Jets / Raiders Connections

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JETS: Head coach Herman Edwards grew up in Seaside and played at the University of California-Berkeley in 1972 and 1974. He was defensive backs coach at San Jose State from 1987-89...Defensive coordinator Donnie Henderson coached linebackers at Cal from 1990-91... Defensive backs coach Corwin Brown was Isaiah Ekejiuba's special teams coach at the University of Virginia from 2002-03...S Erik Coleman was born in Sacramento...TE Doug Jolley was drafted by the Raiders in the second round in 2002 and played with the Raiders from 2002-04.

RAIDERS: Owner Al Davis is from Brooklyn...Player Personnel Director Michael Lombardi is an Ocean City, N.J., native...Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye was the Jets senior offensive assistant in 2002 and the team's assistant head coach in 2003...Special teams coach Joe Avezzano is a native of Yonkers...Running backs coach Skip Peete was the receivers coach at Rutgers in 1995 and was Jets RB Curtis Martin's running back coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 1991-92. Peete played wide receiver for the Jets in 1987... Defensive Quality Control assistant Chris Griswold is a Hornell, N.Y. native who played at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y...DE Bobby Hamilton played for the Jets from 1996-99...RB LaMont Jordan was drafted by the Jets in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft and played with the Jets from 2001-04...WR Johnnie Morant was born in Newark, N.J., attended Parsippany Hills High and Syracuse...T Chad Slaughter was on the Jets active roster in 2000...FB John Paul Foschi grew up on Long Island and attended Chaminade High in Glen Head. He originally signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2004...LB Isaiah Ekejiuba resides in Somerset, N.J....TE Randal Williams is from the Bronx...T Robert Gallery and Jets DB Darrien Johnson were teammates at Iowa...G Ron Stone and Jets G Pete Kendall were teammates at Boston College...WR Carlos Francis and Jets QB Kliff Kingsbury were teammates at Texas Tech...LB Grant Irons and Jets DL Lance Legree were teammates at Notre Dame...LB Danny Clark and Jets G Brandon Moore were teammates at Illinois...S Jarrod Cooper and Jets SS Rashad Washington were teammates at Kansas State...DT Anttaj Hawthorne and Jets QB Brooks Bollinger were teammates at Wisconsin...CB Fabian Washington and Jets WE/LB Trevor Johnson were teammates at Nebraska...QB Kerry Collins and Jets assistant running backs and special teams coach Sam Gash were teammates at Penn State.