Archive for January, 2008

Falcons Add Boudreau To Coaching Staff

Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith continues his makeover of the team’s coaching staff as on Thursday, he hired Paul Boudreau as offensive line coach; Boudreau has a total of 21 years of NFL coaching experience, most recently as offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams the last 2 years.  Boudreau coached Jacksonville’s offensive line [...]

Falcons Hire 2

The Atlanta Falcons continue to add onto their coaching staff, as they added Chris Scelfo as tight ends coach and Paul Dunn as assistant offensive line coach on Wednesday;  Scelfo was Tulane’s head coach from 1998-2006.  He was also an assistant head coach and offensive line coach at the University of Georgia from 1996-98, and an assistant at [...]

New Coaches Hired At Flowery Branch

New Falcons head coach Mike Smith is on a hiring spree, adding a new wide receivers coach on Saturday.  NFL veteran Terry Robiskie joins the team as wide receivers coach, replacing Paul Petrino who joined his brother Bobby at the University of Arkansas.  Mike Mularkey was hired Friday as team offensive coordinator.  Other new hires [...]

Robiskie Hired By Falcons

Saturday the Atlanta Falcons added another coach to their staff, naming Terry Robiskie as wide receivers coach.  Last season, Robiskie was the wide receivers coach for the Miami Dolphins; he has 26 years of coaching experience, including Miami, Cleveland, Washington and Oakland.

Mularkey and VanGorder Join the Falcons as Coordinators

The Falcons continue to revamp their coaching staff, as Friday they hired former Bills head coach Mike Mularkey as their offensive coordinator, and Brian VanGorder as their defensive coordinator.  The hirings came two days after the team hired former Jags defensive coordinator Mike Smith as their new head coach.  Mularkey comes to the team from [...]

Jags Smith Hired as Falcons New Head Coach

In trying to put the nightmare that was the 2007 season behind them, the Falcons have announced that Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Smith is their new head coach.  The hiring of Smith ends a search that included the likes of Colts assistant coach Jim Caldwell, USC’s Pete Carroll, Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Fraizer, and Ravens [...]

Looks Like Falcons will have to Wait to talk to Spagnuolo

Looks like the Falcons head coaching search is going to go longer, possibly after the Pats-Giants Super Bowl in two weeks. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that the team has set it sights Steve Spagnuolo, defensive coordinator for the Giants. That means that the Falcons are going to have to wait till after the February [...]

Garrett Spurns Falcons; Team May Look at Ryan Next

  It’s down to two in the mind and heart for Cowboys current offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. After speaking to the Ravens on Tuesday and the Falcons on Wednesday, Garrett has reportedly decided he will either be taking the head coaching job of the Ravens, or staying put with the Cowboys and likely getting a [...]

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