Gregg Williams

Saints hire Rob Ryan to be defensive coordinator

2013-02-09 11:31:00

Rob Ryan's five minutes of unemployment lasted four weeks, but he's now the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints. When Ryan became one of the fall guys for the Dallas Cowboys' failed season, he said he wasn't worried about losing his job...

NFL reinstates 'bountygate' coach Gregg Williams; Titans hire him

2013-02-07 10:58:00

The NFL has reinstated former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams after suspending him for his role in the New Orleans' bounty scandal, and the Tennessee Titans have added him to their coaching staff as senior assistant coach....

Live discussion: NFL Slam with Mark and Sam

2012-12-14 10:46:00

This week's Friday edition of our NFL Google+ hangout -- "NFL Slam with Mark and Sam," starring Times NFL columnist Sam Farmer and Mark Thompson of "Mark and Brian" radio fame -- will start at 11:30 a.m. today and cover a host of topics. One topic could...

Who was the biggest winner and loser in Paul Tagliabue's decision?

2012-12-12 10:38:00

Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue affirmed Tuesday the "factual findings" of Commissioner Roger Goodell but vacated any penalties to the players involved in the New Orleans Saints bounty program. Writers from around the Tribune Co. will discuss who...

Bounty hunters are not new in the NFL

2012-10-09 00:00:00

There they were Sunday night, during the televised NFL game, their pictures flashed to a nation of TV viewers, with penalties incurred listed below. They were three known New Orleans Saints evildoers. They might just as well have been on the wall of a...

Around the NFL, lost causes and found objects

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Who says Tom Brady isn't a great scrambler? The Patriots quarterback was scrambling all over the New England sideline Sunday in Buffalo, frantically searching for his missing helmet before his team's first possession of the third quarter. He couldn't...

Saints go marching in -- straight to the NFL's costly doghouse

2012-03-21 16:37:05

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Mark Wiedmer column

2013-05-09 01:54:03

It's been nearly six weeks since Louisville reserve guard Kevin Ware fell to the basketball court in total agony on Easter afternoon, his right tibia snapped in two and sticking through his skin during a Midwest Regional final win over Duke. But for...

Should Gregg Williams have a place in NFL?

2013-02-10 21:38:00

He served his time Omar Kelly Sun Sentinel Gregg Williams embarrassed the NFL by serving as the architect of a violent bounty system that has been the undercurrent of football for decades. He paid the harshest penalty for Bountygate. He has served...

Teel Time: U.Va. coordinator Fairchild's former boss calls him demanding, flexible

2013-02-03 21:03:00

When Sonny Lubick landed his first Division I-A head-coaching job, at Colorado State in 1993, then-Western Athletic Conference rival San Diego State was a natural place to search for assistants to run the offense. First with Dan McGwire at quarterback...

Teel Time: Fairchild faces difficult chore reviving Virginia's long-dormant offense

2013-01-30 17:21:00

In Tom O’Brien’s six seasons as Virginia’s offensive coordinator, 1991-96, the Cavaliers never ranked below 38th nationally in scoring. Their high was 12th, in 1992, their average 26th. Steve Fairchild’s none-too-easy job:...

Saints' Vitt denies Williams' claim

2012-12-13 13:13:00

New Orleans Saints interim coach Joe Vitt issued a stern denial regarding former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams' claim that Vitt insisted on keeping the team's bounty program in place despite an NFL investigation. “We knew the scuds were...

Gregg Williams with the Saints in 2010. After a year on suspension from the NFL, he'll be part of the Tennessee Titans' staff next season.

2013-02-07 10:43:35

Many called the penalties unfair and criticisms of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's transparency forced Goodell to appoint NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue as an independent arbitrator. Tagliabue subsequently overturned all player suspensions.

2012-12-13 15:15:26