DENTON, Texas – John Fassel was ready for a change.
And, the popular and successful veteran special teams coach believes he’s found a great fit in Tennessee.
He’s looking forward to making a difference.
“I’d been at Dallas for five years, and sometimes you just get to a point where it feels like you want a little bit of a change of scenery, the competitor in you wants to go somewhere new and kind of start over again,” Fassel said from the East-West Shrine Bowl. “There’s a lot of factors. Obviously in Dallas, with the head coaching change, there was a lot of unknown, so that was a big part of it. I had the opportunity to make a decision to go to Tennessee instead of waiting to see what was going to happen in Dallas, and I was excited about that. Plus, I’ve always kind of been interested in Nashville. So, there’s a lot of perfect storm reasons why I felt it was the right time.”
At the time, the Cowboys hadn’t yet promoted Brian Schottenheimer to head coach, which they did on Friday.
Another reason Fassel said he was confident in the move: He believes in Titans coach Brian Callahan.
Fassel joined Callahan and Tennessee’s coaches at the East-West Shrine Bowl on Friday. The Titans hired Fassel after making a change on the coaching staff on special teams, where the team had its share of struggles in 2024.
“I think coming to a team where it feels like it’s new, it’s young, a great staff is in place,” Fassel said. “It makes you want to be a part of something you think is going to go in the right direction. So, that is very enticing, to go to a place where it feels fresh and new and young. And, you want to be a part of things (going up).”
Rayna Stewart, a former Houston/Tennessee Oiler player and Titans assistant coach who most recently coached alongside Fassel in Dallas, will also join Callahan’s staff in Tennessee as a special teams assistant.
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