San Diego Chargers Hire LB Coach Mike Nolan
- Updated: January 30, 2015
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The San Diego Chargers have hired former Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator, Mike Nolan to take the place of linebacker coach.
The Chargers official team site announced:
“Mike is a tremendous coach with a wealth of experience and he’ll be a great addition to our coaching staff,” said McCoy. “I’ve known him for many years having coached both with him and against him and it’s great to have him here with us with the Chargers.”
Mike Nolan has 28 years of coaching under his belt, 4 as a head coach, as well as 17 seasons as a defensive coordinator.
Chargers.com reports:
“Nolan was the Falcons’ defensive coordinator from 2012-14. He made an immediate impact in his first season in Atlanta as the Falcons recorded an NFC-best 13-3 record and earned the NFC’s number-one seed in the playoffs in ‘12. The Falcons finished fifth in the NFL in scoring defense (18.7 ppg.), red zone scoring defense (46.1 pct) and total takeaways (31) and interceptions (20). That season Nolan’s defense faced three Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks at the Georgia Dome (Drew Brees, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning), and the three threw a combined one touchdown and 10 interceptions as the Falcons went 3-0 against the Saints, Broncos and Giants. Also in 2012, safeties Thomas DeCoud and William Moore both went to the Pro Bowl for the first time in their careers, while linebacker Sean Weatherspoon emerged to post a career-high 114 tackles.
Prior to embarking on his coaching career, Nolan was a three-year starter at safety at Oregon. He enrolled as a walk-on before becoming a starter. He went to training camp with the Broncos in 1981, but returned to Oregon following his release.
Nolan began his coaching career in 1981 as a graduate assistant at Oregon. From there he coached linebackers and defensive backs at Stanford (1982-83) and Rice (1984-85) before coaching linebackers at LSU in 1986. He landed his first NFL job with the Broncos, serving as both the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator from 1987-92. Denver went to two Super Bowls (XXII and XXIV) and an AFC Championship Game during his first stint there.”
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