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The Atlanta Falcons announced their three new coordinators on Thursday evening under Arthur Smith with the addition of Dean Pees as defensive coordinator, Dave Ragone as offensive coordinator and Marquice Williams as special teams coordinator.
Four other coaches were added to Smith’s staff on Friday morning: Frank Bush (linebacker coach) Charles London (quarterback coach), Dwayne Ledford (offensive line coach) and Danny Breyer (offensive assistant).
Bush spent the last two seasons with the New York Jets as an assistant defense / linebacker head coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator for the last four games of the 2020 season. Prior to his stint with the Jets, Bush was the 2017-18 assistant head / linebacker coach for the Miami Dolphins. His 30-year coaching career has also included saves with the Rams (2013-16), Titans (2011-12), Texans (2007-10), Cardinals (2004-06) and Broncos (1995 -2003).
London has been the running back coach for the Chicago Bears for the past three seasons, working directly with and developing David Montgomery and Tarik Cohen. He started his NFL coaching career in Chicago (2007-09) as an offensive quality control assistant before moving to Tennessee where he had that same role for the 2011 season. London returned to the coaching ranks in 2012 when he coached running backs at Penn State. The Houston Texans drew London to the NFL in 2014 where he was the running backs coach from 2014 to 2017 before returning to Chicago.
Ledford joins the Falcons from the varsity ranks where he recently led the Louisville Cardinals offense as offensive coordinator / offensive line coach since 2018. Prior to his stint with the Cards, Ledford was associate head coach / play coordinator running / offensive line coach at NC State (2016-17). While training in the NFL is new to Ledford, the game is not. Ledford played in the league from 1999 to 2006 for five different teams (49ers, Jaguars, Panthers, Browns and Saints).
Breyer returns for his second season with the Falcons. He and Dave Brock are two coaches Arthur Smith retained from the previous coaching staff. Prior to his move to Atlanta, Breyer was an analytical assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before being promoted to defensive assistant coach in 2017-18.
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