Sam Koch
Assistant Special Teams Coach
Experience: 3 years
Biography
SAM KOCH is in his first year as the Ravens assistant special teams coach after serving as a special teams consultant for two seasons (2022-23). Koch spent his entire 16-year playing career (2006-21) in Baltimore before transitioning to a coaching role in 2022. He was originally selected by the Ravens in the sixth round (203rd overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.
2022-23: (with Baltimore) 2023: The Ravens' special teams unit was ranked No. 3 in Football Outsiders' DVOA rating for the second-consecutive year...P Jordan Stout punted 66 times for 3,158 yards, averaging a franchise-record 47.8 yards per punt, while pinning 28 inside the 20-yard line, with only 5 touchbacks…En route to earning his seventh-career Pro Bowl honor, K Justin Tucker connected on 32-of-37 FGs (86.5%) and 51-of-52 PATs for a career-high and Ravens single-season record 147 points, a figure that also ranked No. 2 in the NFL…WR Tylan Wallace tallied a game-winning 76-yard PR-TD vs. LAR (12/10/23), marking the fourth OT PR-TD in NFL history. 2022: Baltimore's special teams ranked No. 3 in Football Outsiders' DVOA rating...K Justin Tucker scored a single-season career-high 142 points and made an NFL-high 37 FGs, en route to his sixth-career Pro Bowl...WR Devin Duvernay, selected as the AFC Pro Bowl return specialist, posted a 103-yard KOR-TD in Week 2 vs. Mia....It marked the first time in franchise history that Baltimore returned the game's opening kickoff for a TD...LS Nick Moore was also named an AP second-team All-Pro...In his first coaching role, Koch was instrumental in assisting rookie fourth-round draft pick P Jordan Stout during his rookie season.
NFL PLAYER: (2006-21) Originally drafted by the Ravens in the sixth round (203rd overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft...Koch played in a franchise-high 256 games (2006-21) – including a 239 consecutive game streak – and owns a franchise record 1,168 punts for 52,868 yards and a 45.3 career gross average...His 74-yard (at Hou., 11/9/08) and 73-yard punts (at NO, 11/24/14) stand as the two longest marks in franchise history...Koch was a member of the XLVII Super Bowl Championship team, a second-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 2015, as well as a three-time Pro Bowl first alternate (2010, 2014, 2019).
COLLEGE: Walked on (earned a scholarship before the 2004 season) and played in 30 games at the University of Nebraska (2002-05), posting a 44.1 career gross average, a Big 12-record 84-yard career-long mark and 56 kicks inside the 20...Redshirted as a freshman (2001)...Ranked second nationally in gross (46.5 – school record) and net (39.9) averages, earning first-team All-American (NationalChamps.net), first-team All-Big 12 (Kansas City Star) and honorable mention All-Big 12 honors (AP and coaches)...Graduated with a degree in business administration.
PERSONAL: Attended Seward (NE) HS, where he played LB, FB and TE, in addition to handling all kicking duties...He and his wife, Nikki, have four children: Ryan, Braxtyn, Kamdyn and Gianna...Cites former Ravens special teams coordinator/associate head coach Jerry Rosburg as a father figure.
