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Herm Edwards |
Todd Haley | Feb. 6: After a thorough search, the Chiefs hired Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Haley, who was hired five days after coaching in Super Bowl XLIII, joins new GM Scott Pioli in Kansas City. NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports Haley signed a four-year contract. |
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Lane Kiffin, Tom Cable |
Tom Cable | Feb. 3: After weeks of speculation, interim coach Tom Cable was named Oakland's full-time head coach. Cable led the Raiders to a 4-8 record in 2008, including wins in the season's final two games, after Lane Kiffin was fired. |
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Eric Mangini | Rex Ryan | Jan. 19: The Jets have hired Baltimore's Rex Ryan to be their new coach, the team announced. Other candidates for the job reportedly included Colts defensive coordinator Ron Meeks, former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinkski, Cardinals offensive line coach Russ Grimm, Jets assistant head coach/offensive line coach Bill Callahan and Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. |
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Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary |
Mike Singletary | Jan. 18: Ex-Rams coach Scott Linehan spurned the 49ers' offer to serve as offensive coordinator under new coach Mike Singletary. |
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Scott Linehan, Jim Haslett |
Steve Spagnuolo | Jan. 17: NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports that the Rams and Spagnuolo, the architect of the Giants' Super Bowl championship defense last season, have agreed to a four-year, $11.5 million contract. |
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Jon Gruden | Raheem Morris | Jan. 17: The surprise dismissal of Gruden led to Morris' rise from defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator and finally to head coach, all in less than a month. Morris also interviewed for the Denver Broncos' job this month. |
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Rod Marinelli | Jim Schwartz | Jan. 16: The Lions introduced Schwartz, the Titans' former defensive coordinator, as their new head coach. Schwartz sounded eager to lead a turnaround for the NFL's first 0-16 team. |
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Romeo Crennel | Eric Mangini | Jan. 14: Mangini started filling out his coaching staff by hiring Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator, Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator and Brad Seely as assistant head coach/special teams coordinator. |
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Mike Shanahan | Josh McDaniels | Jan. 13: McDaniels went right to work figuring out how to fix the dreadful Denver defense that was Shanahan's undoing. McDaniels' first order of business: luring former 49ers head coach Mike Nolan to the cause. Nolan agreed to become the Broncos' fourth defensive coordinator in the last four years. |
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Tony Dungy | Jim Caldwell | Jan. 13: Colts owner Jim Irsay has given Caldwell a four-year contract. While not providing financial details, Irsay acknowledged that Caldwell -- who officially took over the team when Dungy retired -- would get a raise comparable to what other first-time NFL head coaches make. |
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Mike Holmgren | Jim Mora | Jan. 13: The Seahawks officially transitioned away from a grandfatherly guru of quarterbacks to a defensive mind with seemingly endless energy when they introduced Mora as their seventh coach. |
