New York Jets
Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line Coach
6 years coaching with Jets
10 years coaching in NFL
COACHING CAREER
Mike Devlin begins his sixth year on the Jets coaching staff.
He joined the Jets after two seasons as the offensive line coach for the Toledo Rockets of the Mid-American Conference (2004-05). In 2005 he coached an offensive line that plowed the way for the 11th-ranked offense in the country (459.2 yards/game).. He helped develop T Nick Kaczur into a third-round draft pick (2005) by the New England Patriots.
He began his coaching career as offensive quality control coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2000 before being promoted to assistant offensive line coach in 2001.
PLAYING CAREER
Devlin was selected in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
He played in 101 regular-season games over seven seasons, from 1993-95 with the Bills and from 1996-99 with the Cardinals.
He appeared in Super Bowl XXVIII with the Bills.
He earned All-America honors at the University of Iowa and was a semifinalist for the Outland Trophy as the nation’s top interior lineman in 1992.
He was named Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year in 1992 and was tabbed Big Ten MVP by the Chicago Tribune.
He earned All-America honors at Cherokee High School in Marlton, NJ, before matriculating to Iowa.
OFF THE FIELD
Devlin was born in Blacksburg, VA.
He and his wife, Julie, have four children: sons Zachary and Matthew and daughters Hallie and Carlie.
