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Meet Your 2008 NFL Head Coaching Candidates: Mike Singletary

Dec 27, 2007 – 7:42 PM
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With NFL head coaching jobs beginning to open, we'll profile some of the candidates to fill those openings.

Name: Mike Singletary

Current job: Assistant head coach/ linebackers coach, San Francisco 49ers

Past jobs: Assistant coach, Baltimore Ravens, 2003-04.

Pros: As a Pro Football Hall of Famer who played linebacker for 12 years on the Chicago Bears, Singletary would have instant credibility in any NFL locker room. He was a head-coaching candidate in a couple of places last year and was said to interview well.

Cons: Singletary would be one of the league's most inexperienced head coaches. He has only five years of coaching experience, and none as a coordinator.

Conclusions: Last year the Falcons' final decision came down to Singletary or Bobby Petrino. Think they wish they could have that one back? This year Singletary turned down the head-coaching job at Baylor, his alma mater, because he thinks he has a chance at a head-coaching job in the NFL, and that may have been a smart move: He will again be a strong candidate in Atlanta.
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