Patriots Name Mangini Defensive Coordinator
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The New England Patriots appear ready to name Eric Mangini defensive coordinator.
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The Cleveland Browns interviewed Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel for their head coaching vacancy yesterday morning at an undisclosed location. According to sources close to the situation, Crennel met with new general manager Phil Savage and other Browns officials for more than two hours.
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That may sound like a strange nickname to pin on a coach who is best known for building strong defensive units in the National Football League.
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The Patriots [stats, news] steamroller has yet to meet an obstacle it can&#39;t obliterate. Job-hunting coordinators. (Allegedly) vengeful running backs.
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Since taking over as football coach at the University of Massachusetts in the spring, Don Brown has placed his mark on the team he helped lead to the 1998 Division 1-AA national championship as defensive coordinator. Imagine how difficult it will be for the Minutemen to play today's season opener at Delaware State as if their charismatic mentor doesn't exist.
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Longtime Miami defensive coordinator Randy Shannon will replace the fired Larry Coker as coach of the Hurricanes, The Miami Herald reported on its Web site Thursday.
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Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi was appointed Cincinnati's interim head coach Monday, a few hours after Mark Dantonio left for Michigan State.
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Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels , who is considered a rising star in the NFL coaching ranks, has drawn interest from two teams seeking a head coach.
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Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt, whose team has the worst record in the National Football League, resigned after 4 1/2 seasons and was replaced by defensive coordinator Jim Bates.
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JetsÂ first-year coach Eric Mangini has been billed as the triplicate of Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. But as his players have come to discover, there is much more to Mangini than his pedigree.
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The Patriots will meet yet another team that has a key player missing because of injury, this time on defense.
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What was Eric Mangini thinking? "I'm like, dude, I don't even know what the calls are," Troy Brown replied when Mangini informed the Patriots wide receiver during training camp that Brown would begin playing defense as well. "I won't know what to do."
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CINCINNATI (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Bengals named  Chuck Bresnahan as their new defensive coordinator. He will be  formally introduced during a Wednesday afternoon press  conference at Paul Brown Stadium.
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FOXBOROUGH - Since Bill Belichick became the Patriots coach in 2000, no defensive player has reached double digits in sacks - until yesterday.
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GLENDALE, Ariz., Feb. 3 -- In a matter of days, the Washington Redskins are expected to interview New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo for their vacant head coaching job. It is a big reason why, team owner Daniel Snyder said on Saturday afternoon, that the Redskins have yet to hire...
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Only two NFL head coaching jobs are currently available and Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel has interviewed for both. For a guy who couldn't get a bite on openings the last two years, Crennel might end up in the middle of a bidding war between the Browns and the 49ers.
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Josh McDaniels yesterday publicly addressed the reason he decided to remove himself from consideration for any NFL head coaching opportunities in 2008. McDaniels's decision to spurn potential suitors was stunning to some, given it came right after the Falcons and Ravens had sought permission to speak to the 31-year-old Patriots offensive coordinator about their vacancies.