Saints’ new special teams coach: Kevin O’Dea

The Saints have officially made a hire at special teams coach. Who Dat Dish breaks it down.

After early reports that the Saints would bring in an assistant/consultant special teams coach, Sean Payton released a name: Kevin O’Dea. He made it clear that O’Dea would not replace Greg McMahon. Much like the Dennis Allen hire of 2015, Payton will not fire anyone to make room for O’Dea.

“We’re looking to fortify the troops,” Payton recently said in a conference call, “not change ’em right now.”

So what sort of coach do the Saints have in Kevin O’Dea?

According to Payton, O’Dea specializes in developing kickers. So the move is no doubt predicated on Will Lutz’s performance. Payton has repeatedly…