Two former Morehead State University assistant football coaches and now NFL head coaches won their respective games over the weekend in the first round of the AFC playoffs.
The New York Jets and Rex Ryan defeated Cincinnati, 24-14, Saturday while John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens eliminated New England, 33-14, on Sunday.
Ryan served as the defensive coordinator for MSU from 1990-93. After spending three years at the University of Pittsburgh under MSU Hall of Famer Mike Gottfried, Harbaugh served as an Eagle assistant in 1988 where he was special teams, secondary, strength and conditioning coach.
Baltimore will take on Indianapolis on Saturday, Jan. 16, while New York will face San Diego on Sunday, Jan. 17, in the AFC divisional round.
A third former Eagles assistant, Mike Smith, former defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at MSU, just finished his second season as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. He guided the Falcons to their first back-to-back winning seasons in team history.
