61.   TCU secondary coach Chris Thurmond departed Friday to be reunited with former Cowboys assistant coach John Blake, hired to replace Howard Schnellenberger at the University of Oklahoma.

62.   The Chiefs were alerted to this, and secondary coach Kurt Schottenheimer warned the defensive backs immediately before the game that the play would be coming.

63.   The Cardinals hired Buddy Ryan, who hired his son, Rob, as secondary coach.

64.   The Cowboys countered by playing it straight, staying with their four-man defensive front instead of the nickel-and-dime alignments that secondary coach Mike Zimmer schools so well.

65.   The fate of secondary coach Larry Marmie is unknown.

66.   The Houston Oilers named former San Diego Chargers assistant Greg Brown their new secondary coach, the team said.

67.   The team will also take its time determining whether it needs a secondary coach.

68.   There also were two first-year position coaches in secondary coach Bill Bates and defensive ends coach Jim Jeffcoat.

69.   This spring secondary coach Steve Bernstein has to rebuild the unit almost from the ground up.

70.   Three other assistants, including former NFL defensive coordinator-turned secondary coach Emmitt Thomas, have been hired.