Ex-Jets Coach That Tripped Dolphins Player Gets Job With UConn

MANSFIELD (CBSMiami/AP) — Sometimes, a bad decision will live with a person for a long, long time.

The University of Connecticut has hired a former NFL coach to the men’s basketball team who made national headlines for tripping a player.

UConn announced Wednesday it has hired Sal Alosi as the team’s director of human performance.

The 41-year-old will replace Ed Streit, who was last season’s strength and conditioning coach.

Alosi was suspended and fined $25,000 by the New York Jets in December of 2010 after he tripped Miami Dolphins player Nolan Carroll while Carroll was covering a punt.

He was later hired by the University of California, Los Angeles, where he got into a confrontation with Sean…