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Weaver Returns to Ravens

Written by Jonathon Norcross on . Posted in Sports.

Anthony Weaver (top row, middle) in a 1990s Saratoga Springs City School District yearbook photo. Image via the Saratoga Springs Public Library.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Springs native and Blue Streak Hall of Famer Anthony Weaver will become the Baltimore Ravens’ next defensive coordinator.

News of the hire broke on Monday.

Weaver had been a hot commodity this offseason, interviewing with the Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arizona Cardinals for their head coaching positions. Ultimately, though, he’ll return to Baltimore, where he played as a defensive end from 2002 to 2005. 

In 2021, the Ravens named Weaver their defensive line coach and run game coordinator. In 2022, they promoted him to assistant coach.

Weaver spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons as the Miami Dolphins’ defensive coordinator.

“Myself and my entire family [are] ecstatic,” Weaver told WNYT’s Rodger Wyland on Tuesday. “If there’s a coordinator job you want in the National Football League, it’s to be the coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. It means a little bit more there, in my eyes.”

Weaver began his football career with the Saratoga Springs Blue Streaks in 1995, when he was in 9th grade. The next year, he was brought up to the varsity team, where he played offensive guard. By the time he was a senior, he was being actively recruited by colleges with elite football programs.

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