Tuesday, February 21, 2006

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Former Offensive Coordinator Noel Mazzone has joined the Jets Staff.

Mazzone, 48, joins the Jets after having served for much of the past decade as an offensive coordinator on the collegiate level. Mazzone, a graduate of the University of New Mexico, began his coaching career on the high school level in Colorado before moving up to the college ranks, first at Colorado State (1982-1986) where he coached the quarterbacks and receivers before moving on to Texas Christian University (1987-1991), where he coached the quarterbacks before moving onto Minnesota from 1992-1994, overseeing the quarterbacks. Mazzone was promoted to offensive coordinator at Ole Miss in 1995, holding the position on Tommy Tuberville’s staff through 1998, at which point he followed Tuberville to Auburn, where he served as (1999-2001) the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He moved on to Oregon State in 2002 as the running backs and special teams coordinator before heading east to serve as the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at North Carolina State from 2003-2004. Mazzone returned to Ole Miss in 2005 as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The native of Raton, New Mexico was a collegiate signal-caller at UNM and set numerous school records during his career.