Russ Purnell Russ Purnell ( born June 12 , 1948 in Chicago , Illinois ) was formerly the special teams coach of the National Football League Jacksonville Jaguars . He is one of only 21 NFL assistant coaches who have won at least one Super Bowl championship with two different teams ( Baltimore and Indianapolis ) . He is currently special teams coach with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League . Playing career . Purnell played center at Orange Coast College and transferred to Whittier College , where he graduated with a business degree and served as a graduate assistant from 1970 - 71 . Coaching career . Purnell began his coaching career at Corona del Mar High School in 1972 and coached at Edison High from 1973 – 81 . He joined the Southern California staff as special teams and tight ends coach from 1982 – 85 . Purnell spent four seasons ( 1995 – 98 ) with the Houston / Tennessee Oilers after serving nine seasons ( 1986 – 94 ) with the Seattle Seahawks . With Seattle , he was tight ends / assistant special teams coach in 1987 before taking over the special teams and tight ends in 1992 . He spent three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens as special teams coordinator . Under Purnell ’ s leadership , kicker Matt Stover made the Pro Bowl in 2000 , while kick returner Jermaine Lewis was tabbed for the honor in 2001 . Stover connected on 93 of 107 field goals from 1999 – 2001 , an 86 . 9 % conversation rate . Lewis had an 84 - yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the Super Bowl XXXV win against the New York Giants . Punter Kyle Richardson led the NFL in punts inside the 20 in 1999 and 2000 . Baltimore led the NFL with a 14 . 8 - yard punt return average in 2000 , while Lewis ( 36 - 16 . 1 avg . ) had the highest seasonal average for any player with 30 - plus returns in NFL history and had two returns for touchdowns against the New York Jets . Purnell served as special teams coach for the Indianapolis Colts under Tony Dungy from 2002 - 08 . In 2008 , Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri connected on 20 of 25 field goals and produced a 13th consecutive 100 - plus point season . Punter Hunter Smith recorded 23 punts inside the 20 out of his 53 punts . In 2007 , T . J . Rushing tied the franchise record with a 90 - yard punt return touchdown . In 2006 , Vinatieri hit 25 of 28 field goals and all 38 PATs for 113 points as the club ’ s field goal percentage ranked in the top five in the NFL . Terrence Wilkins served as the punt and kick returner for the Colts in 2006 and turned in an 82 - yard punt return . The Colts kickoff return unit ranked 8th in the NFL in 2004 and in 2005 the team ’ s coverage units ranked 5th in kickoff return average and seventh in punt return average . Under Purnell ’ s guidance , kicker Mike Vanderjagt ( 217 / 248 , 87 . 5 pct . ) became the most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history , and he set the NFL record with 42 consecutive field goals from 2002 - 04 . In hitting all 37 field goal attempts in 2003 , Vanderjagt posted only the fourth perfect season in NFL history , while earning his first Pro Bowl bid . Vanderjagt earned the Pro Football Weekly Golden Toe Award , the third time in Purnell ’ s career he tutored the award ’ s winner ( Tuten , Seattle , 1994 ; Stover , Baltimore , 2000 ) .