jsonline.com - 1/5/2009
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Jan. 5, 2009 11:09 a.m. Green Bay - The Green Bay Packers have fired defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and five assistant coaches, four on defense. In addition to Sanders, defensive tackles coach Robert Nunn, defensive ends coach Carl Hairston, secondary coach Kurt Schottenheimer, cornerbacks ...
greenbaypressgazette.com - 1/7/2009
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Mike Nolan has emerged as the clear front-runner
to become the Green Bay Packers' next defensive coordinator....
Two NFL sources said Tuesday that coach Mike McCarthy appears likely to bring in Nolan to replace Bob Sanders, whose firing was announced ...
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Nolan likely choice for defensive coordinator, sources ...
jsonline.com - 1/9/2009
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Winston Moss, the Green Bay Packers' assistant head
coach and linebackers coach, is poised for his second...
head-coaching interview in a week.
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Moss set to talk with Raiders
jsonline.com - 1/10/2009
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It is nearing decision time for Green Bay
Packers coach Mike McCarthy. The direction his team will...
take in the coming years could depend on whom he chooses to be his next defensive coordinator, a choice that probably isn't as clear as he had hoped.
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McCarthy interviews Williams
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Packers fire six coaches, including DC
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
Let the retooling begin…
The Green Bay Packers have fired defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and five assistant coaches, four on defense.
In addition to Sanders, defensive tackles coach Robert Nunn, defensive ends coach Carl Hairston, secondary coach Kurt Schottenheimer, cornerbacks coach Lionel Washington.
The only defensive coaches who were retained was assistant head coach / linebackers Winston Moss and quality control assistant Joe Whitt Jr.
McCarthy also fired strength and conditioning coach ...
Report: Mike Nolan to Coach Packers' Defense
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... North, NFL CoachingWe told you earlier Monday of the firing of Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Bob Sanders. It was hardly a surprise, but the fact that head coach Mike McCarthy waited a full week after the end of the season made it possible that he had someone specific in mind to take over. I mentioned then that former San Francisco head coach Mike Nolan was close to McCarthy, and there were already rumors that he was a candidate for the gig. Now, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is reporting that ...
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Examiner Sports 1/5/2009
The Green Bay Packers' season came apart thanks in large part to a defense that consistently blew fourth-quarter leads. Defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and most of his staff were let go Monday as a result.
