Cardinals sign University of Minnesota’s Winston DeLattiboudere III as their new defensive line coach

DeLattiboudere played with Nick Rallis for the Gophers

Over the weekend the Arizona Cardinals dove into the college ranks to hire Ohio St.’s Justin Frye as their new OL coach and then Minnesota’s Winston DeLattiboudere III as their new DL coach.

Cardinals’ connection: Winston DeLattiboudere and Nick Rallis were teammates on the Gophers back in 2016.

Here is his WDL’s bio (per the Minnesota Gophers website):

Winston DeLattiboudere III – Football Coach – University of Minnesota Athletics (gophersports.com)

To say that Winston DeLattiboudere is on a coaching fast track would be a spectacular understatement.

Per Sports Illustrated’s Nolan O’Hara:

DeLattiboudere just completed his second season with the Gophers, but he was a fast riser. Hired in 2023 as the defensive line coach and newcomer coordinator, he was quickly promoted after the season to assistant head coach. The Gophers had seven more sacks in his first year (26) than they did in 2022. The trend continued with 28 sacks this season.

DeLattiboudere was a Minnesota alum, graduating in 2018 after spending five seasons on the Gophers football team, including four under current head coach P.J. Fleck. He had 83 tackles — 13.5 for loss — and five sacks while at the U.

Before being hired on as a coach at Minnesota, DeLattiboudere served as a graduate assistant at Charlotte in 2020 and as a GA at Oregon in 2021. He spent one season as Akron’s defensive line coach in 2022 before accepting the same role with Minnesota the following year. Now he’s taking the next step in his career and joining the NFL ranks with the Cardinals.

Reports: Winston DeLattiboudere III leaving Gophers to become Cardinals D-line coach (si.com)

• Grad assistant for two years (Charlotte 2020 and Oregon 2021)
• Defensive line coach at Akron (2022)
• Defensive line coach for two years at Minnesota (2023, 2024)
• Minnesota also promoted him to assistant head coach in 2024

Note: a possible draft candidate for the Cardinals from Minnesota is edge rusher Jah Joyner (6-5, 265) who showed up with a bang at this week’s Senior Bowl.

Highlights:

Heading into the Senior Bowl Jah Joyner was listed as a Day 3 prospect but in light of his impressive play in Mobile, it would now appear that Jah will likely be a Day 2 pick.

Other 2025 NFL Draft worthy Gophers:

T Aireontae Ersery, 6-5 325

QB Max Brosmer, 6-2, 221

LB Cody Lindenberg, 6-3, 240

G Tyler Cooper, 6-6, 310 (LG #75 vs Michigan 2024)

The Gopher connection that Nick Rallis has with Winston Delattiboudere III is fascinating.

It would be tremendous to see Winston light up the Cardinals’ defensive line.