Falcons hire two new assistant coaches, retain two others

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The Atlanta Falcons hired two new assistant coaches and retained two others on Tuesday afternoon. The team added Ricky Manning Jr. as the assistant defensive backs/nickels coach and LaTroy Lewis as the new assistant defensive line coach.

Additionally, the Falcons retained inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud and promoted defensive assistant John Timu to outside linebackers coach.

Manning served as the defensive backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders in 2024. Prior to that, he spent three years with the New York Jets (2021-2023) as an assistant under current Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich.

Lewis served as the defensive line coach at the University of Toledo last season after spending the previous three years as a graduate assistant at the University of Michigan.

Ruud has served as the Falcons' inside linebackers coach since 2024. He played linebacker in the NFL from 2005-2012, primarily for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Timu began his career as a graduate assistant at Washington and later joined the Los Angeles Chargers as a defensive assistant in 2022 and was promoted to assistant defensive line coach in 2023. Timu joined the Falcons' staff as a defensive assistant in 2024.

NEW: The Atlanta Falcons have made the following coaching staff moves:
— Retained Barrett Ruud as ILB coach
— Retained and promoted John Timu to OLB coach
— Hired Ricky Manning as the assistant DB/nickels coach
— Hired LaTroy Lewis as an assistant DL coachhttps://t.co/je7WFnP7ms

— Tori McElhaney (@tori_mcelhaney) February 10, 2026

This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Atlanta Falcons make changes to coaching staff

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