts Boston where he was a running back for the Beacons.[9] He was a college teammate of Pat Sperduto, whom he later served under in Nashville.
References
- 1 2 "Dean Cokinos". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- 1 2 "Dean Cokinos Becomes First Head Coach of Washington's AFL Team". arenafootball.com. May 5, 2016. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ "DEAN COKINOS OUT AS HAMMERS COACH". alabamahammers.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "New Orleans VooDoo hire Dean Cokinos as its new head coach". nola.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Dean Cokinos Becomes First Head Coach of Washington's AFL Team". arenafan.com. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ "STORM CONTINUES TO BUILD COACHING STAFF". tampabaystorm.com. October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Dean Cokinos". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ↑ Russel, Jake (May 5, 2016). "D.C.'s still-unnamed Arena Football League team tabs Dean Cokinos as head coach". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Larry Mahoney (October 24, 1988). "UMass-Boston tops MMA 19-0". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved November 4, 2014.