HOUSTON – The Atlanta Falcons officially hired Nate Ollie as their new defensive line coach, hiring him away from the Texans’ coaching staff.
Ollie was hired last season as the Texans’ assistant defensive line coach.
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The Texans set a franchise record for sacks this season in the first season of Rod Wright as head defensive line coach.
A former All-Big 12 and All-American selection at the University of Texas who was teammates with San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan with the Longhorns, Wright is a former Miami Dolphins seventh-round draft pick.
Wright grew up in Houston and was an All-American and all-district selection at Alief Hastings.
Playing for Mack Brown, Wright was named Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-Big 12 selection.
Wright has coached at East Carolina, Sam Houston State, Texas San-Antonio.
At UTSA, he was co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach.
He had Bill Walsh Diversity coaching fellowships with the Seattle Seahawks and 49ers. He was also a student assistant and defensive special assistant at Texas.
The Colts had a franchise-record 51 sacks last season with Ollie coaching a defensive line led by DeForest Buckner, Samson Ebukam and Kwity Paye.
Ollie has previous stints with the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles.
He is a former Ball State defensive lineman.
Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com.
