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Skyler Carlin

Rams hire former Washington Huskies head coach Jimmy Lake to coaching staff

The Los Angeles Rams have made some changes to the coaching staff this offseason and they’ll be bringing in another new face. While his role with the team is undetermined, the Rams have hired former University of Washington head coach Jimmy Lake to Sean McVay’s coaching staff.

Lake began his NFL coaching career as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2006. He would continue coaching defensive backs with the Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions from 2006-2011.

Seeing that Jonathan Cooley, the former defensive backs coach of the Rams, recently joined the Carolina Panthers coaching staff, Lake could be joining Los Angeles to coach the secondary. Cooley spent three years with the Rams and one year as the team’s defensive backs coach.

After coaching defensive backs in the NFL from 2006-2011, Lake would rise up the ranks in college and become the head coach at Washington in 2020. In his two seasons as head coach, Lake produced a 7-6 record at Washington before being suspended and then fired after shoving a player in 2021.

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