Tag Archives: Jim Mora

A Golden Time

Posted by on 1/19/2004 No comments

Just a couple of quick reminder for all of you people who haven’t been paying attention to the tremendous offseason the Atlanta Falcons and their owner Mr Arthur Blank are about to put on which will include signing Warren Sapp and Terrell Owens (if not, some people very formatable) but the all owner changes that have already happened and began to happen with less than two weeks in the season to go when Rich McKay was brought on board. I’ve told you about Rich, the new GM and I’ve told you about Jim, the new coach… but take a load of these key new people who are on board.

Rich McKay General Manager from Tampa Bay
Tim Ruskell Assistant General Manager from Tampa Bay
Jim Mora Head Coach from San Francisco
Greg Knapp Offensive Coordinator from San Francisco
Ed Donatell Defensive Coordinator from Green Bay
Alex Gibbs Offensive Line Coach from Denver Broncos

Alex Gibbs, the longtime Denver Broncos offensive line coach who established the blocking schemes behind one of the league’s best and most consistent running attacks, has reached agreement to join the Atlanta Falcons as their offensive line coach, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported Sunday.

Donatell, 46, was the Packers’ coordinator for the past four seasons. He was fired last week, just days after the team’s loss at Philadelphia in the divisional round. Donatell is a 14-year veteran, serving on staffs with the New York Jets (1990-94) and Denver Broncos (1995-99), before being named the Green Bay coordinator in 2000.

This staff is insane!! The Falcons organization is awesome. Watch out next year.

Aggressive, Attacking, Intense Football Team

Posted by on 1/9/2004 No comments

Jim Mora Jr is the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Greg Knapp has also come on board to be the offensive coordinator. Both of them coming over from the 49ers.

“We’re going to devise the best system to get the ball in the hands of our playmakers,” Mora said. “We’ll be an aggressive, attacking, push-the-ball-down-the-field type of team.

“Michael Vick is one of the most exciting players in the NFL, and this system will allow Michael Vick to excel.”

from CNNSI.com

Falcons to name new head coach.

Posted by on 1/9/2004 No comments

The Atlanta Falcons have announced a 2 pm press conference to announce the hire of their next head coach.

All signs point to Jim Mora Jr receiving the job.



Falcons Head Coaches
Coach Years Rec. Pct.
Wade Phillips 2003 2-1 .667
Dan Reeves 1997-03 49-59-1 .484
June Jones 1994-96 19-29 .396
Jerry Glanville 1990-93 28-38 .424
Jim Hanifan 1989 0-4 .000
Dan Henning 1983-86 22-41-1 .352
Leeman Bennett 1977-82 47-44 .516
Pat Peppler 1976 3-6 .333
Marion Campbell 1974-76, ’87-89 17-51 .250
Norm Van Brocklin 1968-74 37-49-3 .433
Norb Hecker 1966-68 4-26-1 .145

Falcon Head Coach Opening

Posted by on 12/31/2003 No comments

Whose the best fit for the falcons job? or who do you think lands it?

Lovie Smith — St Louis Rams defensive coordinator
Jim Mora Jr — San Francisco defensive coordinator
Tim Lewis — Pittsburgh Defensive coordinator
Mike Mularkey — Pittsburgh offensive coordinator
Romeo Crennel — New England defensive coordinator
Wade Phillips — Atlanta defensive coordinator/interim head coach
Other

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Dick Sullivan, who oversees all the team’s marketing efforts, said earlier this year that NFL marketing research showed the Falcons to rank No. 1 among football fans ages 18-25.