Lunda Wells

Coaching Record

Years Coached Record Win % Playoff record Playoff win %
13 99-112-0 46.92% 1-4 20.00%

Biography

Career Summary

Lunda Wells is a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and has been the tight ends coach for the Dallas Cowboys since 2020. During this time period, the Cowboys compiled a 42-25-0 record.

Personal Information

Wells was born on Thursday, February 10, 1983 in Baker, Louisiana.

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Playing Career

College

Southern University

Lunda Wells was a four-year started at Guard for Southern University from 2002-2005. He was voted to the All-Conference team in 2002 and 2005, and the team won the 2003 Southwestern Athletic Conference championship.

Arena Football League

After college, Wells played arena football with three teams: Grand Rapids Rampage, South Georgia Rampage, and Louisiana Swashbucklers.

Coaching Career

High School Coaching

Scotlandville High School

After his playing career ended, Wells began his coaching career at Scotlandville High School in Baton Rouge in 2006 and 2007. Wells worked as the offensive line coach, run game coordinator, and the head strength and conditioning coach for the team.

College Coaching

Louisiana State University

In 2008, Wells moved to college football as the assistant offensive line coach for the Louisiana State Tigers under head coach Les Miles. Wells spent two years in this role, and in addition to working with the offensive line he also spent some time helping to develop scouting reports for future opponents. After the 2009 season, Wells moved into a new role as the assistant special teams coach and assistant to the head coach. In this role, he helped Miles with game day responsibilities along with helping to break down tape of future opponents.

NFL Coaching

New York Giants

In 2012, Wells jumped to the NFL as an offensive assistant coach with the New York Giants under head coach Tom Coughlin. After one season in this role he was promoted to assistant offensive line coach, working closely with Pat Flaherty. In his first season, Flaherty and Wells faced adversity with a constantly changing offensive line due to injuries (seven lineups total, second only to the Raiders' eight). The Giants finished the 2013 season at 7-9, and regressed to 6-10 in 2014.

History

Year Position Record Playoff record
2023 Dallas Cowboys Tight Ends Coach 12-5-0 0-1
2022 Dallas Cowboys Tight Ends Coach 12-5-0 1-1
2021 Dallas Cowboys Tight Ends Coach 12-5-0 0-1
2020 Dallas Cowboys Tight Ends Coach 6-10-0 0-0
2019 New York Giants Tight Ends Coach 4-12-0 0-0
2018 New York Giants Tight Ends Coach 5-11-0 0-0
2017 New York Giants Assistant Offensive Line Coach 3-13-0 0-0
2016 New York Giants Assistant Offensive Line Coach 11-5-0 0-1
2015 New York Giants Assistant Offensive Line Coach 6-10-0 0-0
2014 New York Giants Assistant Offensive Line Coach 6-10-0 0-0
2013 New York Giants Assistant Offensive Line Coach 7-9-0 0-0
2012 New York Giants Offensive Assistant Coach 9-7-0 0-0
2011 Louisiana State Tigers Assistant Special Teams Coach / Assistant to the Head Coach 13-1-0
2010 Louisiana State Tigers Assistant Special Teams Coach / Assistant to the Head Coach 11-2-0
2010 Dallas Cowboys Offensive Line Intern 6-10-0 0-0
2009 Louisiana State Tigers Assistant Offensive Line Coach 9-4-0
2008 Louisiana State Tigers Assistant Offensive Line Coach 8-5-0
2007 Scotlandville High School Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach
2006 Scotlandville High School Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach

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