Mike Westhoff
FILE - New York Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff on the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. “I don’t consider myself a writer,” Westhoff said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “I mean, I’m not Ernest Hemingway. But I always thought I had a good story to tell.” So the 74-year-old Westhoff did just that in writing “Figure It Out,” an entertaining autobiography published by Mascot Books that's everything anyone he coached with or against, played for or against or covered him in the media would expect. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File)
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Washington Football Team's Tress Way warms up before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh watches against the Detroit Lions in the second half of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
Analysis: Kicking Kraze or Field Goal Frenzy, the foot wins

By Barry Wilner Oct. 01, 2021 11:02 AM EDT

FILE - Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, right, talks with special teams coach Craig Aukerman during NFL football training camp Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Coaches around the NFL aren't quite sure what they'll get starting Thursday night when the 2020 season kicks off. The pandemic led to the league and players agreeing to limit potential exposure by wiping out all four preseason games, and that took away the ability to hone timing for special teams. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Pool, File)
No preseason games could mean sloppy start for special teams

By Teresa M. Walker Sep. 07, 2020 12:05 PM EDT

FILE - This Dec. 30, 2012, file photo shows a Buffalo Bills helmet displaying a WWFD (West Webster Fire Department) decal in memory of two fallen West Webster, N.Y., firefighters who lost their lives in a shooting and a S.H.E.S. decal in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, before an NFL football game against the New York Jets in Orchard Park, N.Y. The NFL is planning to allow players to have decals on the back of their helmets bearing names or initials of victims of systemic racism and police violence. The league has been in talks with individual players and their union since June about somehow honoring such victims. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert, File)
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Tom Valentin, Director Of Food And Beverage for Shula's Hotel & Golf Club, shows off some memorabilia associated with former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula, Monday, May 4, 2020, at the hotel and golf club in Miami Lakes, Fla. Shula died Monday at his home in Indian Creek, Fla. He was 90. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Column: Shula should be remembered for more than wins

By Barry Wilner May. 04, 2020 04:09 PM EDT

Cunningham, Westhoff win assistant coach achievement award

By The Associated Press Jun. 10, 2019 09:26 PM EDT
Mike Westhoff and the late Gunther Cunningham have won the 2019 Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman Award from the Professional Football Writers of America. ...