Dean Cokinos

Dean Cokinos
	Cokinos with the Washington Valor in 2017
Nashville Kats
Position:	Head coach
Personal information
Born:	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.; c. 1968 (age 55–56)
Career information
High school:	Archbishop Williams; (Braintree, Massachusetts)
College:	UMass Boston
Undrafted:	1990
Career history
As a coach:
	UMass Boston (1990); Assistant coach; Austin Peay (1991); Assistant coach; West Alabama (1992); Assistant coach; Noris Rams (1994–1997); Head coach; Munich Cowboys (1999–2001); Head coach; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers (2003); Head coach; San Angelo Stampede (2004); Head coach; Nashville Kats (2005); Assistant coach; Nashville Kats (2006–2007); Offensive coordinator; Tennessee Valley / Alabama Vipers (2008–2010); Head coach; Georgia Force (2011–2012); Head coach; Alabama Hammers (2013–2014); Head coach; New Orleans VooDoo (2015); Head coach; Tampa Bay Storm (2016); Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator; Washington Valor (2017–2018); Head coach; Berlin Rebels (2019); Defensive coordinator; Brentwood Academy (TN) (2020); Special teams coordinator; Ensworth (TN) (2021–2022); Linebackers coach; Knoxville Catholic HS (TN) (2023)*; Head coach; Nashville Kats (2024); Head Coach;
As an administrator:
	Tennessee Titans (2003–2007); Pro scout;
Career highlights and awards
	ArenaCup champion (IX) (2008); PIFL champion (2013); PIFL Coach of the Year (2013); GFL South Conference Champions (1996–1997, 2000–2001);

Dean Cokinos (born c. 1968) is an American football coach. He has held assistant coaching or head coaching positions with UMass Boston, Austin Peay, West Alabama, Noris Rams, Munich Cowboys, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers, San Angelo Stampede, Nashville Kats, Tennessee Valley Vipers, Alabama Vipers, Georgia Force, Alabama Hammers, New Orleans VooDoo, Tampa Bay Storm, Washington Valor, and the Berlin Rebels.

College career

Cokinos attended University of Massachusetts Boston, where he was a running back for the Beacons.^[1] He was a college teammate of Pat Sperduto, whom he later served under in Nashville.

Coaching career

Cokinos spent seven years as a head coach for two teams in the German Football League.^[2]^[3] Cokinos was an assistant coach for the Nashville Kats from 2005 to 2007. While with the Kats, he was also tasked with evaluating professional arena/indoor football players for the Tennessee Titans, who then owned the Kats.^[2] Cokinos was later head coach of the Alabama Vipers, Georgia Force and New Orleans VooDoo, helping the Force reach the playoffs in 2011 and 2012.^[4]^[5] He coached the Tennessee Valley Vipers to a 56 to 55 overtime victory against the Spokane Shock in ArenaCup IX.^[4] 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.^[6] He was named assistant head coach and defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Storm on October 26, 2015.^[7]^[8] 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.^[5]^[9] He held this position until May 16, 2018, when he was relieved of his position as coach of the then-winless Valor.

In 2019, he served as defensive coordinator of the Berlin Rebels in Germany.^[10]

In December 2022, Cokinos was hired as the head football coach for Knoxville Catholic High School but he resigned in July 2023 before coaching a game.^[11]^[12]

Head coaching record

AFL

Team	Year	Regular season				Postseason
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
ALA	2010	7	9	.438	4th in AC South	0	0	.000
GEO	2011	11	7	.611	2nd in AC South	1	1	.500	Lost to Jacksonville Sharks in AC Championship
GEO	2012	9	9	.500	2nd in AC South	0	1	.000	Lost to Jacksonville Sharks in Conference Semifinals
GEO total		20	16	.556		1	2	.333
NO	2015	3	14	.176	3rd in AC East	0	0	.000
WAS	2017	3	11	.214	5th in AFL	0	0	.000
WAS	2018	0	4	.000	(Fired)	0	0	.000
WAS total		3	15	.167		0	0	.000
Total^[13]		33	54	.379		1	2	.333

af2, IFL and PIFL

Team	Year	Regular season				Postseason
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
WBS	2003	6	10	.375	3rd in af2 AC NE	0	0	.000
SA	2004	9	7	.563	4th in IFL	0	1	.000	Lost to Amarillo Dusters in Semifinals
TV	2008	10	6	.625	3rd in af2 AC South	4	0	1.000	Won ArenaCup IX
TV	2009	11	5	.688	1st in af2 AC South	0	1	1.000	Lost to Green Bay Blizzard in AC Round 1
TV total		21	11	.656		4	1	.800
ALA	2013	9	2	.818	1st in PIFL	2	0	1.000	Won PIFL Championship
ALA	2014	4	8	.333	4th in PIFL AC	0	0	.000
ALA total		13	10	.556		2	0	1.000
Total		49	38	.563		6	2	.750

References

^ Larry Mahoney (October 24, 1988). "UMass-Boston tops MMA 19-0". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "New Orleans VooDoo hire Dean Cokinos as its new head coach". nola.com. September 17, 2014. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
^ "Dean Cokinos Becomes First Head Coach of Washington's AFL Team". arenafan.com. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Dean Cokinos". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "DEAN COKINOS OUT AS HAMMERS COACH". alabamahammers.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ 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 August 22, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
^ "Kuci nimmt Auszeit". football-aktuell. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
^ Catholic, East Tennessee (January 31, 2023). "New KCHS football head coach ready for the challenge". East Tennessee Catholic. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
^ Brown, Toyloy, III (July 10, 2023). "How Knoxville Catholic football will move forward after first-year coach Dean Cokinos' resignation". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved October 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Dean Cokinos Coaching Record". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.