Justin Poindexter | Los Angeles Chargers

Justin Poindexter joined the Los Angeles Chargers as the Alex G. Spanos Coaching Fellow in March 2024. 

Prior to joining the Chargers, he coached running backs for two seasons at the University of Richmond. In 2023, Richmond running backs accounted for 10 rushing and two receiving touchdowns while Savon Smith also threw a touchdown pass. Under Poindexter's guidance, Smith started all 13 games and recorded a career-high 708 yards on 153 carries and eight rushing touchdowns. He also hauled in 41 receptions for 198 yards and a touchdown, threw a touchdown pass in the Capital Cup victory at William & Mary and was responsible for a 65-yard punt return for a score against N.C. Central in the FCS Playoffs First Round. Under Poindexter, the Richmond running backs helped the Spiders to 23rd in the country in first downs and ninth in fourth down conversion percentage.

2022 saw running back Aaron Dykes rush for over 100 yards in a game twice and finish his career with 4,521 total all-purpose yards, the second-most ever by a Spider. Along with Dykes, Savon Smith rushed for over 100 yards once in 2022 and the pair combined for 11 touchdowns. 

 

Poindexter joined the program after spending the spring at his alma mater, Howard, as the tight ends coach. He spent the 2021 season working at LSU as a defensive analyst on head coach Ed Orgeron’s staff helping the Tigers to the Texas Bowl.

 

Poindexter spent one season as the running backs coach in the XFL with the Tampa Bay Vipers. He helped coach two of the top three running backs in terms of yards gained in the XFL in 2020. He also spent two seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), working with the Toronto Argonauts as an assistant offensive line coach. He helped the Argonauts win the Grey Cup in 2017, its 17th title in franchise history.

 

Poindexter spent the 2016 season as an external scout for the Cleveland Browns while also working from 2015-16 at Northwestern as a recruiting assistant on Pat Fitzgerald’s staff. He was selected for the NFL’s Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship with the San Francisco 49ers.

 

Poindexter spent two seasons at Southern as the Tight Ends Coach/Video Coordinator. He also made stops at the Big Ten Conference, Howard as a Graduate Assistant Coach working with the tight ends in 2011-12 and began coaching football at Gonzaga College High School in 2010.

 

He graduated twice from Howard with a Bachelor in Sport Management and also has his Master in Educational Administration and Policy.