The Buffalo Bills had two pieces of movement on their coaching staff this week.
The team announced on Tuesday that defensive line coach Eric Washington was promoted to senior defensive assistant/defensive line.
He was previously only the team’s D-line coach, a role he has held since 2020.
Washington, 52, was previously a member of the Carolina Panthers’ coaching staff from 2011 to 2017. There he worked under current Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott, who was Carolina’s defensive coordinator.
Along with Washington’s promotion, Mike Shula was added to the coaching staff on offense.
He will hold the title of senior offensive assistant.
Shula is the son of late Hall of Fame head coach Don Shula.
Like Washington, Shula also worked with McDermott back in Carolina. Shula was the Panthers’ quarterbacks coach in 2011-12 and then the offensive coordinator from 2013-17.
During that time, new Bills offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey worked with Shula as well as the Panthers’ QB coach.
One could assume Shula was brought in to assist Dorsey in his new role.
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