2 Coaches Promoted

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on January 29th, 2008 filed in News

The New Orleans Saints have promoted two assistant coaches on Monday; Greg McMahon was promoted from assistant special teams coach to special teams coordinator and Dennis Allen was elevated from assistant defensive line coach to secondary coach.  McMahon replaces John Bonamego, who took the same position with the Miami Dolphins, and Allen replaces Tom Hayes.

McMahon has been the assistant special teams coach for 2 season with the Saints after coming from the college ranks; McMahon coached special teams for 13 years  at Illinois before spending the 2005 season at East Carolina.  Allen was a secondary coach at Tulsa in 2000-01, and he assisted with the secondary for 2 seasons during a 4-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons, which preceded his time woth New Orleans.