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01/06/2009 02:14 AM
The New York Jets will interview Cardinals offensive line coach Russ Grimm on Thursday in Arizona about their coaching vacancy, a person familiar with the search told The Associated Press on Monday.

01/03/2009 11:42 PM
The New York Jets interviewed Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo about their coaching vacancy Saturday.

01/01/2009 11:53 PM
The New York Jets will talk to Bill Cowher about their vacant coaching job, a person familiar with the search told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

12/30/2008 02:33 AM
The New York Jets fired coach Eric Mangini on Monday, a day after a team that harbored Super Bowl hopes with five games left in the season failed to make the playoffs.

12/29/2008 03:33 PM
Miami, under first-year coach Tony Sparano, has won five straight games and nine of its last 10 in making the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons and winning its first AFC East title since 2000.

FOXSports.com News for Jets
01/06/2009 12:30 PM
At a time when the Jets are looking all over for a new coach, Rich Kotite is more than happy to be in the background.

01/06/2009 09:30 AM
AROUND THE LEAGUE

01/06/2009 04:00 AM
The Jets' search for a new head coach is gaining steam. The team interviewed Giants defensive coordinator and current assistants Brian Schottenheimer and Bill Callahan, and Cardinals offensive line coach Russ Grimm is scheduled to interview for the position Thursday. General manager Mike Tannenbaum conducted the first three interviews with owner Woody Johnson out of the country.

01/06/2009 04:00 AM
--One of the many people hanging on Brett Favre's decision of whether to retire is Kellen Clemens, who was competing for the starting job in August until the Jets acquired Favre. "We'll see how things shake out next year," Clemens said. "People have been guessing on Brett Favre's future for the last four or five years and have been wrong most of the time. We'll see.

01/06/2009 04:00 AM
Veteran QB Brett Favre has begun his annual retirement/unretirement dance, only with a different partner, the New York Jets. The Jets would like him to decide before the NFL Combine in February, so that they will know if they need to find a starting QB for 2009. Favre has said he will make a decision more quickly than he did in 2008, although he certainly must be waiting to find out who will be the team's new head coach.

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Jets : News
12/31/2008 01:29 PM
Since being drafted by the Jets in 2006, QB Kellen Clemens has gotten to study under two remarkable NFL quarterbacks. “I’ve had a very unique opportunity to learn from two guys who are very, very good players and really aren’t very similar in a lot of ways,” Clemens said. Chad Pennington, Clemens’ first NFL mentor, won the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year ...

12/30/2008 01:11 PM
In his last locker room appearance of 2008, Kris Jenkins talked about some challenges he faced in his first year as a 3-4 nose tackle, as well as his feelings on the departure of Eric Mangini as his head coach. “All I can honestly say is that I’m appreciative of the opportunity I got,” Jenkins said Monday, “and I’m thankful that Mangini was the one to give me that...

12/30/2008 01:09 AM
A statement from Eric Mangini, the Jets' former head coach, released through the team's public relations department this evening:     "I appreciate the opportunity that Woody and Mike gave me for the past three years as the head coach of the New York Jets. The organization has terrific people and I wish the Jets nothing but success. "The time and effort invested...

12/29/2008 10:49 PM
Moments after Eric Mangini addressed the New York Jets a final time this morning, the players addressed the departure of their former head coach. “It’s a level of disappointment,” said veteran LG Alan Faneca. “You feel like you ended the season bad and then this happens. You feel like you let him down.” In two of Mangini’s three seasons, the Jets finished w...

12/29/2008 02:39 PM
The Jets have announced today that Eric Mangini will not return as head coach. Woody Johnson, the team's owner and chief executive officer, and Mike Tannenbaum, executive vice president/general manager, made the announcement at a news conference this morning at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, N.J. "This is about the most difficult thing you can do as franch...

NYT > New York Jets
01/06/2009 02:11 PM
Two people who work for the Jets said Jeff Jagodzinski, the B.C. coach, would interview with the team early this week.

01/06/2009 02:11 PM
The Jets’ highly anticipated interview with Steve Spagnuolo, the Giants’ defensive coordinator, took place Saturday at team headquarters.

01/06/2009 02:11 PM
The Jets’ list of potential coaches to replace Eric Mangini grew Friday as Jets officials interviewed Bill Callahan and Brian Schottenheimer for the post.

01/06/2009 02:11 PM
There is no cure for a curse, and the New York Jets football franchise is cursed.

01/06/2009 02:11 PM
A day after Bill Cowher abruptly withdrew as a candidate to replace the fired Eric Mangini, the Jets considered other potential coaches.

NY Post: Jets
01/06/2009 12:27 PM
As the Jets' coaching search begins its second week, details are beginning to emerge of the team's brief flirtation with Bill Cowher and why there were never substantive talks. According to a league source, Cowher's representatives spoke with...

01/05/2009 10:32 PM
The Jets head-coaching search has yet to produce a favorite, but it could lead to a firing. According to an ESPN and AP reports, Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski, who is expected to meet with the Jets on Tuesday, will likely be fired if he...

01/05/2009 11:57 AM
The biggest development yesterday in the Jets' coaching search happened 1,100 miles south of New York, in Miami, where Raven defensive coordinator Rex Ryan had an eye-opening pre-interview performance. Ryan, 46, oversaw a Raven defense that...

01/05/2009 11:58 AM
If the Jets hire either Steve Spagnuolo or Rex Ryan - the defensive gurus of the Giants and Ravens, respectively - Gang Green's roster figures to need a major adjustment. "The Jets' personnel does not fit either one of these coordinators'...

01/05/2009 11:56 AM
Bill Cowher has ended all the speculation he might return to coaching next season. Cowher had been mentioned as a candidate for nearly every open job, including the Jets - but he said on CBS' pregame show yesterday he's not interested. "It's a...

NJ.com: Jetstream
01/03/2009 08:36 PM
I don't know about you but I'm starting to get a complex. Is anyone interested in coaching the Jets in 2009? First Bill Cowher tells Gang Green that he's not interested, now Mike Shanahan apparently isn't big on the idea...

01/01/2009 08:26 PM
I'll admit it; I wanted Brett Favre to come back next season. The main reason being I think he is the best choice available for the team right now. However, after reading what Thomas Jones had to say it is...

12/31/2008 08:05 PM
Another downer for Gang Green as Bill Cowher has withdrawn from being a Jets' coaching candidate. Why would I think the Jets would be able to land the top guy out there? It is back to the drawing board for...

12/31/2008 01:24 AM
The Jets are in hot pursuit of a coach that can change the landscape in Gang Green Land. It was first reported that Cowher didn't want to meet with the team because he wanted his own player personnel guy in...

12/30/2008 03:29 AM
The Jets wasted no time cutting ties with Head Coach Eric Mangini. He was fired today quicker than his team fell from 8-3 to 9-7 and out of the playoffs. All I can say is AMEN. This team has too...

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GeoffSK   NY

1:27pm on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

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