Jets Hire Bobby April Jr. And Tim McDonald As Coaches

By Chris Menn Posted On January 24, 2013

The New York Daily News is reporting that the Jets have hired Bobby April Jr. to be the Assistant coach/Quality Controls coach and are expected to hire former All-Pro Tim McDonald as Defensive Backs coach as Dennis Thurman is expected to be named as the new Defensive Coordinator.

Bobby April Jr. was with the Eagles the past two seasons as their defensive quality control coach. Before that he spent time at Nichols St. as a Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties coach, Portland St. as their Special Teams Coordinator/Inside Linebackers coach, Tulane as a graduate assistant, Louisiana-Lafayette as a student coach & spent time as an NFL intern for 3 years.

Tim McDonald is a 6-time All-Pro safety who played for the Cardinals and the 49ers. His coaching experience as of today is as a high school coach in 2009 and 2011-2012.

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I'm a 27 year old Jets fan from Massachusetts who has been following the Jets since 1990. I used to run my own Jets blog called Chris' Jets fan blog and worked on JetsCentral.com before I joined JetNation.com. Still waiting for that Super Bowl...

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