March 13, 2023   2 MIN READ

Report: Birds Hire Nickelbacks Coach

Ronell Williams Has Coached With Sean Desai

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The Eagles reportedly have hired a new coach for defensive backs to help replace Dennard Wilson, but not fully coach the secondary.

The team is hiring Ronell Williams, former Bears quality control coach who has coached under new Eagles defensive coordinator, per ESPN Bears reporter Courtney Cronin.

Ronell Williams

CHICAGO BEARS: Ronell Williams is reportedly joining the Eagles’ staff to coach nickel cornerbacks.

Desai, hired last month to replace Jonathan Gannon, was with the Bears from 2013-2021 and coached Bears safeties from 2019-2020 while Williams was a defensive quality control.

This is the first known time the Eagles have fielded a nickelbacks coach job and makes unclear what their final intention is to fully replace Wilson. An in-house candidate to have his title enhanced is assistants defensive backs coach D.K. McDonald.

According to his LinkedIn page, Williams, a native of Chester, Pa., also worked for Widener and Temple football teams, as a defensive graduate assistant. He was also a defensive analyst at Temple.

Williams also earned his Master’s degree at Temple. He was a three-year starter at middle linebacker for West Chester.

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.

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Geoff Mosher is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the Eagles, the NFL and other college and pro sports across several different multimedia platforms. He is co-host of the acclaimed Inside the Birds podcast, the leading podcast for intel on the Philadelphia Eagles, and co-host on 97.3 ESPN's drive-time show. He has also hosted on Philadelphia's sports-talk station, 94.1 WIP and 97.5 The Fanatic. Geoff was the lead Eagles Insider from 2012-2015 for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he wrote for the website and appeared daily on the station's TV shows, including Quick Slants, Philly Sports Talk, Eagles Pregame/Postgame Live and Eagles Extra. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Geoff worked the Eagles beat from 2005-2012 for the Wilmington News Journal, where he broke several major news stories and also won an Associated Press Sports Editors award under the category of Breaking News for his coverage of the sudden death of Phillies play by play broadcaster Harry Kalas. Geoff has appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter, NFL Network, NBC Sports Network, FOX29, 6ABC and has conducted interviews for Sirius/XM NFL radio and countless other radio stations across the country.

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