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TEXANS-EAGLES CONNECTIONS
NOTABLE TEXANS-EAGLES CONNECTIONS
Schaub Slaton Marciano
TEXANS WITH CONNECTIONS TO PENNSYLVANIA
WR Dorin Dickerson is from Imperial and attended West
Allegheny H.S. and later the University of Pittsburgh; QB
Matt Schaub is from West Chester and attended West
Chester East H.S.; RB Steve Slaton is from Levittown and
attended Conwell-Egan Catholic H.S. in Fairless Hills; special
teams coordinator Joe Marciano is from Dunmore
and played quarterback at Temple University.
(2005-07); Eagles DE Brandon Graham and Texans DE Tim
Jamison were on the same defensive unit at Michigan
(2006-07); Jamison was also teammates with WR Jason
Avant (2004-05) at Michigan; Eagles T King Dunlap played
under Texans defensive backs coach David Gibbs at Auburn
(2005); Eagles T Winston Justice was teammates
with Texans DT Shaun Cody, QB Matt Leinart and LB Brian
Cushing during his career at USC (2002-06); Cody (2001-04)
and Leinart (2002-04) were also teammates with Eagles
DT Mike Patterson at USC; Texans DE Antonio Smith was
on the same defensive line with Eagles DE Juqua Parker
at Oklahoma State (2000); Eagles DT Antonio Dixon was
teammates with Texans T Eric Winston (2005) and LB Darryl
Sharpton (2006-08) at Miami; Eagles DE Darryl Tapp
was teammates with Texans T Duane Brown and LB Xavier
Adibi at Virginia Tech (2004-05); Eagles LB Omar Gaither
was teammates with Texans CB Jason Allen (2002-05)
and RB Arian Foster (2005) at Tennessee.
EAGLES WITH CONNECTIONS TO TEXAS
QB Kevin Kolb is from Victoria and attended Stephenville
H.S. and later the University of Houston; LB Keenan Clayton
is from Sulpher Springs and attended Sulpher Springs
H.S.; T Jason Peters is from Queen City, where he attended
Queen City H.S.; DE Juqua Parker is from Houston and
attended Aldine H.S.; Eagles offensive line coach Juan
Castillo was born in Port Isabel and played linebacker
at Texas A&I (now Texans A&M-Kingsville) from 1978-80
and the San Antonio Gunslingers in the USFL from 1984-
85; Castillo also coached at Texas A&M-Kingsville from
1982-85 and 1990-94; Eagles RB coach Ted Williams was
born in Lyons.
Cody Cushing Justice
TEXANS-EAGLES COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
Eagles head coach Andy Reid served as Texans assistant
offensive line coach Frank Pollack’s position coach
in 1986 at Northern Arizona; Eagles TE coach Tom Melvin
was Pollack’s position coach the following season at
NAU and Eagles asst. head coach/offensive coordinator
Marty Mornhinweg coached on NAU’s staff in 1988 while
Pollack played there; Texans CB Sherrick McManis and
Eagles QB Mike Kafka were teammates at Northwestern
(2006-09); Eagles RB LeSean McCoy (2007-08) and G/C
Mike McGlynn (2007) were teammates with Texans WR
Dorin Dickerson at Pittsburgh; Texans RB Steve Slaton
ran behind Eagles FB Owen Schmitt at West Virginia
Schaub Knapp Vick
TEXANS-EAGLES PRO CONNECTIONS
Texans P Matt Turk held for Eagles K David Akers at
Washington (1998); Eagles QB Michael Vick started in
front of Texans QB Matt Schaub in Atlanta (2004-06) while
Texans QB coach Greg Knapp offensive coordinator with
the Falcons; Texans S Eugene Wilson and Eagles Asante
Samuel started in the same secondary for New England
(2003-07); Wilson was also teammates with Eagles TE
Garrett Mills for the Patriots (2006); Eagles CB Dimitri Patterson
was teammates with Texans SS Bernard Pollard
and G Wade Smith and was coached by defensive backs
coach David Gibbs at Kansas City (2007-08); Eagles FB
Owen Schmitt played under Texans quarterbacks coach
Greg Knapp in Seattle (2009); Eagles LB Ernie Sims played
with Texans DT Shaun Cody and QB Dan Orlovsky at Detroit
(2006-08); Eagles T Jason Peters played under Texans
assistant head coach/ defensive line coach Bill Kollar at
Buffalo (2006-08); Eagles T Reggie Wells was teammates
with Texans K Neil Rackers (2003-09), QB Matt Leinart
(2006-09), DE Antonio Smith (2004-08) and played under
defensive coordinator Frank Bush (2004-06) at Arizona;
Eagles DE Darryl Tapp played with Texans LB Kevin Bentley
(2006-07) and played under quarterbacks coach Greg
Knapp (2009) and senior defensive assistant Ray Rhodes
(2006-07) in Seattle; Kollar was on Eagles senior asst./DB
coach Dick Jauron’s staff in Buffalo from 2006-08 while
Jauron was the head coach of the Bills.
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