Baltimore Ravens Coach's Promotion

The National Football League team Baltimore Ravens has promoted Greg Mattison to the defensive coordinator. This is a move that is designed to maintain continuity on the section that excelled under Rex Ryan.

Mattison was hired by the Baltimore's as a linebackers coach last February. Having only one year of experience in the NFL, the 59 year old Mattison was the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, Florida and Michigan.

The Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh praised Mattison saying that Greg is a person that he has full trust and belief in not only for his track record. I have full trust and belief in, and not just because of his track record, but also the good job he did as the linebackers. Harbaugh added that Greg has established himself as among the best coaches in the NFL and that the players can attest to that thought.

Greg Mattison will be replacing Rex Ryan, who had served as the Ravens defensive coordinator for four seasons before leaving to take over as head coach of the New York Jets.

Mattison will take over the high standard defense that earned them the rank of the second best defense in the NFL; it also helped the Ravens to advance to the AFC championship, with the help of outstanding linebackers like Bart Scott, Terrell Suggs and Ray Lewis.

Head coach Harbaugh praised the former defensive coach Rex, saying that he did a good job and that he brought out the most out of his players. He added that he has belief that Greg has the same qualities as a coach and he believes that he will compliment the departed Rex. Mattison says that he intends to employ the same tactics (pressure packed defense) that Rex had applied as it was so successful.

On his acceptance speech, Mattison said that he strongly believes that for a defense to be successful they should be aggressive and also to be an attacking defense.

Harbaugh had considered going outside the team to look for Rex’s replacement but he later resorted to inside men who had worked under Rex like Mattison, Vic Fangio, Clarence Brooks and Chuck Pagano, finally settling for Mattison.

In further promotions; Fangio was promoted to be the linebackers coach, and the special team’s coordinator Jerry Rosburg was promoted to the post of the assistant head coach.

Greg Mattison’s coaching career started in 1971 at the high school level, this is before he served as the assistant at Cornell, Northwestern and Illinois. Harbaugh and Mattison met as the now head coach was serving a six-year contract at Western Michigan from 1981 to 1986.

Mattison then was in the Navy for two years, this was later followed by stays at Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Michigan and Florida.

All the Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinators have gone ahead to become head coaches for instance Mike Nolan, Marvin Lewis and Rex Ryan, this has been so since the Ravens came from Cleveland to Baltimore before the season of 1996.

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