Wilber enters his second season as an assistant special teams coach for New Orleans. A veteran linebacker and special teams contributor for ten seasons in the NFL (2012-21), Wilber spent two seasons (2023-24) as a special teams quality control coach for the Green Bay Packers prior to joining the Saints in 2025.
In 2025, Nathan Shepherd was named the Week Ten recipient of NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after he blocked Carolina's 48-yard game-tying field goal attempt. Defensive tackle Bryan Bresee had the team's first blocked field goal in Week One against Arizona. Galiano retooled a coverage unit that had their top six tackles new to the Saints leaderboard from 2024 into 2025, led by linebacker Isaiah Stalbird, who led the club with 16 stops. Kicker Charlie Smyth, a native of Ireland who was originally signed as part of the NFL's International Player Pathway Program in 2024, kicked in the last six games of the season and made 12 field goals and all 13 extra points, including the second-longest field goal by a player on their first career attempt (56 yards). Smyth also tied the club record by making five field goals in the team's Dec. 21 win over the New York Jets.
In 2024, with Wilber as part of their special teams coaching staff, the Packers' 28.8 opponent starting field position after kickoffs ranked second in the NFL. Green Bay kicker Brandon McManus made 20-of-21 field goal attempts after being signed in Week Seven, ranked second in the league in field goal percentage (95.2).
In 2023, Wilber tutored cornerback/return specialist Keisean Nixon, as he led the NFL in kickoff return yards (782) and kickoff return average (26.1) on his way to earning Associated Press first-team All-Pro honors. The Packers ranked No. 9 in the NFL in opponent average starting field position after kickoffs (24.8), including a league-best 12 drives started inside the opponent's 20-yard line.
Wilber joined the coaching ranks after a ten-year NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys (2012-17) and the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders (2018-21). Originally selected by the Cowboys in the fourth round (113th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft out of Wake Forest, he appeared in 135 regular-season games as a defensive end/linebacker with 17 starts and registered 104 tackles (70 solo), six tackles for a loss, 3.5 sacks, seven QB hits, four pass breakups, a forced fumble and four fumble recoveries on defense. On special teams, he recorded 58 tackles, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
At Wake Forest, the Orlando, Fla. native appeared in 43 games with 36 starts in his four seasons (2008-11). He registered 195 tackles (117 solo), 35.5 stops for loss, 13.5 sacks, six QB pressures, six pass breakups, six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries while adding four blocked kicks. Wilber finished his career ranked sixth in school history in sacks and eighth in tackles for a loss. As a senior, he earned third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition from The NFL Draft Report after finishing second on the team with a career-high 70 tackles (48 solo) and took third-team All-ACC honors from Phil Steele's College Football as a junior after leading the Demon Deacons with a career-high six sacks and a career-best 14.5 tackles for loss. He graduated with a double major in sociology and communication.
Wilber serves an ambassador for "Active Minds," a nonprofit organization that promotes mental health for young adjusts and reaches more than 1.9 million people each year through awareness, campaigns, event advocacy, outreach and more.
PLAYING CAREER: Wake Forest, 2008-11; Dallas Cowboys, 2012-17; Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders, 2018-21.
COACHING CAREER: Green Bay Packers, 2023-24; New Orleans Saints, 2025-.
