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Chargers officially name Derrick Ansley as defensive coordinator

The Los Angeles Chargers officially name Derrick Ansley as defensive coordinator.

The Chargers named Derrick Ansley the team’s next defensive coordinator on Monday.

Ansley fills the void after the departure of former defensive coordinator Renaldo Hill, who the Dolphins hired as their pass game coordinator and defensive backs coach.

Ansley spent the past two seasons as Los Angeles’ defensive backs coach. Before that, he spent two years (2019-20) as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at the University of Tennessee.

Ansley spent the 2018 season as the Raiders’ defensive backs coach. Before that, Ansley was the defensive backs coach at Alabama (2016–17), Kentucky (2013–15), and Tennessee (2012). In addition, he was a graduate assistant at Alabama in 2010 and 2011.

Additionally, they made these other coaching hires officials:

Linebackers coach: Jeff Howard

Pass game coordinator/Secondary coach: Tom Donatell

Defensive quality control coach: Robert Muschamp

Quarterbacks coach: Doug Nussmeier

Dolphins request to interview Chargers assistant secondary coach Tom Donatell

The Dolphins are looking to fill their secondary coach spot.

The Dolphins requested to interview Chargers assistant secondary coach Tom Donatell for their secondary coach position, according to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero.

Son of former Vikings defensive coordinator Ed Donatell, Tom completed his second season with Los Angeles, where he assisted secondary coach Derrick Ansley.

Before joining the Chargers, Donatell coached with the Seahawks as a quality control/defense coach for four seasons (2017-20).

Donatell spent four seasons coaching at the collegiate level before joining the NFL ranks, serving as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of South Florida (2013-14) and at UCLA (2015-16).

Dolphins announce their full 2022 coaching staff

We finally have all of the names, and there are a lot of them.

On Friday, the Miami Dolphins finalized their coaching staff under new head coach Mike McDaniel that features some experienced veterans and some younger coaches getting one of their first opportunities.

Most of these hirings were known from reports over the last couple of weeks, but there are some surprises, including the fact that former offensive line coach Lemuel Jeanpierre is being kept on the staff as assistant offensive line coach under Matt Applebaum.

One of the knocks against former head coach Brian Flores was that he wasn’t able to put a solid staff around him, so McDaniel will do his best to build a unit that can collaborate together and win football games.

Here’s a look at the full staff:

  • Head Coach: Mike McDaniel
  • Assistant head coach/tight ends coach: Jon Embree
  • Offensive Coordinator: Frank Smith
  • Associate head coach/running backs coach: Eric Studesville
  • Passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach: Darrell Bevell
  • Assistant quarterbacks coach: Chandler Henley
  • Wide receivers coach: Wes Welker
  • Offensive line coach: Matt Applebaum
  • Assistant offensive line coach: Lemuel Jeanpierre
  • Quality Control: Josh Grizzard
  • Offensive assistant: Mike Person
  • Offensive assistant: Aldrick Robinson
  • Offensive assistant: Kobly Smith
  • Defensive coordinator: Josh Boyer
  • Defensive line coach: Austin Clark
  • Assistant defensive line coach: Derrick LeBlanc
  • Outside linebackers coach: Ty McKenzie
  • Linebackers coach: Anthony Campanile
  • Assistant linebackers coach: Steve Ferentz
  • Assistant defensive backs coach: Mathieu Araujo
  • Cornerbacks coach/pass game specialist: Sam Madison
  • Safeties coach: Steve Gregory
  • Senior defensive assistant: Ryan Slowik
  • Defensive assistant: Patrick Surtain
  • Special teams coordinator: Danny Crossman
  • Assistant special teams coach: Brendan Farrell
  • Head strength and conditioning coach: Dave Puloka

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