{"id":874,"date":"2007-03-13T12:40:56","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T17:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2019-11-27T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T12:04:09","slug":"the-ny-jets-announce-coaching-staff-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2007\/03\/13\/the-ny-jets-announce-coaching-staff-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"The NY Jets Announce Coaching Staff Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" width=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/graphics\/Articles\/headers\/nyj.gif\" height=\"61\" style=\"width: 103px; height: 61px\" \/>Courtesy of NYJets.com<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York Jets announced the following additions to their coaching staff:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Jones<\/strong> was named Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach; <strong>Ben Kotwica<\/strong> was named Quality Control\/Special Teams and Defense; <strong>Mike Bloomgren<\/strong> and <strong>Brian Smith<\/strong> were named Quality Control\/Offense. The moves were announced by Head Coach <strong>Eric Mangini<\/strong>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jones<\/strong> joins the Jets after a stint as an assistant in Sports Performance at Arizona State University. Jones was a starting safety on the University of Georgia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1992 team that won the SEC East and the Citrus Bowl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kotwica<\/strong> comes to the Jets after a stint as the Defensive Coordinator at the USMA Preparatory School. He is a decorated officer who spent eight years in the Army after graduating from West Point, where he played linebacker. While in the Army, Kotwica served as a Platoon Leader, an Apache helicopter pilot, a Battalion Executive Officer and a Company Commander. His duties included time spent in Fort Bragg, NC; Bosnia; Korea; Fort Hood, TX; and Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. His awards include: the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Bronze Star.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloomgren<\/strong> joins the Jets after a short stint at Texas A&amp;M prior to a two-year stay at Delta State University in Mississippi (2005-06), where he was the Offensive Coordinator. The Florida State graduate was also the Co-offensive Coordinator at Catawba College (North Carolina) for three years, after spending three seasons as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smith<\/strong> joins the Jets from the University of Massachusetts (2004-06), where he was an Assistant Coach for three years, the last two years coaching the wide receivers. Smith played cornerback on UMass\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1998 Division I-AA National Championship team.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss these moves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.jetnation.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of NYJets.com\u00c2\u00a0 The New York Jets announced the following additions to their coaching staff: Mike Jones was named Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach; Ben Kotwica was named Quality Control\/Special Teams and Defense; Mike Bloomgren and Brian Smith were named Quality Control\/Offense. 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