Jeff Ulbrich on New Falcons Coach
It would not be inaccurate to call Raheem Morris, the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, a coaching lifer.
Still a spry 47 years old, Morris got his start holding clipboards as a graduate assistant at Hofstra University — the one-time long-time home of the Jets — as a graduate assistant in 1998. He played safety there from 1994-97 after graduating from Irvington High School in New Jersey.
Morris and Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, the head coach of the National Team at this year’s Senior Bowl, crossed paths with the Falcons when they joined the coaching staff in 2015 — Ulbrich as the linebackers coach and Morris as the assistant head coach and pass game coordinator.
Asked about Morris landing the head job in Atlanta, a team which also recently interviewed Bill Belichick, Ulbrich did not mince words.
“How much time do we got?” Ulbrich said. “Raheem, in my opinion, is the best, if not the best coach that I have ever been around in every way. He is the rare guy that he can connect, he can motivate at a whole different level than most. But he also has this enormous brain, he is very cerebral at the same time. So, they are getting this really cool mixture of both. The best of both worlds which is so rare nowadays. You are getting an elite father, elite husband, an elite friend. He checked every box, they did.”
His NFL coaching career began with the Jets in 2001 as a minority intern on the defensive staff. After landing a job with Tampa Bay in 2002, Morris worked his way up the coaching ladder and became the head coach there for a couple of seasons (2009-11). He was back in Atlanta in 2015 when Dan Quinn became the Falcons’ head coach. He later helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI as the team’s defensive coordinator (2021-23).
Now he’s back in Georgia as the top dog — joining three other African-Americans (Mike Tomlin, Todd Bowles and DeMeco Ryans) as…
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