{"id":743985,"date":"2026-02-11T03:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/743985\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T03:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:54:29","slug":"falcons-hire-two-new-assistant-coaches-retain-two-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/743985\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons hire two new assistant coaches, retain two others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Atlanta Falcons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> hired two new assistant coaches and retained two others on Tuesday afternoon. The team added Ricky Manning Jr. as the assistant defensive backs\/nickels coach and LaTroy Lewis as the new assistant defensive line coach.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Falcons retained inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud and promoted defensive assistant John Timu to outside linebackers coach.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Manning served as the defensive backs coach for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Las Vegas Raiders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> in 2024. Prior to that, he spent three years with the New York Jets (2021-2023) as an assistant under current Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis served as the defensive line coach at the University of Toledo last season after spending the previous three years as a graduate assistant at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Ruud has served as the Falcons&#8217; inside linebackers coach since 2024. He played linebacker in the NFL from 2005-2012, primarily for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa Bay Buccaneers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Timu began his career as a graduate assistant at Washington and later joined the Los Angeles Chargers as a defensive assistant in 2022 and was promoted to assistant defensive line coach in 2023. Timu joined the Falcons&#8217; staff as a defensive assistant in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefalconswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/falcons\/2026\/02\/10\/falcons-staff-changes\/88612734007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Atlanta Falcons make changes to coaching staff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Atlanta Falcons make changes to coaching staff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Falcons hired two new assistant coaches and retained two others on Tuesday afternoon. 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