Kevin Spencer (football coach)
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Kevin Spencer is an assistant coach for the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. He has been a coach in the NFL since 1991 and enters his first season with the Cardinals.
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[edit] Cleveland Browns
Kevin Spencer started his NFL career with the Cleveland Browns as a Coaching Assistant under then coach, Bill Belichick, in 1991. His final season with the team was in 1994. He was born in Queens, New York, but grew up on Long Island. He considers Cleveland his hometown, because he has family there.
[edit] Oakland Raiders
Kevin Spencer then moved to the Oakland Raiders football team in 1995. Under head coach Mike White he served as Quality Control for the 1995 season. In the 1996 season he then moved into the role of Assistant Linebackers Coach. In 1997 the Raiders new Head Coach, Joe Bugel, gave him the job of Defensive Assistant.
[edit] Indianapolis Colts
In 1998 Spencer was hired on by the Indianapolis Colts as special teams coach under Head Coach, Jim Mora. He held this until the 2001 season, the same year that Mora left the team.
[edit] Pittsburgh Steelers
Signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2002, Spencer got his first Super Bowl ring in Super Bowl XL. In 2003 Spencer was named the NFL's top special teams coach in a vote of his peers.
[edit] Arizona Cardinals
Following the 2006 season, former Steelers' offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt was named head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Spencer was allowed out of the final year of his contract with the Steelers and is expected to coach Arizona's special teams in 2007.
