A former NFL player and coach, Curtis Fuller joined the Coastal Carolina football coaching staff in January 2023 as the cornerbacks coach.
Over his time in the NFL, he coached and worked with James Bradberry, Budda Baker, Shaq Thompson, Mike Adams, Charles Woodson, Cortland Finnegan, Colin Jones, Jason McCourty, Patrick Peterson, Captain Munnerlyn, and Michael Griffin.
In his first season at Coastal, the Chanticleer cornerbacks recorded five interceptions and 23 pass breakups. Matthew McDoom earned all-conference honors after leading the Chants with 10 pass breakups.
Fuller came to CCU after a one-year stint as the safeties coach at Texas A&M – Commerce in 2022.
In his one season in the Lone Star State, the Lions’ defense led the Southland Conference in total defense (305.0 ypg), scoring defense (19.9 ppg), pass defense efficiency (99.7), and pass defense (157.9 ypg).
The Lions’ secondary totaled 10 interceptions on the season, led by All-Texas Sub-FBS team and All-Southland Conference first-team selection D’Ante Smith. Smith led the Southland Conference in interceptions and was fourth in passes defended with seven breakups and four interceptions, which led the conference during the regular season.
Fuller joined the staff at Texas A&M-Commerce in 2022 after serving as the head coach of Myers Park High School in North Carolina.
He spent three years at Myers Park, working his way up from defensive backs coach in 2019 to defensive coordinator in 2020 before taking over the program as the head coach in 2021.
Fuller has served as an assistant coach for 12 years in the NFL, including stops at the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers, and the Arizona Cardinals.
He was an assistant special teams coach and defensive assistant with the Packers and part of the Super Bowl 45-winning coaching staff. He also coached in Super Bowl 50 on the Panthers staff as the assistant defensive backs coach and assisted in the special teams unit.
Fuller’s most recent stint in the NFL came as a defensive assistant with the Cardinals in 2018.
After starting his collegiate career at Tyler Junior College for one year, Fuller was a three-year starter at TCU and served as the president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
At TCU, he played in 32 games from 1998-2000, totaling 243 tackles and three interceptions from his safety position. During the 2000 season, TCU ranked No. 2 in total defensive and No. 1 in takeaways.
He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft and had stints with the Seahawks, Packers, and Panthers as a player in the NFL.
Fuller lettered in football at Fort Worth Christian School.
Curtis Fuller’s Coaching History
2007: Oakland Raiders (Assistant Coach)
2009-10: Green Bay Packers (Assistant Coach)
2011: Tennessee Titans (Assistant Coach)
2013-17: Carolina Panthers (Assistant Coach)
2018: Arizona Cardinals (Assistant Coach)
2019: Myers Park High School (Assistant Coach)
2020: Myers Park High School (Defensive Coordinator)
2021: Myers Park High School (Head Coach)
2022: Texas A&M-Commerce (Safeties)
2023-present: Coastal Carolina (Cornerbacks)
