http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/art...252eb-0257-474d-9d9d-31b10f0b3448?campaign=tw Bowles, Jets Name Eight Position Coaches Head coach Todd Bowles and the Jets have announced the hiring of eight assistant coaches in addition to the three coordinator spots that were filled with the hirings today of Kacy Rodgers on defense and Bobby April on special teams and earlier in the week of Chan Gailey on offense. Here are some notes on each of the eight position coaches: DEFENSIVE STAFF Mike Caldwell, Assistant Head Coach/Inside Linebackers Caldwell coached on the same NFL staffs with Bowles at Philadelphia in 2012 and at Arizona in 2013-14. Thus the two worked together to help build the league's No. 1 run defense in 2013 and were part of the defensive unit that was one of just five in the NFL to hold opponents under 20 points/game the past two seasons combined. Caldwell enjoyed an 11-year pro playing career as a linebacker that began as the third-round pick of Cleveland out of Middle Tennessee State in 1993. He spent three seasons with the Browns, 1996 with the Ravens, '97 with the Cardinals, four seasons with the Eagles, and then one-year stops with the Bears in '02 and the Panthers in '03. Mark Collins, Outside Linebackers Collins joins Bowles on the Jets for only the second pro coaching stop of his career. His first was with Atlanta, when he joined the Falcons in 2010 and coached alongside new Jets DBs coach Joe Danna from 2012-14. Before the pros, Collins worked his way through the college ranks with stops at Louisiana–Monroe, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Elon, Michigan and East Tennessee State. Joe Danna, Defensive Backs–Safeties Danna was the DBs coach for the Atlanta Falcons the past three seasons. He and Bowles first crossed paths with Miami in 2010 when Bowles was the Dolphins' assistant head coach/secondary coach and Danna served as assistant defensive backs coach. That season the Miami pass defense ranked eighth in the NFL, allowing 209.3 yards/game. OFFENSIVE STAFF Karl Dorrell, Wide Receivers Dorrell also has much experience in the pros and colleges on the offensive side of the ball. Last year he was Vanderbilt's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The two seasons prior he coached the Texans' quarterbacks. From 2008-11 he was on the Dolphins staff along with Todd Bowles, coaching wideouts his first three years. And from 2003-07 he was UCLA's head coach, compiling a 35-27 record and rising as high as No. 7 in the national polls with the Bruins' "Cardiac Kids." In all he's coached every year since 1989 for 12 different programs, eight in college and four in the pros. Robby Brown, Quality Control–Offense Brown was the former O-coordinator at Valdosta State and Northwestern State in Louisiana and last year served as running backs coach at South Alabama. STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF Justus Galac, Strength & Conditioning Kavan Latham, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Aaron McLaurin, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Galac begins his fourth season with the Jets and his third as head strength coach. McLaurin, assistant strength coach last year, and Latham, a seasonal intern, both return to the strength room under Galac.
http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/art...r-Bowles/f8832e0f-139a-4060-89ec-e8fc2bba8058 Why Chan Gailey Was a Priority Hire for Bowles Posted Jan 22, 2015 Randy Lange Editor-in-Chief, newyorkjets.com @rlangejets Blog: Randy's Radar New OC Will Optimize Jets' Talent & Provide a Quality Sounding Board for 1st-Year Head Coach Chan Gailey brings a wealth of experience to his role as the Jets offensive coordinator. And he feels that experience can be extremely helpful to a first-time head coach such as Todd Bowles. "I think I'm a much better assistant having been a head coach," Gailey told the Newark Star-Ledger this week. "All those things that you don't realize that the head coach has to deal with, when you've never been one, you understand that and you try to take some things off of him, so that he doesn't have to worry about those kind of things." Besides being a great sounding board, Gailey, Bowles said at his Wednesday news conference, has gotten the best out of the quarterbacks and offensive players he's worked with. "Chan has been an outstanding coordinator for years, pro as well as college football," Bowles said. "He has done it with a lot of different quarterbacks, from Kordell Stewart to Ryan Fitzpatrick and at Georgia Tech and so on. He knows how to run the football. He understands complementary football. "We understand that if Geno [Smith] is our guy going forward, we have to get some people around him and do a lot of things better. Chan is outstanding at that. That made it a priority for me to get him." Here are highlights of Gailey's work over the years: Jets Make 8: Having called coaching his profession for nearly four decades, he has worked for seven pro teams in two different leagues — Denver, Pittsburgh, Miami, Kansas City, Dallas and Buffalo in the NFL and the Birmingham Fire in the World League. Two Stints as an NFL Head Coach: In both of his seasons at the helm in Dallas (1998-99), Gailey guided the Cowboys to the postseason. With the Bills in 2010-12, his teams posted a 16-32 record. Four Turns as O-Coordinator: Gailey has previously held the position of NFL offensive coordinator with fourclubs: under Dan Reeves on the Broncos (1989-90), Bill Cowher on the Steelers (1997), Dave Wannstedt on the Dolphins (2000-01), and Herm Edwards on the Chiefs (2008). Rush Top 10: A Gailey-led offense has finished in the NFL's top 10 in rushing five times, most recently in 2012 when the Bills finished sixth, led by RB C.J. Spiller’s 1,244 yards and six touchdowns. Leader of 3 College Teams: Hired by Georgia Tech in 2002, Gailey compiled a 37-27 record with the Yellow Jackets over five seasons. He also led Troy State to a 12-1 record in 1984 en route to the NCAA Division II championship and guided Samford in 1993. Gators QB: An Americus, GA, native, Gailey played three years at QB for the University of Florida in Gainesville. After lining up at signalcaller from 1971-73, he started his coaching career as a UF grad assistant in 1974.
