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The Raiders also added four more assistant coaches: John DeFilippo (quarterbacks), James Cregg (assistant offensive line), Randy Hanson (assistant defensive backs) and Sanjay Lal (quality control, offense). The team also announced that Kelly Skipper, who was hired last month, will coach tight ends.
 
blurbs on the new guys per raiders.com

James Cregg joins the Raiders as the assistant offensive line coach.
James Cregg spent the past three seasons coaching defensive line at the University of Idaho, after serving in the same capacity at Colgate from 2000-03. He was a graduate assistant at Colorado State, his alma mater, from 1997-99. Cregg earned All Western Athletic Conference honors as a senior defensive lineman at Colorado State.


John DeFilippo joins the Raiders as the quarterbacks coach.
From 2001-02, DeFilippo was a graduate assistant at Notre Dame, working with wide receivers and tights ends in '01 and quarterbacks in '02. He began his coaching career tutoring quarterbacks at Fordham in 2000. DeFilippo played quarterback at James Madison University, where he earned All Atlantic 10 Conference Academic honors four straight seasons and helped the team to the league title as a senior in 1999.

DeFilippo held NFL summer coaching internships in 1997 with the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts. The Youngstown, Ohio native's father, Gene, is the Athletic Director at Boston College.

DeFilippo spent the past two seasons as an offensive quality control assistant for the New York Giants. He joined the Giants after spending two seasons as the quarterbacks coach at Columbia University.


Sanjay Lal joins the Raiders as the offensive quality control assistant.
Lal spent the past two seasons as an offensive assistant at Cal, following one season on the football staff at Saint Mary's College. He was the wide receivers coach at Los Medanos College (2003) and was passing game coordinator at Miramonte High (1996-02), when the school won four North Coast Section championships, including a 13-0 record in 2001.

Lal played wide receiver at the University of Washington and was a Husky Hall of Fame selection. He was on the Huskies' 1992 National Championship team and a member of two Rose Bowl teams.

Before transferring to Washington, he was a member of the 1989 UCLA Cotton Bowl championship team. Lal signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Rams in 1998 and was with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 1999.


Randy Hanson joins the Raiders as the assistant defensive backs coach.
Hanson spent three years coaching the secondary at Portland State, also coaching special teams in his final two seasons there. Hanson came to Portland State from Eastern Washington, where he spent five seasons. He was a graduate assistant at the University of Washington from 1996-97, helping coach the defensive line and special teams.

The Burlington, Washington native played quarterback at Stockton Delta Junior College in 1987, Walla Walla Washington Community College from 1988-89, and Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon) from 1990-91.

Hanson joins the Raiders after spending the 2006 season with the St. Louis Rams. Prior to joining the Rams, Hanson coached three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, the first two as an offensive assistant, and the third as the assistant quarterbacks coach.
 
Langlier said:
The Raiders also added four more assistant coaches: John DeFilippo (quarterbacks), James Cregg (assistant offensive line), Randy Hanson (assistant defensive backs) and Sanjay Lal (quality control, offense). The team also announced that Kelly Skipper, who was hired last month, will coach tight ends.
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http://washingtonstate.scout.com/2/344312.html

It seems he was really well liked and thought highly of.
 
So it looks like we still need a WR coach and a DL assistant?
 
Limee said:
So it looks like we still need a WR coach and a DL assistant?
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Eh, we've got 'em lined up already, but can't make an official announcement till after their prom at least.
 
-- Raiders Name Henry --
Mon Mar 19, 2007 --from FFMastermind.com

AP reports Adam Henry, McNeese State's offensive coordinator and receivers coach, has resigned to take a job as a quality control and receivers coach with the Oakland Raiders.
 
What, no one that has been coaching for 30 years?? No one that was running a B and B for 10 years? No one from the league office?

Terry Robiskie wasn't available?

We couldn't get Gunther Cunningham to leave KC?

Where are you Mike White??



Look, this is great that we didn't hire Tim Brown to replace Freddie B. or some other legend to replace Art Shell. Al has seen the result of his Raider family nepotism and living in the past. Al realizes that he not long for this Earth and his window to see one more winning season is slamming shut on him.

He has OBVIOUSLY given Kiff the free reign to hire his own staff and they are young and VIBRANT. These guys will do for the Raiders much of what Gruden did when he came in after a year or two of the geriatrics running the team into the dirt. This is how Al shoud have run things in recent years.
 
True. So very true. This is the first time in a while that I'm legitimately excited about where the franchise is going. Instead of hoping for the best and expecting the worst, I find myself actually being able to look a head a little bit and envision a positive result.
 
jatfly said:
-- Raiders Name Henry --
Mon Mar 19, 2007 --from FFMastermind.com

AP reports Adam Henry, McNeese State's offensive coordinator and receivers coach, has resigned to take a job as a quality control and receivers coach with the Oakland Raiders.
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Adam Henry has produced an outstanding list of wide receivers during his nine years with the Cowboys.

One - Jermaine Martin - is the all-time leading receiver in McNeese history and another - B. J. Sams - was named the SLC's player of the year in 2003 and has become a star in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens.

His receivers have also been the team's MVP the past two years - Henry Smith in 2004 and Quinten Lawrence in 2005.

Henry was a Cowboy wide receiver himself during a four year career at the university and remains in the top 10 among all-time receivers in McNeese history with 93 catches for 1,690 yards.

He spent several seasons as a player with the New Orleans Saints and has served a coaching internship with the Cleveland Browns.

