Jets interview Maryland’s Mike Locksley in twist to teaching search
If it weren’t clear earlier than, it’s now: The Jets are leaving no stone unturned of their head coach search.
Mike Locksley, the top coach at Maryland, interviewed Friday for the emptiness, the staff introduced.
He’s 35-67 as a head coach on the school stage, together with 32-36 over the previous seven seasons at Maryland.
Locksley, 55, beforehand interviewed for the Dolphins emptiness in 2022 earlier than Mike McDaniel was employed.
The Jets have interviewed seven candidates — together with Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo on Friday, as properly — and have made requests to talk with at the very least 9 extra coaches.
Not one of the different 15 candidates are from the school ranks or as out of the blue as Locksley, although the Jets are the one staff presently anticipated to talk with eight of the folks on their record, together with interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich.
Locksley ended up on the Jets’ radar due to a fame fostered as a robust program tradition builder within the Huge Ten throughout his second stint calling the photographs.
Locksley’s first head coach stint resulted in a disastrous 2-26 report at New Mexico throughout a three-year tenure (2009-11) that included an altercation with an assistant coach and an age and intercourse discrimination lawsuit that was later withdrawn, in line with stories.
Locksley was interim head coach at Maryland for six video games in 2015 and later returned as the varsity’s full-time head coach after a cease at Alabama.
He adopted Giants head coach Brian Daboll as Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2018.
The 2018 Crimson Tide set single-season information for factors scored and complete offense with quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts and Mac Jones, operating backs Josh Jacobs, Najee Harris, Brian Robinson Jr. and Damien Harris and receivers DeVonta Smith, Jerry Jeudy, Jaylen Waddle and Henry Ruggs — 9 of whom turned first-round draft picks.
The season earned Locksley the Broyles Award because the nation’s high assistant coach.
The thirty third Workforce suppose tank helps determine and vet candidates, whereas Jets proprietor Woody Johnson leads the interviews with potential head coaches and normal managers.
All interviews with candidates underneath NFL contracts should be carried out nearly till at the very least Jan. 20.
Whoever is teaching the 2025 Jets can have a house recreation at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, the NFL introduced Friday. The date, time and opponent can be introduced sooner or later.
The Jets additionally interviewed Buccaneers assistant GM Mike Greenberg, a Lengthy Island native, for the overall supervisor job.
The Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh after shedding in London in Week 5 of the 2024 season. Johnson is the previous United States Ambassador to the UK.
