Jets hire Broncos' Chris Banjo as special teams coordinator

2 months ago

Banjo spent the past two seasons on the staff of Denver head coach Sean Payton after being an NFL safety for 10 seasons. His departure means all of the Broncos special teams coaches from last season are now gone.Assistant coach Mike Westhoff, a longtime special teams guru, retired in November due to health reasons. And […]

Banjo spent the past two seasons on the staff of Denver head coach Sean Payton after being an NFL safety for 10 seasons. His departure means all of the Broncos special teams coaches from last season are now gone.Assistant coach Mike Westhoff, a longtime special teams guru, retired in November due to health reasons. And special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica was fired two weeks ago.

Banjo will join the staff of Aaron Glenn, hired last week as the Jets’ head coach after being Detroit’s defensive coordinator.The New York Jets are picking up more help from the Broncos.Two sources said Wednesday the Jets are hiring Denver assistant special teams coach Chris Banjo as their special teams coordinator. That follows the Jets last Saturday naming Broncos assistant general manager Darren Mougey as general manager.