The Jets have hired Steve Wilks to be their defensive coordinator.

Steve Wilks ... head coaching positions. Wilks would move on from HBCU football after his time at Savannah State. Coaching defensive backs at Illinois State (2000), Appalachian State (2001 ...

Wilks, who replaces Jeff Ulbrich as the Jets’ defensive coordinator, also has head coaching experience. He was Arizona’s ...

Steve Wilks coaching journey started with mowing the grass at an HBCU. Now, he takes that same energy into another big time NFL opportunity.