Year at McNeese: 10th (joined in 1997)

Age: 34, born April 27, 1972

High School: Kelly (Beaumont, TX) '90

College: McNeese State '98; masters McNeese State 2001

High School Athletics: all-state in football, basketball and track

College Athletics: all-conference wide receiver; led team in pass receiving in '92 (32 for 553 yards and 4 tds) and '93 (28 for 690 and 9 tds); team's outstanding offensive player in '93

Professional Career: New Orleans Saints '94-96

Coaching Career: joined McNeese in '97 as assistant coach

Married: wife is Eunice

Children: Darian

http://mcneesesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/henry_adam00.html
 
massraider said:
We don't do so well with big-name coaches. Eatman, Slater.
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Never said we did. But I'd prefer someone with a better creme of his crop resume than bj sams. doesnt mean I want Tim Brown taking the job either. Just not willing to call every coach a great hire because they are young and VIBRANT. Dont know enough to have an opinion yet, in fact I may even like the guy. Just not sure yet.
 
Blogging with FS Stuart Schweigert
March 22, 2007

By Stuart Schweigert
Raiders free safety

Hello Raider Nation! I hope everyone is doing well and ready for a great season of Raiders football. I have been staying busy this off-season with visiting family, attending charity events and going to the multiple awards ceremonies for my great friend and teammate Nnamdi Asomugha.

Things have been very exciting here in Raider land with the signing of many new coaches and free agents. I have met with the all the coaches and can truly say that we may have one of the best staffs in all of the NFL. My new defensive backs coach is a former NFL defensive back with some pretty impressive stats. The reason I know his stats are so impressive is because he reminds me every time I see him that he has 38 career picks and that I have a long way to go to catch him (Darren Perry). We have also added Randy Hanson as the assistant defensive backs coach. Coach Hanson is the film breakdown genius. He can tell you what play the offense is going to run just by knowing the down and distance and I am very happy he is with us. With their addition, and of course keeping the usual suspects - Rob Ryan, Don Martindale, Keith Millard, and last but not least, the great Willie Brown, we’re aiming for earning the title of best defense in the NFL this season.
I'm sure you may be wondering when is it time for us to go back to work? You may think after the draft, maybe May, or even the beginning of June. If you guessed any of those you are mistaken. We are now two days into our off-season program and I honestly could not be happier. With the way last season ended I could not wait to get back and get ready for the 2007 season. Our strength and conditioning coach, Jeff Fish, has put together a wonderful program and everyone is back and ready to go.

Well, I hope everyone has enjoyed the update of these past few weeks and I look forward to talking to everyone every week here on Raiders.com. I will talk to you soon and GO RAIDERS!

http://www.raiders.com/Common/Article.aspx?id=17482

and added: a young 6-5, 245 lb pass catching TE sounds good to me. He ran a 4.59 at 220 lbs, I wonder how much slower he's become.

John Madsen Bulking Up for 2007
March 23, 2007
Kevin Hale for raiders.com

Second-year TE John Madsen lifts weights during the first week of the 2007 off-season workout program.
Tony Gonzales
During his first NFL off-season, Raiders tight end John Madsen spent time getting himself prepared for the 2007 season. When Madsen joined the Raiders in 2007 as a wide receiver, he was quickly converted to tight end, a position he had never played before. This off-season, he worked on adding weight in order to fill the role. “I weighed in when I got here about a month and a half ago at 225 pounds, which was not good. By weigh-in on Monday I was 241. I was hitting the weights hard and working with the strength coaches and they got me going in the right direction,” said Madsen.
Though Madsen was busy working on gaining weight this off-season, he was still able to find time to be with his family. “I visited my family back home in Salt Lake City [Utah]. I also went to the [NCAA Football] National Championship game to see Florida play. Coach [Urban] Meyer coached me at Utah so I went and rooted for the Gators. Then I went to Las Vegas for the [NBA] All-Star Game, and I took my dad to the Super Bowl. We both had never been there so we stayed right on South Beach [Florida], and had a great time.”

After spending one year in California, Madsen is starting to become accustomed to the great weather and is happy that he landed with the Raiders in Oakland. “I love it here. I went to Salt Lake City and had to get back here a little sooner than I wanted, because it was too cold there. There was snow on the ground and I’m not a cold person. I had to leave and get back to the warmth. I love the area and love it out here. Last week all my teammates got back and were like ‘how did you get so tan?’ and I said ‘it’s been 80 degrees out here.’ It’s beautiful. I’ve been golfing every day. It’s awesome.”

Madsen is happy to see a lot of his teammates back in California as well. “It’s good to see all the faces back in town. Everybody seems re-energized and ready to get last season out of their minds. We’re trying not to think about what happened to us last year; it’s all about moving forward.”

Madsen wants to continue to grow during the off-season workout program and says that he feels 245-250 pounds would be a good playing weight for him. “I want to get as strong as I can and learn the offense, because obviously it is going to be a new offense and I basically want to become more of a complete player, not primarily a receiving tight end. I want to be [an asset] in the run game. I want to make it so that I can do both, so I’m going to work really hard at that.”

With the Raiders first mini-camp on the horizon, Madsen is excited to work with the new coaches. “They are really hands-on. It’s almost like the college atmosphere I came from at Utah. I think it’s going to be real good for all of us.”

With the 2007 season soon approaching, Madsen says he can’t wait to get started and feels like playing for the Raiders is a dream come true.
 
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