Curtis began his coaching career at his alma mater coaching his former position, linebackers. He was there for four years and would then go on to coach the 2004 and 2005 seasons at Georgia Southern as their defensive ends coach.[2] During his time coaching at the college level Curtis had internships with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship.
Curtis was a defensive quality control coach for the New York Giants from 2006-2008 coaching under Dave Merritt, who he played under at VMI.[3] With the Giants, Curtis won the Super Bowl.
From 2009[4] to 2011 Curtis served as the defensive backs/safeties coach for the St. Louis Rams when he went to the team with Steve Spagnuolo.[5][6]
Once again following Spagnuolo, Curtis went to New Orleans and became the Saints assistant defensive backs coach.[7]
On March 25, 2015, Curtis was hired by the Seahawks organization to be the team's safeties coach.[8] In 2017 he was made the team's defensive backs coach. In 2018 he was promoted to defensive pass game coordinator. He was released by the team after the 2021 season.[9]
On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Curtis was joining the Chicago Bears as their safeties coach.[10]
On January 29, 2025, it was announced that Curtis was joining the Dallas Cowboys as their defensive pass coordinator.[11] On January 22, 2026, Curtis was fired by the Cowboys.[12]
On February 18, 2026, the Kansas City Chiefs hired Curtis to serve as the team's safeties coach.[13]