Head coach Todd Bowles and the Jets have signed longtime NFL running back and assistant coach Stump Mitchell to be their new running backs coach.
Lyvonia Albert Mitchell, who gained his nickname because he was "tougher than a stump" as a football player growing up in rural Georgia, coached the last four seasons for the Arizona Cardinals. He was on the same Cardinals staff of head coach Bruce Arians as Bowles in 2013-14. And Mitchell has helped polish the skills of such RBs as David Johnson, who emerged as a 1,239-yard rusher and 80-catch receiver in the Cards' arsenal this past season.