Lions Hire J. Washburn As OL Coach

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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -The Detroit Lions have hired Jeremiah Washburn as assistant offensive line coach.
Detroit coach Jim Schwartz announced Washburn's hiring on Saturday. Washburn joins the Lions after spending six seasons working in the player personnel department for the Baltimore Ravens.
For the past four seasons, Washburn was the Ravens' area scout for the Southwest.
In 2002, Washburn entered the NFL as a football operations assistant with the Carolina Panthers. He was a three-year guard at Arkansas.

I thought this was interesting. This is our Coach Washburn's son. :)

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Oops, I guess I messed up. It was Oline coach and not Dline coach.

Here's his bio from the Ravens website




Jeremiah Washburn is in his 4th year as the Ravens’ area scout for the Southwest. Washburn covers schools from the Big 12, SEC, WAC and Conference USA. Washburn works with Ravens Northeast area scout Joe Douglas to organize and coordinate the post-draft free agent signing process. Assigned the linebacker position, he views tape and ranks all the LBs considered “draftable” by the Ravens. His father is Tennessee Titans D-Line coach Jim Washburn.

2003-07: (with Baltimore)

2005-08: Baltimore selected WR/RS Yamon Figurs (3rd, Kansas State) in the ‘07 draft, G/C Chris Chester (2nd, Oklahoma) and P Sam Koch (6th, Nebraska) in the ‘06 draft, and WR Mark Clayton (1st, Oklahoma) and OLB Dan Cody (2nd, Oklahoma) in ‘05, all of whom were from Washburn’s scouting area.

2003-04: Spent 2 seasons with the team as a player personnel assistant...Assisted in pro scouting (some advance scouting of upcoming opponents, unrestricted free agents, NFL Europa and other free agents), and assisting college scouting director Eric DeCosta in preparation for the NFL Draft by doing cross-checks for schools on the East Coast.

2002: (with Carolina) Started his NFL career with the Panthers as a football operations assistant.

COLLEGE: Was a 3-year guard on the Arkansas offensive line...The international economics major was a 2-year graduate assistant for the Razorbacks’ athletic department while earning his MBA.

PERSONAL: Jeremiah’s father, Jim, has been the defensive line coach for the Tennessee Titans since 1999...Washburn attended Shelby (NC) HS...Jeremiah and his wife, Susan, live with their daughter, Ally (5), and their son, Andrew (3), in Frisco, TX.

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good for him