Covington enters his ninth NFL season and first with the Packers after working for the New England Patriots for the past eight seasons. He worked in multiple roles for the Patriots in his time there, first as a coaching assistant in 2017-18, then outside linebackers coach in 2019, followed by defensive line coach from 2020-23 and then defensive coordinator last season. While Covington was a position coach and defensive coordinator from 2019-24, New England ranked in the top five in the NFL in total defense (No. 3, 317.9 ypg), passing defense (No. 3, 204.4 ypg), yards allowed per play (No. 2, 5.1), first downs allowed per game (No. 2, 18.8), interceptions (No. 2, 102), interception percentage (No. 2, 3.1) and third-down defense (No. 2, 37.0 pct.). Prior to his time in the NFL, the former Samford University wide receiver was a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (2012) and Ole Miss (2013-14), coached the defensive line at the University of Tennessee-Martin (2015) and was the co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois (2016).

Covington enters his ninth NFL season and first with the Packers after working for the New England Patriots for the past eight seasons. He worked in multiple roles for the Patriots in his time there, first as a coaching assistant in 2017-18, then outside linebackers coach in 2019, followed by defensive line coach from 2020-23 and then defensive coordinator last season. While Covington was a position coach and defensive coordinator from 2019-24, New England ranked in the top five in the NFL in total defense (No. 3, 317.9 ypg), passing defense (No. 3, 204.4 ypg), yards allowed per play (No. 2, 5.1), first downs allowed per game (No. 2, 18.8), interceptions (No. 2, 102), interception percentage (No. 2, 3.1) and third-down defense (No. 2, 37.0 pct.). Prior to his time in the NFL, the former Samford University wide receiver was a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (2012) and Ole Miss (2013-14), coached the defensive line at the University of Tennessee-Martin (2015) and was the co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois (2016).