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The New York Jets made a stunning move on Tuesday with the firing of Robert Saleh. With Saleh out, defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will be taking over for the rest of the season as the team’s interim coach.
Ulbrich might not be a household name, but he’s well known around the NFL and he’s a popular coach in the Jets’ locker room. Here are five things to know about Ulbrich as he gets ready to serve as a head coach for the first time:
He has NFL playing experience. Ulbrich’s time in the NFL started in 2000 after the 49ers made him a third-round pick in the NFL Draft that year. The linebacker ended up spending his entire 10-year career in San Francisco. During his time with the 49ers, he started in 75 of the 120 games that he played in. He got his first NFL coaching job in 2010. After retiring as player in 2009, Ulbrich got a job as the assistant special teams coordinator in Seattle on Pete Carroll’s first coaching staff in 2010. Ulbrich ended up spending two seasons in Seattle (2010-11) before moving on to the college ranks for two seasons with UCLA. Ulbrich has coached in a Super Bowl. After his time at UCLA (2012-14) came to an end, Ulbrich returned to the NFL in 2015 as the linebackers coach for the Atlanta Falcons. Ulbrich was on the Falcons’ coaching staff in 2016 when the team made it to Super Bowl LI (You probably shouldn’t make any 28-3 jokes around him). After four seasons as the linebackers coach, he was promoted to assistant head coach in 2020 and he eventually got the job of defensive coordinator from interim coach Raheem Morris following the midseason firing of Dan Quinn.Ulbrich was on Saleh’s initial staff. Saleh was hired by the Jets in 2021 and one of his first moves was to bring in Ulbrich as his…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-10-08 16:21:17
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