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NFL Special Teams coaching news

Gosselin’s Special Teams Rankings

Posted on February 18, 2013 by longsnap

Rick Gosselin of the The Dallas Morning News recently published his well-known rankings of each NFL special teams unit.  Gosselin has been ranking this component of football for 33 years and does his calculations based on 22 different aspects of special … Continue reading →

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NFL Special Teams Coaches In Place

Posted on February 11, 2013 by longsnap

With the story breaking today that the Redskins have hired Keith Burns as their new special teams coach, it looks like the coaching carousel at the position has stopped.  Half of the jobs have turned over after the season for … Continue reading →

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Ravens Wins the Super Bowl

Posted on February 4, 2013 by longsnap

The NFL season ended last night with the Ravens winning the Super Bowl.  Morgan Cox, the Ravens third year snapper, will earn a ring for his efforts.  During the playoffs, just two snappers recorded tackles, as Clark Harris of the Bengals … Continue reading →

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NFL Snapping News

Posted on January 20, 2013 by longsnap

With the Super Bowl teams to be determined today, there has been significant snapping news off the field since the end of the regular season.  As usual, the off-season brings many coaching changes and the special teams coaching position is … Continue reading →

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The Future is Now for Some Snappers and ST Coaches

Posted on January 16, 2013 by longsnap

Although the 2012 NFL season is still continuing with the final four teams this weekend, some teams have already signed players to what are known as future contracts for next season.  In addition, as a result of some firings, there … Continue reading →

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Week Ten in Review

Posted on November 13, 2012 by longsnap

Week Ten featured some critical plays from the special teams units across the NFL.  Heading into this week’s action, there had been 14 punt blocks, after only nine all of last season.  The Bucs added another to that growing total this week, … Continue reading →

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Zauner Programs Help Produce NFL Snappers

Posted on October 3, 2012 by longsnap

In a popular post earlier this year, I discussed some of the options available to a long snapper who is trying to play at the professional level.  One such option that appears to be increasing in its value are the programs … Continue reading →

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Everest Fired by Steelers

Posted on August 23, 2012 by longsnap

In a very rare move, the Steelers terminated Special Teams Coach Al Everest and have replaced him with Amos Jones, who had been his assistant.  Although it is not uncommon to have coaching changes at the end of the season, … Continue reading →

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Avezzano Passes Away

Posted on April 5, 2012 by longsnap

Former NFL special teams coach Joe Avezzano died today while in Italy where he was serving as the head coach of an Italian Football League team.  Avezzano served as special teams coach for the Cowboys and Raiders and won three … Continue reading →

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Long Snapping Prospects Attend Coach Zauner Combine

Posted on March 16, 2012 by longsnap

Former NFL special teams coach Gary Zauner recently concluded his third annual Senior Specialist’s Combine in Arizona.  The goal of Zauner’s Combine is to give senior kickers, punters and snappers that were not invited to the NFL Combine exposure.  Zauner will … Continue reading →

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