# Dean Cokinos

Dean Cokinos (born c. 1968) is an American football coach. He has held assistant coaching or head coaching positions with UMass Boston, Austin Peay, West Alabama, Noris Rams, Munich Cowboys, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers, San Angelo Stampede, Nashville Kats, Tennessee Valley Vipers, Alabama Vipers, Georgia Force, Alabama Hammers, New Orleans VooDoo, Tampa Bay Storm, Washington Valor, and the Berlin Rebels.

## College career

Cokinos attended University of Massachusetts Boston, where he was a running back for the Beacons. He was a college teammate of Pat Sperduto, whom he later served under in Nashville.

## Coaching career

Cokinos spent seven years as a head coach for two teams in the German Football League. Cokinos was an assistant coach for the Nashville Kats from 2005 to 2007. While with the Kats, he was also tasked with evaluating professional arena/indoor football players for the Tennessee Titans, who then owned the Kats. Cokinos was later head coach of the Alabama Vipers, Georgia Force and New Orleans VooDoo, helping the Force reach the playoffs in 2011 and 2012. He coached the Tennessee Valley Vipers to a 56 to 55 overtime victory against the Spokane Shock in ArenaCup IX. Cokinos served as head coach of the Alabama Hammers of the Professional Indoor Football League from 2013 to 2014, winning the PIFL Championship in 2013 and being named Coach of the Year. He was named assistant head coach and defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Storm on October 26, 2015. On May 5, 2016, Cokinos was named the inaugural head coach for the Washington Arena Football League Team, which was later named the Washington Valor. He held this position until May 16, 2018, when he was relieved of his position as coach of the then-winless Valor.
In 2019, he served as defensive coordinator of the Berlin Rebels in Germany.
In December 2022, Cokinos was hired as the head football coach for Knoxville Catholic High School but he resigned in July 2023 before coaching a game.

### Head coaching record
#### AFL

| Team | Year | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason |
| Team | Year | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result |
| ALA | 2010 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4th in AC South | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| GEO | 2011 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2nd in AC South | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Jacksonville Sharks in AC Championship |
| GEO | 2012 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2nd in AC South | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Jacksonville Sharks in Conference Semifinals |
| GEO total | GEO total | 20 | 16 | .556 | | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
| NO | 2015 | 3 | 14 | .176 | 3rd in AC East | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| WAS | 2017 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5th in AFL | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| WAS | 2018 | 0 | 4 | .000 | (Fired) | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| WAS total | WAS total | 3 | 15 | .167 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| Total | Total | 33 | 54 | .379 | | 1 | 2 | .333 | |

#### af2, IFL and PIFL

| Team | Year | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason |
| Team | Year | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result |
| WBS | 2003 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3rd in af2 AC NE | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| SA | 2004 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 4th in IFL | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Amarillo Dusters in Semifinals |
| TV | 2008 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3rd in af2 AC South | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Won ArenaCup IX |
| TV | 2009 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1st in af2 AC South | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | Lost to Green Bay Blizzard in AC Round 1 |
| TV total | TV total | 21 | 11 | .656 | | 4 | 1 | .800 | |
| ALA | 2013 | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1st in PIFL | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Won PIFL Championship |
| ALA | 2014 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4th in PIFL AC | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| ALA total | ALA total | 13 | 10 | .556 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Total | Total | 49 | 38 | .563 | | 6 | 2 | .750 | |