James Donald "Jim" Haslett (born December 9, 1955 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is currently the head coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. Previously, he served as head coach for the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams in the National Football League.
He attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania (he has since been inducted into the college football hall of fame), a...
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James Donald "Jim" Haslett (born December 9, 1955 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He is currently the head coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. Previously, he served as head coach for the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams in the National Football League.
He attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania (he has since been inducted into the college football hall of fame), and was selected in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. He was a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills until 1985, and played with the New York Jets in 1987. He was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year for 1979. In a 2005 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Haslett admitted to using steroids while playing for the Buffalo Bills. Haslett went on record saying that "everybody tried it" to gain a competitive advantage against opposing teams.
His first coaching position was as an Assistant Coach at the University at...
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