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Patriots coaching, scouting moves

Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff February 12, 2009 02:08 PM

The Patriots announced today that Shane Waldron is the team's new tight ends coach, and Jon Robinson has been named director of college scouting.

Also, Monti Ossenfort has been named national scout.

Here is some of the text of the team's official release, with analysis to come:

Tight Ends Coach Shane Waldron will enter his second season as a member of the Patriots coaching staff and his fifth season with the organization in 2009. Waldron spent the 2008 season as an offensive coaching assistant for New England. He previously spent three seasons with the Patriots as a football operations intern and a football operations assistant from 2002-04.

Director of College Scouting Jon Robinson will enter his eighth season in the Patriots’ personnel department and served as the assistant director of college scouting in 2008. He joined the Patriots in 2002 as an area scout and served in that position for four seasons from 2002-05. In 2006, he became a regional scout and served in that role for two seasons from 2006-07.

National Scout Monti Ossenfort will enter his eighth season in the NFL and his fifth year with the Patriots, joining Bob Quinn as a Patriots national scout. Ossenfort was an area scout for the Patriots for three seasons from 2006-08 and was a personnel assistant for New England in 2003. He gained his first player personnel experience in 2002 as an intern in the Houston Texans’ pro personnel department. After spending the 2003 season with the Patriots, he returned to the Texans and served as a pro and college scouting assistant in 2004 and as a college scout in 2005.

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3 comments so far...
  1. Great move by giving Waldron a bump-up. The guy's the next big name to come out of this staff. Another NESCAC product.

    Posted by Lee February 12, 09 02:49 PM
  1. I googled Waldron and he spent three seasons in Notre Dame with Weiss as well. Seems like he'll know the offensive system through and through.

    Posted by The Counselor February 12, 09 02:57 PM
  1. Yeah, and my guess is he'll have a first or second round draft pick, as well as one or both of Watson and Thomas to work with. Nice position to step into. Our TEs had a bad year, so the only way is up.

    Posted by Ben in London February 12, 09 06:50 PM
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