1.   And Sweatman used to be a linebackers coach.

2.   Another brother, Diron, played at Wake Forest and now is the linebackers coach for the Deacon Demons, and his father was a high school coach.

3.   Bengals radio analyst Dave Lapham reported that Brown first offered the job to linebackers coach Mark Duffner, who rejected it in a show of support for LeBeau.

4.   Bill McGovern, a former assistant at BC under Henning and most recently at Pittsburgh, was brought back to The Heights to replace Al Golden as linebackers coach.

5.   Bowden, who had debated making a reluctant appearance to defend his program, chose to send Chuck Amato, the assistant head coach and linebacker coach.

6.   A source said linebackers coach Marc Dove and secondary coach Bob Field are the leading candidates.

7.   Al Groh will serve as linebackers coach and Romeo Crennel will handle the defensive line, duties both performed under Parcells at New England and for the Giants.

8.   Al Groh, the linebackers coach and the apparent heir to the coaching post if Parcells decides not to return, said he did not meet Johnson.

9.   All the linebackers have done that, linebackers coach Jim Eddy said.

10.   But Falcons linebacker coach Don Blackmon, the former Patriot, thinks Denver will do the same thing against his team.