Pretty shocked we were able to bring in Pepper Johnson without having to give him a promotion. Do him and Bowles have a history too? Solid hire either way. He was in consideration for the Giants DC job.
Why do you love the Rodgers hire?He has never called a play in his life.Bowles said he is handing the play calling to Rodgers....I really hope Bowles is more involved then that and I'm sure he will be.Going from Rex calling D plays to a guy who's never done it makes me nervous,but I'm sure everythings gonna go thru Bowles on defense hopefully
I think he's a good defensive mind who got the most out of what some thought to be pretty average lineman in Miami. I wouldn't be too hung up on the play calling aspect. I'm sure Bowles and Rodgers have a pretty similar idea on how each other works considering they've worked together before. Bowles is going to be the mind behind the D. Most likely not as much as Rex was compared to Thurman but still. When you have a head coach with a defensive background I don't think its a bad thing if his DC has never called plays before. I'd be much more concerned if he brought in a first time OC.
love the Bowles hire. love the Pepper Johnson hire. was the guy i hoped we'd get after losing Dunbar. like the Rodgers hire, although i am concerned like others that he has never called defenses or served as a DC before. i'm hoping Bowles is a little more hands on with the D than he has let on. Gailey, April, Caldwell (Ass't HC???), Dorrell, and Danna are all underwhelming choices imo. Working with guys you know and trust is important, but i hope he hired the best qualified guys and not just guys he knows.
I'm pretty sure Pepper was with us under Parcells, around the time that Bowles was, at least as an instructor in Camp. I remember seeing him there at Camp at Hofstra. Not sure of the timing with Bowles. They're both Parcells guys
I don't know why Rodgers being an inexperienced playcaller is an issue. We are a rebuilding team. We are putting together a group of guys that can grow together from the front office to the roster. We aren't contending this year, we have far too much learning to do before that.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...son-joins-jets-d-line-coach-article-1.2090646 Pepper Johnson joins Jets as D-line coach after disappointment of losing out on gig with Giants Even though he didn’t land the Giants defensive coordinator job, Pepper Johnson has found his way back to New York anyway. The former linebacker, who won two Super Bowls with the Giants and played for Gang Green late in his career, has been hired as the team’s defensive line coach. Johnson spent last season with the Bills and told the News that he had been informed by Rex Ryan that he would have a job waiting for him if he didn’t get the Giants defensive coordinator position. But after the Giants went with Steve Spagnuolo instead, Johnson was left out in the cold by the Bills when Ryan announced a defensive coaching staff that didn’t include Johnson. Instead, Johnson and former Jets defensive line coach Karl Dunbar ended up switching places. There doesn’t appear to be a direct connection between new Jets head coach Todd Bowles and Johnson, though both have ties to Bill Parcells. Prior to his one season with Buffalo, Johnson spent 14 seasons working on the Patriots staff. After the 2013 season Johnson and Bill Belichick came to a mutual agreement that he work elsewhere in hopes of moving up the coaching ladder. While he got an interview with the Giants, he ended up being disappointed at the result. “I feel bottled up,” Johnson told the Daily News last week. “I have a lot of knowledge and a lot of information that I feel like I just have to keep to myself.” “Moving away from the Patriots, spending a year in Buffalo, I was hoping it would open doors and open some eyes, that more people would be watching,” Johnson added. Though Johnson didn’t get a defensive coordinator job, he did get land in another spot with two excellent defensive linemen: Muhammad Wilkerson and Sheldon Richardson. Johnson played for the Giants from 1986-1992 and for the Jets from 1997-1998.
i like that he has hired a couple of guys he has not worked with before(gailey-johnson). shows he is welcome to new ideas and somewhat flexible. cautious optimism is creeping in
I'm not a bit concerned about who calls the D plays. Im sure Bowles will work hand in glove with both coordinators in setting the strategy and the play book. I'm actually impressed at the nucleous Bowles is putting together on all 3 sides of the ball. A great infusion of experience, youth, diversity, and depth. They all seem to have a common denominator, aggressive play to win style. I'm convinced we will see a team that will be prepared to be the best they can be, win or loose, ever Sunday, bye week or not. If we can land an explosive OLB, CB depth and may be FS this D will rock. Offensively, it will be more a function of who we get in free agency, the draft and how Gailey gets the most out of what we have. I think it will be as a minimum a fun team to watch on Sunday, a team on the rise, not demise.
I like the coaching staff that's shaping up. A lot of the guys have player development histories. I like it.
Every time I see Danna's name, he's being called the coach for Defensive Backs... AND Safeties. Who started this and why? It's starting to irritate me.
