New Ravens head coach Jesse Minter has turned to one of his former players to fill a prominent position with Anthony Levine being named the new special teams coordinator.
Levine spent 10 seasons in Baltimore as a reserve defensive back and one of the best special-teams players in franchise history before retiring and moving into coaching in 2022. The 38-year-old returned to the Ravens as a special-teams assistant last season after a two-year stint with Tennessee and will now replace Chris Horton, who left to join John Harbaugh’s New York Giants coaching staff.
Minter coached Levine during his first stint with the Ravens from 2017-20 as a defensive assistant and defensive backs coach.
Levine now becomes the second former Ravens player to become a Baltimore coordinator this offseason after Anthony Weaver was hired as the defensive coordinator last week, a move that was made official Tuesday afternoon. Over the course of Levine’s playing career, many young teammates on the bubble credited his influence in helping them carve out a role on special teams and a place on the 53-man roster, which made it easy to envision him becoming a coach one day.
While Baltimore thrived on special teams for most of Harbaugh’s tenure under special teams coordinators Jerry Rosburg (2008-18) and Horton (2019-25), that phase hasn’t been as consistent over the last two seasons with the Ravens ranking 23rd in special teams DVOA in 2024 and 12th in 2025. At the top of Levine’s offseason wish list will be general manager Eric DeCosta re-signing punter Jordan Stout, who was a first-team All-Pro selection after a breakout 2025 campaign.
“He’s doing an incredible job getting us hyped up,” said Stout about Levine’s influence as a coach last November. “I say a lot of these guys have the screw loose, and that’s why they’re so good on special teams. I mean that in the best way possible. Levine too, he’s a hardcore dude, and the guys feed off that and get that energy. Then, they go down [the field], and they’re ready to hurt people.”
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Nicknamed “Co-Cap” as he and reserve linebacker Albert McClellan were the longtime leaders of the special teams, Levine finished his playing career with a franchise-record 62 total tackles on coverage units.
