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Jets Hire New Assistant Coaches

The New York Jets announced today that they have hiredpromoted some assistant coaches.

We have promoted John Scott Jr. to asst. DL coach, hired Tim Atkins as def. QC coach & hired David Diaz-Infante as asst. OL coach.

— New York Jets (@nyjets) February 9, 2016

Randy Lange provides some background information on each coach.

Scott came to Bowles’ staff last year and entered the NFL for the first time after serving as a college coach for the past 12 seasons. Among the schools he coached defensive line or outside LBs with were Louisiana–Lafayette — where he earned his master’s in education — and his most recent stop at Texas Tech.