The New York Jets are searching for their 16th full-time head coach and their interview process will begin in earnest this weekend.

Both offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and assistant head coach/offensive line coach Bill Callahan will get their opportunities Friday. And then on Saturday, Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is scheduled to visit with Jets management.

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The Jets reached out to Bill Cowher about their head coaching vacancy but were informed Tuesday night that Cowher has politely removed his name from the list of potential candidates. 

"After reaching out to Coach Cowher's representatives, we were informed tonight that he is not a candidate for the position," said Jets team spokesman Bruce Speight.

According to a source familiar with conversatio… More

The Jets’ coaching search is officially under way and there has been an awful lot of speculation on Bill Cowher today.

John Clayton of ESPN.com reported this morning that the former Steelers head coach was not interested in the Jets’ vacancy because he wanted to bring in his own personnel director and the team wouldn't be open to that arrangement.

Then early this afternoon, ESPN.com reported… More

I was trying to be diplomatically neutral — or was it ironically vague? — when I suggested to one of my coworkers that today's Jets developments were "interesting."

"They're not interesting," he replied with a pained smile. "This is tough."

Well, yes, it is that, too. The Jets and head coach Eric Mangini parting company today is tough indeed. Difficult on several levels.

It's tough from the… More

The Jets' Meadowlands locker had the hushed tones of a funeral parlor, and in a way it was. The players are all still very much alive, but they won't be kicking — or catching or throwing or running or blocking — into the postseason because the collective Jets body came to rest in Week 17 at the Meadowlands with its fourth loss in five games and its playoff opportunities deceased.

Then there w… More