Bills hire three new assistant coaches

[Billadelphia]

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...61-5683a7af1400

 

Official now: DeHaven, Cortez, Hixon. They also retained Adrian White for the D.

[Fan in Chicago]

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...61-5683a7af1400

 

Cortez - QB coach

DeHaven - ST

Hixon - Receivers

Keep White - Defensive QC

[Mr. ChumChums]

With the Hixon hire, we might see Josh Reed back next year. He coached Reed at LSU when he had 94 catches for 1740 yards his senior season.

[BillsFan-4-Ever]

it's good to see that the ST's are in good hands with DeHaven

[DPR4444]

With the Hixon hire, we might see Josh Reed back next year. He coached Reed at LSU when he had 94 catches for 1740 yards his senior season.

 

 

wow - i wasn't aware of that.

 

I think Reed can still be an effective 3rd receiver, even more so with a coach he had success with.

[folz]

We all know about BRUCE DEHAVEN

 

 

But here's a little more info on the others:

 

STAN HIXON

 

http://www.redskins.com/gen/coaches/Stan_Hixon.jsp

 

Stan coached six seasons as the Redskins wide receivers coach. Under Hixon’s tutelage, Moss had a breakout season in 2005--his first year with the Redskins--that ended with his first trip to the Pro Bowl.

 

Hixon's successful college coaching experience makes him an excellent guide for young players.

 

Prior to joining the Redskins, Hixon coached four years at LSU (2000-03). He served as associate head coach in addition to wide receivers coach and was part of the Tigers’ 2003 NCAA National Championship team. He coached players to three 1,000-yard seasons and had a player named first-team All-SEC three times.

 

Under Hixon’s guidance, Michael Clayton became the fifth 1,000-yard receiver in LSU history and the second under Hixon. That year, Clayton, Henderson and Green combined for 171 catches for 2,374 yards and 26 touchdowns.

 

In 2001, Hixon coached Josh Reed to one of the most dominating seasons ever by a receiver in SEC history. Reed caught a school-record 94 passes for an SEC-record 1,740 yards and seven touchdowns. He was named an All-American and won the Fred Biletnikoff Award, given to college football’s top wide receiver.

 

Prior to LSU, Hixon coached wide receivers at Georgia Tech (1995-99), developing a pair of All-ACC receivers in Campbell and White. He previously coached running backs for two seasons at Wake Forest (1993-94).

 

Hixon served as wide receivers coach at South Carolina (1989-92), producing All-Americans Brooks and Miller, and at Appalachian State (1983-88). He began his college coaching career overseeing running backs at Morehead State (1980-82).

 

Hixon was a standout receiver at Iowa State. He starred in the Peach Bowl in 1977 and the Hall of Fame Bowl in 1978.

 

 

 

GEORGE CORTEZ

 

http://www.stampeders.com/team/football_op/profile/?id=4

 

Cortez has spent 17 seasons in the Canadian Football League — 10 with Calgary, two in Ottawa, four with Montreal and one with Saskatchewan. In six seasons as an offensive coordinator in the CFL (all with the Stamps), Cortez has been to the Grey Cup five times—winning in 1992, 1998, 2001 and 2008.

 

In his second season since rejoining the team in 2007, Cortez’s offence was again among the league leaders in most offensive categories, ranking second in the league in points scored, total offence, average offence per game, first downs, rushing yards and rushing yards per game. The offence led the CFL with the fewest passes intercepted.

 

He worked closely with quarterback Henry Burris, who posted career numbers, and guided him to his first Most Outstanding Player nomination. Burris was named the MVP of the Grey Cup game after helping to post 443 yards of total offence in the championship game. Cortez’s offence also boasted the league’s leading rusher in Joffrey Reynolds, who eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for the fourth consecutive season.

 

Cortez worked for the Montreal Alouettes/Concordes from 1983-86 and with the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1990-91 before joining the Stampeders in 1992 as the offensive line coach. He spent three years in this role before a two-year stint at Southern Methodist University as quarterbacks coach.

 

He returned to the Stamps in 1997 and became the club’s offensive coordinator in 1998. During eight seasons in Calgary, he designed successful offences and is credited with developing quarterbacks Jeff Garcia, Dave Dickenson and Burris.

 

In his first year as Calgary's offensive coordinator, the Stampeders claimed the Grey Cup as the Garcia-led offence paced the CFL in 10 statistical departments. A year later, injuries forced Calgary to use three different starting quarterbacks but Cortez helped the Stamps to their fourth West Division title and Calgary led the CFL in seven offensive categories.

 

In 2000, Cortez helped Dickenson become the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player and Calgary’s offence ranked first or second in seven league offensive categories. A year later, the Stamps led the league in eight offensive categories — including scoring (25.4 points per game) — and running back Kelvin Anderson gained 1,383 yards to lead the top-ranked rushing offence.

 

After Calgary won the Grey Cup in 2001, Cortez joined the University of California Golden Bears as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He spent four years at Cal and worked with quarterbacks Kyle Boller and Aaron Rodgers, who became first-round picks in the National Football League Draft.

 

He would rejoin the Stamps as offensive coordinator/associate head coach in 2007 and under his direction, the Stamps led the league in rushing offence and passing offence while quarterback Henry Burris led the league with 34 touchdown passes despite missing four games.

 

 

 

 

ADRIAN WHITE

 

White is a former NFL defensive back selected in the 2nd round of the 1987 draft by the New York Giants.

White spent six seasons in the NFL from 1987-93.

 

http://www.nflplayers.com/user/content.asp...igh=443,0,820,n

 

After retiring from playing cornerback in the NFL for seven years (including being a member of the Giants 1990 Super Bowl Championship team, though he sat out due to injuries), White coached at Southern Illinois University and then coached for two teams in NFL Europe from 2000 to 2007, as the defensive back coach and defensive coordinator. During NFL Europe’s off-seasons, he coached in the NFL. White, 44, is the Buffalo Bills Defensive Quality Control Coach after interning there during 2 previous seasons. (for the bills during the Training Camps of 2006 and 2007).