Fassel Wants To Coach Raiders

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Jim Fassel has reportedly sent a letter to Raiders owner Al Davis expressing his desire to coach the team.

Fassel last worked as offensive coordinator of the Ravens from 2003 to 2006. He was head coach of the Giants from 1997 until the team fired him after the 2003 season.

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ok this has to be a sign of the apocalypse...jk it wont matter long as davis runs the show

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So, Fassel will be coaching.....

Younger Fassel selected to guide Raiders' special teams

The Raiders promoted John Fassel to special teams coach Saturday, as managing general partner Al Davis continued his quest to rebuild a coaching staff that lost all three of its coordinators.

Fassel, 34, replaces Brian Schneider, hired by USC on Wednesday after spending two seasons with the Raiders.

Fassel joined the Raiders in 2008 after a three-year stint with the Baltimore Ravens. His father, Jim Fassel, was the Ravens offensive coordinator during part of that three-year period.

Davis spent part of Saturday interviewing linebackers coach Don Martindale for an unspecified position on the 2009 staff. Two people familiar with the process said Martindale is being considered as the replacement for departed defensive coordinator Rob Ryan.

Martindale has spent five seasons with the Raiders. Davis is fond of Martindale, to the point that he gave him a contract extension before the 2007 season as a means of preventing him from leaving for a position at Stanford. That contract expired Tuesday, along with those of all but one member of the Raiders coaching staff.

Davis still is undecided on a head coach. The Raiders also need an offensive coordinator after Greg Knapp took a similar position with the Seattle Seahawks earlier this month.

In other news, new Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels reportedly hired Ed Donatell as his defensive backs coach Saturday.

Donatell was rumored to be a potential candidate for the Raiders

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