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Colts Owner Defends Hiring Coach With No N.F.L. Experience

The Indianapolis Colts hired Jeff Saturday, a man who has never coached above the high school level, as interim head coach on Monday. The move stunned fans, the news media and executives of other teams.

Saturday, most recently an ESPN analyst, was a two-time All-Pro center for the Colts and the Green Bay Packers over a 14-year playing career. But as a coach, his only job has been as an assistant and then head coach at Hebron Christian Academy, a high school in Dacula, Ga. His record there was 20-16.

Saturday is reportedly the first head coach to be hired to the N.