DeMarcus Van Dyke

Van Dyke is currently the cornerbacks coach for the South Florida Bull football team.

Van Dyke attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, Florida, where he was a two-sport star in both football and track.

He played high school football on both sides of the ball for coach Joe Zaccheo.

As a defensive back in his junior season, Van Dyke had 12 passes broken up, four interceptions and returned two kickoffs and four punts for touchdowns.

In his senior season in 2006, he recorded 56 tackles and seven interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), while also playing wide receiver on offense a lot more and caught 21 passes for 417 yards.

Also a standout track & field athlete at Monsignor, Van Dyke was one of the state's top sprinters.

During his collegiate career at Miami, Van Dyke played in 51 games with 21 starts, totalling 80 tackles (including three for loss), 10 passes defended and three interceptions.

As a freshman in 2007, Van Dyke started eight of 12 games at either left or right cornerback and tallied 14 tackles.

He started at right cornerback in his first collegiate game and saw action on 41 plays, making three tackles (two solo) against Marshall.

He was a member of the 4x100 meter relay team that ran a season-best time of 40.67 seconds for a second-place finish at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

He set a career-high in total tackles (6) and solo stops (5) against Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl.

In track & field, Van Dyke ran a 6.47 in his only attempt in the 55-meter hurdles at the Tom Jones Invitational.

He tallied a single solo tackle against FAMU, FSU, North Carolina and at Georgia Tech.

In track & field, Van Dyke's season-best effort in the 100-meter dash came in the prelims of the ACC Championships with a career-best time of 10.61 seconds.

He ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished with a time of 3:15.49 at the Tyson Invitational.

Previously, he served the University of Miami as a defensive quality control analyst (2018, 2022), cornerbacks coach (2021), and assistant director of recruiting (2019-2020).

[6] Van Dyke's cousin, David is a cornerback that played collegiately for Tennessee State.