HARRISONBURG — John DeFilippo is settled. For now.

The former James Madison quarterback has lived the nomadic life of an NFL assistant coach — he’s moved more times than he can remember, but said each time he was forced to, it became less of a shock.

“I’ve learned in this profession to never say never to anything and never assume anything,” DeFilippo said Tuesday.

Over the last decade, he’s held gigs with the Giants, Raiders, Jets, Browns and is currently in his first season with the Eagles.

And Philadelphia is home for DeFilippo, a graduate of Radnor High School, which is located just outside the city and about 20 minutes from the Eagles team facility.

“Being able to come back to this area has been a great experience,” DeFilippo said. “You’re moving to a new job, but at the same time you know your way around. It’s made for a really easy transition. Philadelphia is a fantastic city.”

On the football side, DeFilippo is the quarterback coach for rookie standout Carson Wentz.

In his first five games, the No. 2 overall pick from North Dakota State has completed 65 percent of his throws for 1,186 yards. He’s thrown seven touchdowns against only one interception. Under DeFilippo’s tutelage, Wentz has led Philadelphia to a 3-2 start after a 7-9 finish last season.

During DeFilippo’s second stint in Oakland, he molded then-rookie quarterback Derek Carr, who threw for 21 touchdowns in his first season out of Fresno State. In 2009, DeFilippo’s reputation for speeding up the progression of first-year quarterbacks began when he was with the Jets. New York’s rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez managed to get the team to the AFC Championship Game.

“I think my experience coaching young quarterbacks has helped,” DeFilippo said of Wentz’s early success.

The beginning of this season has already proven to be going better than last season for DeFilippo, who was the offensive coordinator in Cleveland last fall. In his first NFL coordinator job, DeFilippo said he dealt with tailoring his offense to a different quarterback each week. Johnny Manziel, Josh McCown and Austin Davis each started at least two games for the Browns in 2015.

“I think as a coach I grew a ton last season,” DeFilippo said. “We probably were undermanned compared to most teams, but you have to find ways when you’re changing quarterbacks every other game to settle in and to get the other 10 guys confidence in the plan you’re presenting.”

Eagles coach Doug Pederson and offensive coordinator Frank Reich have seen the benefits of DeFilippo’s growth so far. The offensive-minded coaches all sit in on quarterback meetings. DeFilippo said the three have worked well together.

“I let John [DeFilippo] run the meeting,” Pederson said during a press conference last month. “If I interject, I interject. The way it works is I send my message through Frank. At the same time, if I want to interject something, I will interject. I just make sure there’s one voice in the meeting room and [the quarterbacks] are not hearing three different answers from three different people.”

DeFilippo said he’s enjoyed learning Pederson’s philosophy of offense and seeing Reich’s style of working with quarterbacks, too.

“I’ve learned a lot of different football,” DeFilippo said. “Doug Pederson from the Chiefs, which falls under the Andy Reid tree, and Frank Reich has been around Peyton Manning and Phillip Rivers. I’ve gotten to see how they do things. Whenever you’re around football and good people, you can learn a ton.”

In addition to the meshing staff, one underlying commonality in the immediate chemistry between DeFilippo and Wentz is that they both played FCS football — or in DeFilippo’s case, when he was playing for Alex Wood and then Mickey Matthews at JMU, it was known as 1-AA football.

DeFilippo played at JMU between 1996-1999. As a senior, he was the backup quarterback for Matthews’ squad that won the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship. In 11 appearances as a senior, DeFilippo threw for 90 yards while completing 8-of-18 attempts.

DeFilippo said during the pre-draft process, he never put the “FCS stigma” on Wentz.

“It didn’t scare me as it did some other people — I wouldn’t say in our building — but I’d say around the league because [Wentz] played at that level,” DeFilippo said. “I know there is a lot of good football in the CAA and up in North Dakota State’s league. There are a lot of good football players there and I was familiar with the level of talent.”

This week, DeFilippo, Wentz and Eagles host Minnesota and quarterback Sam Bradford, who was traded from Philadelphia before the season began.

DeFilippo said he hopes the Eagles can keep winning in order to keep the city of Philadelphia his home for at least a little longer than some of his other stops.

“I’m thrilled to be in Philadelphia today and hopefully for a long time,” DeFilippo said. “But, you take it day-by-day, practice-by-practice and game-by-game and give it your best shot.”