Saints Hire Curtis Johnson and Ryan Nielsen

Johnson will be the team's Senior Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers coach while Nielsen will serve as the Defensive Line coach

New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton announced today that the club has hired Curtis Johnson as senior offensive assistant/wide receivers coach and Ryan Nielsen as defensive line coach.

Johnson, a New Orleans native, returns to the Saints in 2017 after spending 2016 as wide receivers coach for the Chicago Bears and the 2012-15 campaigns as head coach at Tulane.

Prior to becoming head coach of the Green Wave in 2012, Johnson tutored the Saints wideouts from 2006-11. During that stretch, New Orleans finished ranked first in total offense in 2006, 2008, 2009 and…