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John Sigler

Legendary Saints DL La’Roi Glover to join the team’s coaching staff for training camp

Now this is cool: Nola.com’s Jeff Duncan reports that the New Orleans Saints are bringing La’Roi Glover onto their coaching staff for training camp and the team’s preseason games. Glover is this year’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching fellow, a program the NFL describes as an opportunity “to give talented coaches the opportunity to observe, participate, gain experience, and ultimately gain a full-time NFL coaching position.”

Glover bagged 50 sacks in just five years (and 79 games) with New Orleans, earning Pro Bowl and All-Pro recognition in his final two seasons with the team. He went on to star for the Dallas Cowboys and closed out his career with the Rams, ending his run in the NFL with 83.5 sacks and six Pro Bowl appearances. He was selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s All-2000s Team as well as the Saints’ team Hall of Fame. Glover recently coached the XFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks defensive line.

He’s one of several former Saints players on the team’s coaching staff this season. Jahri Evans was hired as an offensive assistant after he worked with the team as a coaching intern last summer, taking the job once filled by his old teammate Zach Strief. Having the kind of experience Evans and Glover bring is highly valuable. Hopefully it pays off well in the fall.

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