The Washington Redskins named Kirk Olivadotti as inside linebackers coach and retained Jacob Burney as defensive line coach and Raheem Morris as defensive backs coach, the team announced Thursday.
Olivadotti, 40, returns to the Redskins — with whom he spent 11 NFL seasons in various capacities from 2000-10 — after three years coaching inside linebackers at the University of Georgia from 2011-13. Olivadotti is one of 11 members of the Redskins’ assistant coach honor roll, which recognizes coaches with at least 10 seasons of service as an assistant in Washington.
At Georgia, Olivadotti coached a linebacker corps that produced NFL draft picks Akeem Dent, Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree. The Bulldogs averaged 10 wins a season in Olivadotti’s three years, including ending the 2012 season with a 12-2 record and a No. 5 national ranking.
Olivadotti’s NFL career began as a defensive quality control coach with the Redskins in 2000. He served in that role for four seasons and also helped coach defensive backs. He continued as quality control coach in 2004, but also took on a role assisting the Redskins’ special teams units. In 2006, his role expanded to working with the Redskins’ defensive line before he took over as linebackers coach in 2007.
Burney, 54, is entering his fifth season as the Redskins’ defensive line coach in 2014. He joined the Redskins on Jan. 19, 2010.
Morris, 37, will return for his third season in Washington as the team’s defensive backs coach. The Irvington, N.J. native originally joined the Redskins in that capacity on Jan. 23, 2012, after three seasons as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Last week, Jay Gruden signed a five-year deal to become the eighth head coach of the Redskins since Daniel Snyder bought the franchise in 1999.