[HT/AP]Former NFL coaches Dennis Green (The UFL is what we thought it would be), Jim Fassel and Jim Haslett will lead teams in the new United Football League.
The league plans to debut in October with four teams in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Orlando and New York. It announced the coaches Wednesday.
Ex-NFL defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell will coach the New York franchise.
Green, the former Vikings and Cardinals coach, will be in San Francisco. Fassel, who led the Giants to the Super Bowl, will coach Las Vegas. Haslett, the ex-Saints coach, will be in Orlando.
The UFL is an outdoor professional football league. Teams are scheduled to play games in Hartford and Los Angeles along with the home markets.
The league also announced that the San Francisco franchise will play games at AT&T Park.
"When seeking coaches for the UFL we set out to find the most outstanding individuals to lead our teams," said Commissioner Michael Huyghue. "We sought leaders with successful NFL backgrounds, who were excellent communicators and teachers of the game and were excited about building new franchises. We were fortunate to find four individuals who embody these attributes. These men are truly winners in every sense of the word."
The gang in the OSG HQ are puzzled by this quote by the commish. What the UFL has attracted are three of the most mediocre head coaches in the NFL and a former NFL defensive coordinator who was on everyones list but never got hired as an NFL head coach. Sure that trio got into the playoffs some years but only Fassel sniffed the Super Bowl and then his NY Giants team got embarrassed.
At least one of those coaches can claim a championship at the end of the "premier" UFL season to put on their resume.
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