According to Charean Williams of NBC Sports on Thursday, the New York Jets have named Robert Saleh of Dearborn, Michigan their new head coach. Saleh takes over from Adam Gase, who was relieved of his duties on January 3, following the conclusion of the 2020 National Football League regular season. The Jets had lost 28-14 to the New England Patriots, and finished the year with an abysmal record of two wins and 14 losses.
This will be the first head coaching job for Saleh, who has been rumoured to have a head coaching chance in the National Football League for a while now. He has been an assistant coach in the NFL over the last 16 years, most recently as the defensive co-ordinator of the San Francisco 49ers, which he has been since 2017. Saleh was also with the Houston Texans as their defensive intern, defensive quality control coach, and assistant linebackers coach from 2005 to 2010, the defensive quality control coach with the Seattle Seahawks from 2011 to 2013, and the linebackers coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2014 to 2016.
Saleh won a Super Bowl with the Seahawks in 2014, before he accepted the job in Jacksonville. That season Saleh was credited for helping Seattle put together a game plan that would contain Peyton Manning in the championship game. The Seahawks plan worked to a tee, as Manning was flustered throughout the contest, and the Seahawks hammered the Denver Broncos 43-8.
The new job in New York Saleh has taken will be a difficult one. The Jets struggled throughout the year, scoring a league-worst 243 points. Saleh is an expert on the defensive side of the ball. Now he will make tough decisions that will benefit the Jets offensively too.
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