WHEN NEWLY APPOINTED New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore asked Chase Haslett and Terry Joseph to join his coaching staff this past spring, neither hesitated about returning to Louisiana.
Haslett, the son of former Saints coach Jim Haslett, lived in New Orleans twice -- first as a toddler when Jim was the Saints' defensive coordinator under Jim Mora in 1995-96, and then when Jim Haslett was brought back as head coach in 2000. The family moved away when Jim was fired following the 2005 season.
Joseph grew up in New Orleans. He coached at nearby Destrehan High School in the early 2000s, moved away in 2006 and, despite a brief return as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, he has been coaching out of state since 2010.