Arizona Cardinals Official Press Release:
The Arizona Cardinals are happy to announce the hiring of Rhys Withenshaw as the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
He joins us as the first Englishman to ever coach in the NFL, after 4 years of coaching football both in America and abroad, and we look forward to working with him.
He will start right away and will be working closely with the players through the pre-season.
GM Rod Graves: "We had a couple of candidates that we wanted to talk to, and he was one of them. He said all the right things, and he knows what he wants to do. We don't feel a lack of NFL experience should put anyone at a disadvantage. He's a smart guy, he knows the game, and it shouldn't be a problem."
On the subject of Ray Horton, Graves said "We know Ray, he's been with us for a while now, and we like what he brings. He is one of the top defensive co-ordinators in the league, and we're lucky to have him. We talked to him about the job, but we both felt the time wasn't right, as he still feels he has work to do with our defensive unit."
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