Tennessee Titans - Defensive Coordinator Named!

Titan's secondary coach Chuck Cecil has beenRobertson played at 10 seasons for the Oilers
promoted to the post of the defensiveTitans franchise and won all Pro honors during the
coordinator and Marcus Robertson to secondary1993 season.
coach and named Tim Hauck as the assistantWith five years coaching experience and 13 years
secondary coach.as a NFL player Hauck joins the Titans. He was
Beginning as a quality control coach in 2001 - 2003the safeties coach at UCLA the previous season
Cecil has worked with the team as their coachand enabled the Bruins defense emerge second
for eight seasons not forgetting he coached thebest in the PAC-10 defense category.
safeties and nickel backs in 2004-2006 before heHauck was at the University of Montana for four
became the secondary coach for the last twoyears where he coached the secondary in 2007
seasons i.e. 2007-2008. Under his leadership, titansand coached the safeties for three years before
received three invitations for its players to projoining UCLA. Montana settled for the 10th position
bowl and the team won 19 interceptions for thein 2007 with 17 interceptions and eight pass touch
NFL where they were ranked 7th on the defense.downs.
Cecil who replaces Jim Schwartz who joinedHe began his 13 year NFL career as an unsigned
Detroit lions as head coach has 15 years NFLfree agent while working with the patriots in 1990,
experience and also as a player and coach. He isand has ever worked with Green Bay, Denver,
remembered for his tackling and aggressive styleSeattle, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
as a safety while with the green bay packers inThe top priority of the titans this off season will
1988, Phoenix Cardinals in 1993 and Houston Oilersbe to sign defensive Albert Haynesworth after
in 1995. Cecil has won Pro Bowl honors after thethey have gathered more information about the
season games in 1992. Titan's head coach saysplayer. Haynesworth has been blamed to be the
this move will ensure continuity for the team'scause of an accident that left a Tennessee man
defense and Cecil has seen the team through itswith a medical surgery of hip replacement; a case
difficult situations.being reviewed by the district attorney general.
On the other hand, Robertson has been with theHaynesworth is due to become a free agent on
titans for two seasons as the assistant secondaryFebruary 27 and the highly paid NFL's defensive
coach. Robertson and Cecil have been applaudedplayer. He is facing charges for careless driving
for their efforts that led to the quickand using an expired registration during the
development of the secondary into the bestincident though he dismissed the claims.
league.Haynesworth has in the past suffered a left knee
Before joining the titan's as director of playerinjury in Houston that made him miss out on two
development, a position he served for four yearsfinal games of the season.
Robertson was pursuing a 12 year NFL career.