KEVIN O'DEA will join the Jets for the second time in his career, this time as a special teams assistant. He was most recently the New Orleans Saints' assistant special teams coach from 2016-18. He began his NFL career as a defensive and special teams assistant with the San Diego Chargers in 1994. He made stops at the Buccaneers, the Lions, the Cardinals and the Bears before becoming the Jets' special team's coordinator in 2008.

KEVIN O'DEA will join the Jets for the second time in his career, this time as a special teams assistant. He was most recently the New Orleans Saints' assistant special teams coach from 2016-18. He began his NFL career as a defensive and special teams assistant with the San Diego Chargers in 1994. He made stops at the Buccaneers, the Lions, the Cardinals and the Bears before becoming the Jets' special team's coordinator in 2008.

He then spent one season with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League before returning to the NFL to become the Bears' special team's assistant. After two seasons in Chicago, O'Dea spent a year with the Chiefs before joining the Tamps Bay Buccaneers as their special teams coordinator for two seasons in 2014 before eventually joining the Saints in 2016.

O'Dea, a Pennsylvania native, played wide receiver and defensive back at Lock Haven University from 1984-85. He began his coaching career at Lock Haven the following year as the wide receiver coach. Before reaching the NFL, O'Dea coached in college at Cornell (1987), Virginia (1988-90) and Penn State (1991-93).