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Romeo Crennel is putting the finishing touches on his new coaching staff in Kansas City, hiring New York Giants assistant offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. to run his offensive line.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Rome Crennel is looking to find a replacement for their recently retired offensive line coach Bill Muir, and they are looking East at the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. According to the Star Ledger's Mike Garafolo, the Chiefs have interviewed Jack Bicknell Jr. who held the assistant offensive line coach with the Giants since 2009 and is behind Pat Flaherty. So far Bicknell is the only candidate to be publicly known to have interviewed for the job.
Most of Bicknell's coaching experience has come from the college ranks where he coached the offensive and defensive lines at New Hampshire, was with Louisiana Tech as their offensive line coach before being their head coach for seven seasons and then returned to his alma mater Boston College to coach the offensive line for two years before going to the Giants.
Coaching runs in the Bicknell family as his father Jack Bicknell was a college head coach for 15 years and coached in NFL Europe for another 14 years, and his brother Bob Bicknell was a former coach with the Chiefs and is currently on the Buffalo Bills staff where he is the wide receivers coach.
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Kansas City Chiefs Hire Jack Bicknell Jr. To Coach Offensive Line
After hiring former Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, new Kansas City Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel rounded out his offensive staff with the hiring of New York Giants assistant offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. to run the Kansas City offensive line.
Bicknell, a 49-year old who was a center at Boston College in the 1980's, began his career in college before moving up to the NFL ranks when the Giants hired him in 2009.
Now, for the first time, he will be given control over an NFL offensive line in Kansas City.
The Giants struggled running the ball this year, but their offensive line was able to keep Eli Manning upright, allowing him to lead them to an unlikely Super Bowl championship.
The Chiefs will be counting on Bicknell's unit to keep returning starter Matt Cassel healthy and pave holes for star RB Jamaal Charles, who missed most of last season with a serious knee injury.
Feb 13 2:47p by Jonathan Tjarks