| Kevin Curtis | |
| Current Title: | Cornerbacks coach |
| Current Team: | Baylor |
| Current Conference: | Big 12 |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Frankfurt, West Germany |
| Alma Mater: | Texas Tech University |
| Player Years1: | 1998–2001 |
| Player Team1: | Texas Tech |
| Player Years2: | 2002–2004 |
| Player Team2: | San Francisco 49ers |
| Player Years3: | 2004 |
| Player Team3: | Green Bay Packers |
| Player Years4: | 2005 |
| Player Team4: | Oakland Raiders |
| Player Years5: | 2006 |
| Player Team5: | Cologne Centurions |
| Player Years6: | 2006 |
| Player Team6: | Houston Texans |
| Player Years7: | 2007 |
| Player Team7: | Cologne Centurions |
| Player Positions: | Safety |
| Coach Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team1: | Navarro College (CB) |
| Coach Years2: | 2010–2012 |
| Coach Team2: | Louisiana Tech (CB) |
| Coach Years3: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team3: | Texas Tech (DB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Coach Team4: | Louisiana Tech (CB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2018–2020 |
| Coach Team5: | SMU (CB) |
| Coach Years9: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team9: | Baylor (CB) |
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Kevin Curtis (born July 28, 1980) is an American football coach and former safety. He is currently the cornerbacks coach for the Baylor University football team.
Curtis was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but was raised in Lubbock, Texas, where he attended Coronado High School. At Coronado, he played quarterback.
Curtis played safety for the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1998 to 2002. He was named second-team All-American for his junior and senior seasons, and was a three time All-Big 12 selection. During the 1999 season, he was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week following a Red Raider victory against Colorado and was named to the Jim Thorpe Award watchlist prior to the 2000 season. He graduated in 2002 with a degree in Restaurant and Hotel Management.[1]
Curtis was originally selected in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers, where he spent three seasons.[2] He has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, Cologne Centurions and Houston Texans.
Curtis began his coaching career in 2008 at Navarro College where he served two seasons as secondary coach. He was named cornerbacks coach at Louisiana Tech University under coach Sonny Dykes on February 22, 2010. Dykes was an assistant at Texas Tech during Curtis's college playing career. In his second season at Louisiana Tech, the secondary ranked third nationally in interceptions and pick-6s.[3]
In December 2012, Curtis accepted the same position at his alma mater Texas Tech University under former teammate and now head coach Kliff Kingsbury.[4] In November 2015, Curtis was dismissed from Texas Tech.[5]
On January 15, 2016, Curtis was hired as the cornerbacks coach at Louisiana Tech.[6]
From 2018 to 2020 he served as the cornerbacks coach on Sonny Dykes SMU staff.[7]
On February 21, 2021, he was hired as the corners coach at Baylor.[8]