- Associated Press
Jets hire 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as coach
The New York Jets were searching for a leader, someone who could bring a frustrated, playoff-starved franchise back to respectability. The Jets reached an agreement in principle with the popular and energetic San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Thursday night to hire him as their head coach. Saleh replaces Adam Gase, who was fired by on Jan. 3 after going 9-23 in two seasons.
- PA Media: Sport
Robert Saleh to join New York Jets and become NFL’s first Muslim head coach
Saleh is set to leave his post as defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers.
- Yahoo Sports
Jets coach Robert Saleh's Muslim American roots can be found in Dearborn, an All-American football town
The hiring also serves as a beacon to a community that is too often marginalized as not really American, or, even worse, as a threat to America.
AFC East Table
| W | L | T | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | |
| 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 |
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- - Clinched Division