11-01-2012, 06:16 PM
I think David Shaw recently worked a reference to his dad being a long-time defensive coach into one of his press conference answers, although I don't know how that fact factors in to this discussion. Trivial fact maybe. I feel more certain that Mason, Tarver (he jumps from co-defensive coordinator for a college program to NFL DC), Kotulski and certainly the defensive line coach (can't remember the name at the moment) are generally recognized as solid defensive coaches.