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[eagles nut]

Per footbaIIscoop-dot-com:

Philadelphia Eagles: Sources tell us Mike Dawson will join Chip Kelly's staff in a defensive quality control role. Dawson is a former defensive coordinator at New Hampshire, special teams coordinator at Boston College, linebackers coach at Arkon, etc...

[albertateal]

Are they just making up titles for people now?

[eagles nut]

Defensive QC is one of the reguIar roIes

Every team has a coach with that titIe

Has a connection to BiII McGovern too; He was STs coordinator at BC when McGovern was DC

[Footballman175]

Mike Dawson Overview

2009-2011 Boston College Special Teams Coach

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It was a mixed year for BC special teams as we saw Ryan Quigley become an elite punter, but Nate Freese seemed to take a step back on field goal attempts this season (maybe he got tired of "Middle Schmiddle"). This now leaves BC with two coaching positions to fill -- the other being offensive coordinator. Could be three if Ryan Day leaves to join Urban Meyer's staff at Ohio State?

2006-2008 Akron Linebackers Coach

2003-2005 New Hampshire Defensive Coordinator/LB Coach

2000-2003 New Hampshire LB Coach

[albertateal]

eagles nut, on 20 January 2013 - 01:48 PM, said:

Defensive QC is one of the reguIar roIes

Every team has a coach with that titIe

Has a connection to BiII McGovern too; He was STs coordinator at BC when McGovern was DC

Oh

[EaglesLife25]

eagles nut, on 20 January 2013 - 01:48 PM, said:

Defensive QC is one of the reguIar roIes

Every team has a coach with that titIe

Has a connection to BiII McGovern too; He was STs coordinator at BC when McGovern was DC

I like when people try to make fun and have educated answers when they are actually dumb as F answers

[ducee22]

Redzone:

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Eagles coach Chip Kelly hired Mike Dawson to be his defensive quality control coach, the Delaware County Times reports. This according to sources and at least one Internet report.
Dawson spent the last three seasons as the special teams coach at Boston College before he resigned last December to pursue opportunities outside of football, according to a release on the Boston College athletics website. Prior to his stint in Boston, Dawson spent three seasons as the linebackers coach at Akron and six seasons at New Hampshire, including a stint as defensive coordinator when Kelly was the offensive coordinator there.

[wussbasket]

i'm still worried about the defense,

[jonnyeagles12]

wussbasket, on 21 January 2013 - 10:39 AM, said:

i'm still worried about the defense,

Me too.

[joey_eagles75]

Yeah me three, when are the eagles gonna get a pro DC.

[kerriskazu]

I believe the news may come today because the boys are flying to Senior Bowl week.

[vic92353]

joey_eagles75, on 21 January 2013 - 11:17 AM, said:

Yeah me three, when are the eagles gonna get a pro DC.

Me four.   I think they'll get it straight though.  Especially after what we watched this past weekend.  

[SinCityEaglesFan]

im not worried. they'll get the right man for the job

[AceofSpades]

With all these hirings and with the report from Albert Breer that they're looking for an NFL guy to be the defensive coordinator, it tells me there's a plan in place and that there's somebody who has some type of ties to some of these coaches.

[ruger45]

I'm really worried about the DC job. Horton would've been a nice fit if we are going to the 3-4. I guess we all will have to sit and wait.

[Lancelot Gobbo]

Position:
Special Teams Coach

Experience:
Second Season

12/21/2011

Special Teams Coach Mike Dawson Resigns

Will pursue opportunities outside of football

11/25/2011

Mike Dawson is entering his second year on the BC staff as special teams coach.

In 2009, Dawson coached place-kicker Steve Aponavicius, who became BC's all-time scoring leader with 290 points. Aponavicius also ranks first all-time in field goal percentage (.734) and extra points made (149) and is second in field goals. The Eagles led the ACC in field goal percentage (.929) and were 39-40 in PAT kicking. Punter Ryan Quigley became an All-ACC honorable mention performer with 11 punts of 50 or more yards. Quigley pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard-line 23 times, which ranked second in the ACC.

Despite being picked to finish last in the ACC's Atlantic Division in preseason media voting, the 2009 Eagles finished with an 8-5 record, came within one win of playing in a third consecutive ACC Championship Game, and played in a bowl game for a school-record 11th consecutive season.

Before coming to BC, Dawson spent three seasons coaching the linebackers at Akron and has a total of 12 years of experience on the sidelines. During his time at Akron, Brion Stokes led the Zips in tackles in 2007, while Kevin Grant was third. Stokes, who ranked among the MAC top 10 in both tackles for loss (14.5) and sacks (5.5), was a second team All-Mid-American Conference pick as he finished his career with 38.5 TFL, second on the Akron all-time list. Grant was a third team All-MAC pick.

Dawson was an assistant at the University of New Hampshire for the previous six years where he served on both sides of the ball, including his final two seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He spent his second season at UNH in charge of the offensive line. In 2005, UNH was one of the top-ranked ranked teams in FCS and advanced to the national quarterfinals. Dawson spearheaded one of the top defenses in the country in 2005, as the Wildcats ranked 35th nationally in scoring defense (22.23 ppg) and led the nation in takeaways (45). UNH was also second in the Atlantic 10 in sacks (34) during the 2005 campaign. The Wildcats were co-champions of the A-10 that season for the first time since 1994 and posted a record of 21-5 from 2004-05.

A three-year starter at linebacker and defensive end at the University of Massachusetts, Dawson began his career as a defensive line coach at UMass-Lowell in the spring of 1998. He returned to his alma mater in the spring of 1999 before spending that fall as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh.

Dawson also gained coaching experience on the defensive side of the ball at the University of Maine from July 1998 through March 1999. He graduated from UMass-Amherst in 1997 with a degree in sports management.

Dawson is married to the former Jodi Walters, who was an all-conference swimmer at UMass-Amherst. The couple has a son, Frankie, born in October of 2007.  bceagles.com

[Jefetio]

I'm not worried about how long it's taking to hire a DC, but I'm worried that we're hiring his positional coaches before he's on board.  I'm hoping that they already have a gentleman's agreement with someone and he's weighing in on all these hires.

[AceofSpades]

Jefetio, on 21 January 2013 - 02:03 PM, said:

I'm not worried about how long it's taking to hire a DC, but I'm worried that we're hiring his positional coaches before he's on board.  I'm hoping that they already have a gentleman's agreement with someone and he's weighing in on all these hires.

On the surface that would be a major concern, but I highly doubt the Eagles would hire this many coaches without knowing who the defensive coordinator was gonna be.