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Redskins land Mitchell from Seattle
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Stump Mitchell and the Washington Redskins reached agreement this afternoon on a two-year contract. Mitchell joins Jim Zorn's staff as assistant head coach/running backs. The Seahawks had been reluctant to let Mitchell, their running backs coach since 1999, leave on a lateral move. The "assistant head coach" portion of the title makes this a promotion. ...
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Enjoy the Enjoyment — ... contract with former Pro Bowl left guard Mike Wahle, reports the Times' Jose Miguel Romero. John Morgan of Field Gulls is all for signing Wahle: "Wahle is consistently healthy, has the exact skill set Holmgren covets in a guard and shouldn't be terribly expensive. Guards last into their mid-thirties, so we're not talking about a washed up retread with little left to produce." In other news... The Seahawks need a new running backs coach after Jim Zorn poached Stump Mitchell. Wally Szczerbiak is naming his son "Maximus.", ...

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Mitchell leaves Seahawks to take coaching post with RedskinsThe Seattle Times: Sports 2/13/2008
Stump Mitchell followed Jim Zorn to the Washington Redskins on Wednesday, joining the team as running backs coach.
Redskins name Stump Mitchell RBs coach (AP)Yahoo! Sports - NFL News 2/13/2008
Stump Mitchell followed Jim Zorn to the Washington Redskins on Wednesday, joining the team as running backs coach. Mitchell, the Seattle Seahawks running back coach since 1999, will also have the title of assistant head coach with the Redskins. He and ...
Redskins hire Mitchell to be running backs coachESPN.com - NFL 2/13/2008
Stump Mitchell followed Jim Zorn to the Redskins, joining the team as running backs coach.
Seahawks RB coach joins Zorn with RedskinsSI.com - NFL 2/13/2008
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Redskins add Mitchell as RBs coach, await word from Sherman SmithLatest Sporting News Articles for NFL 2/13/2008
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