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Jets hire coordinators Rodgers, April
Coach Todd Bowles now has all of his top assistants in place as the New York Jets on Friday announced the hiring of Kacy Rodgers as defensive coordinator and Bobby April as special teams coordinator.
Rodgers’ hiring had been expected for a week. He and April join Chan Gailey, who was hired earlier in the week to be Bowles’ offensive coordinator.
Rodgers, 45, coached defensive line for the Miami Dolphins from 2008 through 2014 and worked with Bowles in Miami for the first four seasons under Tony Sparano. They came to Miami with Sparano after working in Dallas under Bill Parcells from 2005 to 2007.
April, 61, has been coaching in the NFL for 23 years. The Jets will be his eighth team.
He spent the past two years with the Oakland Raiders after stints with the Atlanta Falcons (1991-93), Pittsburgh Steelers (1994-95), New Orleans Saints (1996-99), St. Louis Rams (2001-03), Buffalo Bills (2004-09) and Philadelphia Eagles (2010-12). He and Bowles worked together with the Eagles in 2012.
Bowles, formerly the defensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals, was hired to replace Rex Ryan as the Jets’ coach on Jan. 13.
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