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Cowboys linemen Terence Steele and Tyler Booker are getting a new coach in 2026.
The Dallas Cowboys hired Kyle Fuller to be their new assistant offensive-line coach, the Kyle Fuller who was an O-lineman not a cornerback.
Fuller, a Baylor alum who played high-school football about 25 miles south of the Cowboys’ team facility, was added to head coach Brian Schottenheimer’s staff over the weekend.
Fuller will work under second-year offensive line coach Connor Riley and offensive coordinator Klayton Adams, while also working with Schottenheimer, who has been an offensive playcaller throughout his career.
Fuller will replace former assistant-offensive line coach Ramon Chinyoung. Chinyoung left the Cowboys to become the Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach under former Cowboys coach and first-year Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy.
Cowboys Assistant Offensive Line Coach Kyle Fuller Played in the NFL
NFL fans were shocked upon hearing the news the Cowboys had hired former NFL player Kyle Fuller as their offensive-line coach.
The fears were that Dallas hired the longtime NFL cornerback of the same name to coach up their O-line. Yet, that isn’t the case.
The Fuller the Cowboys hired spent five years playing in the NFL with the Houston Texans, Washington Commanders and Seattle Seahawks between 2017-22. He played all 17 games with the Seahawks in 2022 and started 12 of his 51 career games — including nine for the 2021 Seahawks.
Even though he last played in a game for the Seahawks, Fuller bounced between the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens practice squads in 2023. He latched on with the USFL’s Michigan Panthers ahead of the 2024 spring season but was not retained when the league merged with the XFL and became the UFL in 2024.
Fuller, who will turn 32 on March 4, got into coaching after he retired from playing in 2024. He spent the 2024 season as a graduate coaching assistant at the University of North Carolina before taking over as the Las Vegas Raiders assistant-quality control coach in 2025.
Kyle Fuller Has His Work Cut Out for Him in 2026
The Cowboys offensive line regained the reputation as one of the best in the NFL in 2025.
They were ranked as one of the NFL’s worst units after a dreadful campaign in 2024. But keyed by 2025 first-round selection Tyler Booker, the Cowboys moved back into respectability on many experts’ lists, including Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis.
“The offensive line was one of our biggest movers, jumping from 28th last year all the way up to 16th in 2025,” Sharp Football Analysis wrote. “Dallas has spent first round picks on offensive linemen in three out of the last four drafts, including this year’s selection of Tyler Booker.”
Dallas is unlikely to expend further draft capital on its offensive line — the Cowboys are sure to load up their defense, which ranked dead last in the NFL last year — especially over its picks over the first two days.
So it will incumbent on Fuller, Riley and the rest of the Cowboys coaching staff to help the team’s young and talented O-line keep developing. That way it can continue to keep quarterback Dak Prescott upright and ensure Dallas remains effective running the ball, since it was in 2025.