Archive for January, 2008

Sanders Tabbed As Offensive Coordinator

                                The St. Louis Rams continue their coaching staff overhaul in earnest as they hired Al Saunders as the team’s offensive coordinator Wednesday; Saunders, who signed a three-year contract, will call the plays next season, according to Rams spokesman Rick Smith.  Saunders replaces Greg Olson, who has ben hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers [...]

Report: Rams Negotiating With Saunders

Al Saunders could be rejoining the Rams’ coaching staff as the team’s offensive coordinator.  According to the “St. Louis Post-Dispatch,” the organization has begun contract negotiations to bring Saunders in to run the offense.  The 60-year-old served as the Rams’ wide receivers coach and associate head coach in 1999 and 2000.  Saunders was fired by [...]

Rams Want Williams to Coach Secondary

Now that Gregg Williams is out of a job in Washington, there is a shot that he may come to St.Louis.  Today’s St.Louis Post Dispatch is reporting that the Rams want Williams to be the teams new secondary coach.  Now Williams was up for the Skins coaching job, so having him join the Rams as [...]

Former Rams Guard Timmerman to Tell the League He’s Done Playing

The career of former Rams guard Adam Timmerman has come to an end.  The St.Louis Post Dispatch is reporting that Timmerman is going to give his official notice to the league that he is not going to play anymore.  He was a free agent last season, visited a few teams, but ended up simply staying [...]

Dispatch Reports Olson to Take Over QB’s in Tampa Bay

The St.Louis Post Dispatch is reporting that Greg Olson, former Rams offensive coordinator is set to become the Bucs new quarterbacks coach. Olson coached QB’s in San Fran back when Jeff Garcia was there in 2001, so he has a history with Garcia already. The Rams continue to look for a new coordinator to coach [...]

Rams Fire Two More Assistants

The St. Louis Rams are still continuing to clean house; first it was offensive line coach Paul Boudreau and offensive coordinator Greg Olson.  Add two more names to the list: secondary coach Willy Robinson and running backs aide Wayne Moses; Robinson and Moses were part of head coach Scott Linehan’s original staff with the club [...]

Rams Owner Frontiere Passes Away at 80

The Rams have announced owner Georgia Frontiere died earlier today. She had been in the hospital for several months with breast cancer. Below is an article on the Rams official website about her passing Georgia Frontiere, owner of the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams, passed away in Los Angeles today. She had been hospitalized [...]

Rams Hire Loney

                                    Slowly but surely the St. Louis Rams’ coaching staff is taking shape as on Thursday night, team head coach Scott Linehan has added Steve Loney as an offensive line coach, replacing Paul Boudreau.  Loney,prior to the hire, was an interim head coach at Drake University, but worked with Linehan from 2002-04 while with [...]