Jets' Spotlight: 2015 Coaches

Todd Bowles (with GM Mike Maccagnan) meeting Jets reporters Jan. 21 for the first time since being named the franchise's 18th head coach.

Bowles in sweats in his role as the Jets' defensive backs coach during the 2000 season at Hofstra University.

Bowles played eight seasons as a starting safety in the NFL, seven for Washington, and started in the Super Bowl XXII win over Denver.

Offensive coordinator Chan Gailey has 30-plus years of coaching experience and his NFL stops include head-coaching stints with Dallas in 1998-99 and Buffalo from 2010-12.

Defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers coached high-pressuring defensive lines for the Miami Dolphins from 2008-14.

Jets special teams coordinator Bobby April was named Special Teams Coach of the Year by his peers while with the Bills in 2004 and '08.

Assistant head coach/inside LBs coach Mike Caldwell worked with Bowles at Philadelphia in 2012 and at Arizona the past two seasons.

Robby Brown has been an offensive coordinator for two colleges and last year coached the running backs at South Alabama.

  Outside LBs coach Mark Collins (right) coached up Atlanta's outside 'backers the past five seasons.

  Joe Danna was the DBs coach for the Falcons the past three seasons and worked with Bowles as assistant DBs coach for the Dolphins in 2010-11.

  Wide receivers coach Karl Dorrell was Vanderbilt's offensive coordinator in 2014 and the two seasons before that coached the Texans' QBs.

  Justus Galac begins his fourth season with the Jets and his third as the Green & White's head strength and conditioning coach.

  Steve Hagen, the Jets' tight ends coach the previous two seasons, returns as assistant special teams coach working with ST coordinator Bobby April.

  Ron Heller, the former 12-year starting NFL offensive tackle, is now in his fifth year as an NFL assistant coach and his third as Jets assistant OL coach.

Jimmie Johnson (left) spent eight seasons as Minnesota's tight ends coach and before that was a 10-year blocking TE with four NFL teams.

Pepper Johnson, Jets starting LB in 1997-98, returns to the Green & White after 14 seasons as a Patriots assistant coach and last year as Buffalo's DL coach.

  Kavan Latham becomes assistant strength and conditioning coach after spending last season as a member of the Jets' seasonal strength staff.

  Steve Marshall has vast experience as an OL coach with stops at 12 colleges and pro assignments with the Texans, Browns and last year with the Packers.

  Daylon McCutcheon, Browns starting CB from 1999-2005, was a training camp coaching intern with the Jets in 2013 and with Bowles at Arizona last year.

  Aaron McLaurin is starting his fourth season as an NFL assistant strength and conditioning coach and his second with Justus Galac on the Jets.

Kevin Patullo, who coached three seasons with Chan Gailey at Buffalo and last year at Tennessee, will now develop the Jets QBs along with Gailey.

Among John Scott Jr.'s recent college stops are Buffalo, Texas Tech and Georgia Southern, where he helped coach three FCS playoff teams.

  Marcel Shipp, a Cardinals RB for seven seasons, last year coached the RBs at UMass, where he is considered one of the school's all-time great runners.

Ryan Slowik begins his first season with the Jets and his 11th as an NFL coach after spending six years with Arizona, the past two working with Bowles.