Kevin O'Dea Named Colonials Special Teams Coordinator
April 6, 2010 - United Football League (UFL 1)
Hartford Colonials News Release
HARTFORD, CT - Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - Hartford Colonials head coach Chris Palmer has named Kevin O'Dea as his Special Teams Coordinator as the team prepares for the 2010 United Football League season.
O'Dea spent the past two seasons as special teams coach of the New York Jets following two seasons as the assistant special teams coach for the Chicago Bears, where he helped the Bears lead the NFL in overall special teams rankings.
O'Dea spent two years with the Arizona Cardinals where kicker Neil Rackers set the NFL record for most field goals in a season (40), and before that O'Dea was a special teams assistant for the Detroit Lions. He spent six seasons with Tampa Bay, serving as an offensive and defensive assistant, a role he also held with the San Diego Chargers.
The final three years of his eight-year College Football coaching stint came at Penn State where, as a graduate assistant, O'Dea worked with the wide receivers then was named assistant strength coach/defensive line/linebackers. Prior to that, he spent three years at the University of Virginia, as a graduate assistant and assistant strength coach having began his coaching career in 1987 as freshman defensive backs coach at Cornell.
"Kevin has a fantastic track record as a special teams coach and we are delighted to welcome him to the Hartford Colonials," said coach Palmer. "Special teams is a key element of the game that can make or break a season and that area of our team will be in good hands this season."
Hartford Colonials Coaching Staff:
Chris Palmer
Head Coach & General Manager
Ted Daisher
Defensive Line
Oji Fagan
Tight Ends/ Offensive
Frank Hauser
Linebackers
Jerry Holmes
Secondary
Osia Lewis
Defensive Coordinator
Kevin O'Dea
Special Teams Coordinator
Dave Ragone
Quarterbacks
Tony Sparano
Assistant Defensive Line Coach
Shane Waldron
Wide Receivers/ Tight Ends
Todd Washington
Offensive Line
Chris Palmer, Head Coach and General Manager, played football at Immaculate High School in Danbury, CT, and was a quarterback at Southern Connecticut State University before a successful spell coaching at the University of New Haven from 1986-87, posting consecutive 8-2 records. Most recently, Palmer tutored Eli Manning with the New York Giants from 2007 to 2009 and ultimately won a Super Bowl XLII ring.
Group and season tickets to Hartford Colonials games will go on sale in April and the team's new logo and uniforms will also be unveiled in the coming months. Sports fans can call 860-718-0141 for more information about the Colonials.
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