In early 1984 Tom Olivadotti offered him a job as a defensive coach at the University of Miami.
The searchers included current Grand Valley coach Matt Mitchell, who was a defensive coach when Finnerty played, as well as former Lakers coach Chuck Martin, now offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.
Former Saints defensive coach Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely.
Boston College coach Steve Addazio announced Friday that Ben Albert has been named defensive line coach.
He gained his opportunity while under the tutelage of Mike Tomlin, then defensive backs coach with the Bucs.
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Brandon Noble, who played for seven seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, was the defensive line coach for the Nighthawks last year.
Woodson, a former head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, was brought to New York to be the defensive coordinator under coach Mike D'Antoni, an offensive mastermind who focused little time on defense.
After spending just one year as Fry's tight-ends coach an entry level, part-time position that came with little major responsibility McCarney said that Fry was impressed enough to offer him a job as the defensive-line coach.
After a stint as head coach at Penncrest High School in Media, Pa. he was hired in 1979 to coach the defensive backs at Lafayette College.
From these facts, I surmise that (1) Gene Chizik knows defensive football and can coach it well when he has the right players but (2) his ability to recruit and lead an entire football team is highly suspect.
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One of the individuals most responsible for Penn State's defensive reputation was Mr. Sandusky, who was an assistant coach and later the defensive coordinator from 1969 to 1999.
"We've gotten solid goaltending or timely scoring or great defensive plays, " Bruins coach Claude Julien said.
Jim Haslett, former Saints coach and current defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins, similarly cast doubt on the ESPN report.
Williams, who was hired in January as defensive coordinator by new Rams coach Jeff Fisher, was not immediately available to comment.
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As a former defender and defensive specialist as an assistant coach, Thompson finds watching players fail to clear the penalty box together especially infuriating.
He was a fourth-round draft pick of Baltimore in 2007 and played two of his three years with the Ravens under then-defensive coordinator and current Jets coach Rex Ryan.
If the current reign of the SEC suggests that dominance is built on the defensive front, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly seems to have fulfilled that part of the blueprint.
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Last week in Arizona, the Browns interviewed Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton, Oregon coach Chip Kelly, Syracuse's Doug Marrone and Penn State's Bill O'Brien.
But Vogel called for time the next time his team got the ball, and the coach pulled his best defensive player, paint protector Roy Hibbert.
James was voted to the NBA's All-Defensive first team, but Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau accused him of flopping after a play during the Heat's second-round series victory over the Bulls.
He had an older playbook, when Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo was the defensive coordinator here, and he studied that too before a workout in St.
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Levein brought on Miller and Chris Iwelumo for Mackie and Caldwell as the Scotland coach had to abandon his defensive formation for a more adventurous 4-4-2.
They had just 30 sacks, the 25th-most in the league, and many of those were born of the timely and creative blitz packages devised by head coach Rex Ryan and former defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
And some say he's a better defensive coordinator than he is an NFL head coach.
Over a week after he had a coach resign due to him, he's praising his new coach as the reason for the defensive effort.
He left Houston in 1991 to become the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns under head coach Bill Belichick, now of the New England Patriots.
Defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman, promoted from secondary coach to replace the departed Mike Pettine, didn't want to comment on trade speculation involving cornerback Darrelle Revis.
Those sitting courtside included actor Robert DeNiro (who sat next to Hornets owner Tom Benson), Baltimore Ravens receiver Jacoby Jones, Saints coach Sean Payton and new Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan.
Afterward, Utah coach Jerry Sloan, himself a legendary defensive player, paid tribute to them: he had never seen defensive players quicker to the ball.
The league said between 22 and 27 defensive players were involved in the program and that it was administered by defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, with the knowledge of coach Sean Payton.
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