Christopher Horace Hewitt (born July 22, 1974) is a former

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and current pass game coordinator, and secondary coach for the

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of the

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(NFL).

Early life

Hewitt was born in

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and grew up in

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, where he attended

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College career

He played for the

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team at the collegiate level. Hewitt's 31.50 kickoff return average in the 1993 season ranks second on the all-time rankings for the Cincinnati Bearcats, while his 742 career kickoff return yards rank ninth and his 28.54 career yards per kickoff returns place him first on the school's rankings.

Professional career

Hewitt played as a defensive back and on special teams for the New Orleans Saints in 1997, starting two games and finishing the season with 12 tackles and a fumble recovery as a defensive back. In 1998, he again started two games and had 9 tackles and two sacks. In his third and final season with the Saints, Hewitt was limited to one tackle and a sack.

Coaching career

Hewitt joined the coaching staff at Rutgers under

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, where he spent eight years, including as running backs coach and defensive backs coach. As part of the NFL's Minority Coaching Fellowship Program, Hewitt worked on the staffs of the

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and

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, as well as the Ravens, who hired him in February 2012 as the team's assistant special teams coach. Hewitt was brought into the Ravens by head coach

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, who had been Hewitt's special teams coach when he was playing at the age of 17 as a freshman at the University of Cincinnati. Hewitt was part of the Ravens coaching staff for the Raven's victory at

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in 2013, which was played in

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at the

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, where Hewitt played in the NFL with the Saints.Stapleton, Art
"Englewood's Chris Hewitt heads to Super Bowl with the Ravens"
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'', January 31, 2013.
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on February 1, 2013. Accessed February 1, 2013. The Ravens promoted Hewitt to pass defense coordinator on February 26, 2020. On February 1, 2025, Hewitt left the Ravens and joined the

as their secondary coach and pass game coordinator.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Chris 1974 births Living people Baltimore Ravens coaches Cincinnati Bearcats football players New Orleans Saints players Dwight Morrow High School alumni Players of American football from Englewood, New Jersey Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches Coaches of American football from New Jersey Jamaican players of American football