Anyone know anything about him? Can't be worse than what we had... can it?
The Jets are losing their special teams coordinator, Ben Kotwica, after just one season.
Kotwica will take the same job with the Washington Redskins, who publicly confirmed the hire, which was first reported by Fox Sports... Under Kotwica, the Jets had a so-so year on special teams, with their biggest area of strength being kickoff coverage. They finished 27th in the NFL in net punting, 24th in opposing net punting, 18th in kickoff returns, 16th in punt returns, 11th in opposing kickoff returns and 27th in opposing punt returns.
But kicker Nick Folk did credit Kotwica with allowing him to cut back on the volume of field goals he kicked in practice. Folk said this helped keep him fresh later in the season. Kotwica’s predecessor, Mike Westhoff, wanted Folk to kick a lot more in practice. Folk this season made a career-best 91.7 percent of his field goals (33 of 36).
Kotwica in 2013 replaced Westhoff, a special teams pioneer who retired after the 2012 season. Westhoff had coordinated the Jets’ special teams since 2001. In December, Kotwica interviewed for the head coaching position at Army, his alma mater, but the school hired Georgia Southern head coach Jeff Monken. Kotwica was the Jets’ assistant special teams coordinator from 2009-12 and a quality control coach for defense and special teams from 2007-08.