Donald D'Alesio
Donald D’Alesio is an American professional football coach who is a secondary coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. D'Alesio was previously the safeties coach with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he helped them win two Super Bowls.
Early life
A Youngstown, Ohio native, D'Alesio attended Cardinal Mooney High School, playing football there and winning a state championship in 2009. He then attended Youngstown State University from 2010 to 2014, playing defensive back on the school's football team and earning a degree in business.College career
D'Alesio attended Youngstown State University and played [Safety (gridiron American football|football position)|free safety].In his freshman year, D'Alesio played in all eleven games, and made seven starts. He finished the year with 69 total tackles. In his sophomore year, he started three total games before a shoulder injury sidelined him for the rest of his sophomore year. He made his returned to football the next year in 2012, where he again started all eleven games, racking up 38 total tackles and one interception, which was a game saver against Northern Iowa.
D'Alesio finished his career with 48 total starts, 247 total tackles and four interceptions.
Coaching career
Youngstown State
He spent his first coaching year at his alma mater as a defensive quality control coach, primarily working with the defensive line. He then was then the defensive line coach from 2016 to 2017, coaching multiple future NFL players, such as Derek Rivers and Avery Moss. In 2018, he was promoted to co-defensive coordinator while still coaching the defensive line. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2019.LSU
D'Alesio spent the 2020 season at Louisiana State University as a defensive analyst.Kansas City Chiefs
D'Alesio was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs as a defensive assistant on April 2, 2021.On February 22, 2022, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced that D'Alesio had been promoted to safeties coach. He won Super Bowl LVII in his first season as safeties coach.
He also won Super Bowl LVIII the next season as safeties coach.