Defensive Line Coach
"Pronounced se-CAN-o-vitch, Dan's coaching background includes extensive experience in high school, college and the Canadian Football League. He served as offensive and defensive line coach with the Montreal Alouettes for the past four seasons before joining the Jets' staff. Sekanovich helped Montreal to the 1974 Grey Cup and to the Eastern Conference championship in 1975.
A 1955 graduate of the University of Tennessee where he played football for four years, Sekanovich played defensive end for Montreal in the CFL in 1955 and then served in the U.S. Army for three years. He started coaching at Southington (Conn.) High School in 1958 and served as an assistant in the college ranks from 1961-72, beginning with a three-year stint at Susquehanna.
Dan moved to the University of Connecticut in 1964 where he was defensive coordinator under Rick Forzano for two seasons and John Toner for two more. He moved to the University of Pittsburgh in 1968, rejoined Forzano at the U.S. Naval Academy for two seasons and coached the defensive line at the University of Kentucky from 1971-72 before joining the Alouettes.
Dan was born in West Hazelton, Pennsylvania."
-1977 New York Jets Media Guide
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