DeMarcus began his coaching career a year after he graduated in 2012 as defensive graduate assistant at the University of Alabama-Birmingham for the Blazers. In 2013 he went to the Southeastern Conference where he spent two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Ole Miss. In 2015 Covington coached the defensive line at UT Martin.[4] This was followed by 2016 when he spent the college football season as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois.[1][2]
New England Patriots
Covington joined the organization in 2017 and was a coaching assistant for two years before becoming the teams outside linebackers coaching in 2019.[1] He won his first Super Bowl title when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.[5] In 2020 he was moved to coaching the defensive line.[6]
On February 1, 2024, he was promoted to defensive coordinator.[7]
Personal life
Covington and wife, Natasha have two sons, Cassius and Cayman.[1] Covington created Next Level in 2012, a non-profit football camp that serves as an outlet to the youth of his home town of Birmingham, Alabama, for a full day of football-related drills and activities.[1]