After losing Desmond Kitchings to the University of Virginia, the Atlanta Falcons have a new running backs coach.
The team shared Monday it has hired Michael Pitre, the former running backs coach for the Chicago Bears.
Pitre is a 14-year coaching veteran who was in Chicago for a season after a prosperous stint with the Oregon State football program. He didn’t overlap with Falcons offensive coordinator Dave Ragone while the latter was in the Windy City, but as the Falcons note in their release, Pitre led the NFL’s second-best rushing attack last year.