Steven King was named Atlanta Falcons special teams assistant on Feb. 2, 2024. He originally joined the Falcons coaching staff as a diversity coaching fellow/special teams in 2022, before serving as offensive assistant in 2023.

In 2024, KhaDarel Hodge recovered a muffed punt for a touchdown for the Falcons in the first quarter of the Week 4 win over the Saints. It was the first special teams touchdown since Week 11 of the 2022 season against the Chicago Bears, and the only touchdown scored by any punt protection unit in the league during the 2024 season. Hodge earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 15 against the Las Vegas Raiders as he recorded his first blocked punt of his career while also tipping a punt, giving the Falcons good field position that led to a Falcons touchdown. Koo connected on 25-of-34 field goal attempts in addition to making a perfect 26-for-26 extra points for a total of 101 points in 2024. In the Week 4 win over the Saints, Koo was perfect on four field goal attempts, including a game-winning 58-yard field goal with :02 remaining in the game, the longest of his career and the then -longest field goal made in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Defensive lineman Zach Harrison tipped a punt in the Week 6 game against the Carolina Panthers, which led to a Falcons touchdown before halftime. The Falcons stopped opponents on all three fake punts they faced in 2024 in Weeks 8, 9 and 13, the best of any team in the NFL. Since 2000, the Falcons joined the Chicago Bears as one of two teams to stop at least three fake punts in a season and the only team this century to face at least three punts in a season and not allow a conversion.

Punter Bradley Pinion finished the Week 15 game against the Raiders with four punts downed inside the 10-yard line and two inside the five. Finishing with eight total punts downed inside the 10, Pinion was one of three punters to have multiple punts downed inside the five in a single game and one of two players to have four downed inside the 10 in a single game in 2024.

In 2023, King helped the Falcons offense eclipse 400 total yards of offense on six occasions, tied for the fourth-most by a Falcons offense, behind the 2018 (nine games), 2016 (eight games) and 2014 (seven games) teams. The unit also recorded eight games with more than 375 yards of total offense, sixth in the NFL. 

In 2022, Atlanta was one of two teams to have special teams units score multiple touchdowns during the season – a Lorenzo Carter scoop and score off of a blocked punt in Week 2 and a Cordarrelle Patterson 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in Week 11. The Falcons blocked multiple punts (Troy Andersen – Week 2; Richie Grant – Week 17) for the first time in a season since at least 2000. Ade Ogundeji also recorded his second-career blocked field goal, blocking a Justin Tucker field goal in Baltimore in Week 16.

Patterson's 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was the ninth of his career, setting a new NFL record for the most career kickoff return touchdowns in NFL history. Leading him to be named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 11. Additionally, second-year returner Avery Williams returned 18 punts for 292 yards and led the NFL with 16.2 yards per punt return in 2022 (min. 15 att.).

Koo closed the 2022 season making 12-of-12 field goal attempts, including three from 50-plus, earning NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for December and January.

King came to Atlanta having spent three seasons (2019-21) as a special teams quality control coach at the University of North Carolina. 

Prior to his time with the Tar Heels, King spent three seasons (2016-18) at Bucknell University where he coached wide receivers and served as the special teams coordinator for his final two seasons.  

In 2017, King participated in the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship with the Oakland Raiders, working primarily with special teams.  

King also spent two seasons (2014-15) at Nevada where he coached the wide receivers in the 2014 season and the nickel backs in 2015 season.

The Hempstead, N.Y., native has also coached at East Meadow (N.Y.) High School from 2007-10, Nassau Community College in 2011 and Wagner College from 2012-13. 

King was a four-year letterman at the University of Buffalo, where he served as a team captain and led the team in rushing touchdowns in each of his final three seasons.