Anthony Blevins is in his first season as the Giants’ assistant special teams coach. He spent the previous five years as a coaching assistant/special teams with the Arizona Cardinals.

Anthony Blevins is in his first season as the Giants’ assistant special teams coach. He spent the previous five years as a coaching assistant/special teams with the Arizona Cardinals. 

During his time with the Cardinals, Blevins helped special teamer Justin Bethel get selected to three con- secutive Pro Bowls (2013-15) after leading the team in special teams tackles each season. Kicker Chandler Catanzaro tied the NFL record for the most consecutive field goals to begin a career (17) and established a franchise rookie record with 114 points in 2014. 

The following season, Catanzaro finished third in the NFL with 137 points, which was also the second-highest single-season total in franchise history. Also in 2015, David Johnson was fifth in the NFL with a 27.2-yard kickoff return average, and set a franchise record with a 108-yard touchdown. 

In 2013, Dave Zastudil tied for the NFL lead with 35 punts inside the 20-yard line, and his 45.7-yard punting average is the third-highest in franchise history. A year later, Drew Butler tied for the NFL lead with 34 punts inside the 20. 

Last season, Blevins coached rookie Budda Baker, who was selected by his peers as the NFC special teams representative in the Pro Bowl. Baker led the Cardinals with 16 special teams tackles. 

Blevins spent the 2012 season as the cornerbacks coach at his alma mater, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, following three seasons at Tennessee State University (2009-11) coaching special teams and corner- backs. He also worked at the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2008 coaching cornerbacks while serving as recruiting coordinator. 

Blevins was a part of the NFL’s minority summer coaching internship program with the Indianapolis Colts in 2011, the Cardinals in 2010, and the Chicago Bears in 2008. 

A three-year letter winner, Blevins played cornerback at UAB from 1995-98. He played professionally for the Mobile Admirals of the Regional Football League (1999), the Birmingham Steeldogs of AFL2 (2000), and for the Birmingham Thunderbolts in the XFL from 2000-01. 

Blevins began his coaching career as the secondary coach and team community liaison at Meadowcreek High School in Gwinnett, Ga. in 2003-04. From 2005-07, he served as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State University, helping coach wide receivers and defensive backs for the Bulldogs while also assisting special teams. 

A native of Birmingham, Blevins graduated from UAB in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and earned a master’s in instructional technology in 2006 from Mississippi State. In the fall of 2015, he earned a doctor- ate in instructional systems and workforce development from Mississippi State.