Five-and-a-half years after resigning from the University of North Carolina amid an NCAA investigation, Lamar University defensive line coach John Blake could be joining the Buffalo Bills in the same role.
Lamar head coach Ray Woodard confirmed Monday to the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise that the Bills requested permission to interview Blake to replace defensive line coach Karl Dunbar, whom Buffalo abruptly fired Sunday.
Blake, 55, served as head coach the University of Oklahoma from 1996-98, with current Bills coach Rex Ryan joining that program as defensive coordinator in 1998. Blake's previous NFL coaching experience has been limited to a three-year stint, from 1993-95, as the Dallas Cowboys' defensive line coach.