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Kotite happy in background during Jets' coaching search

At a time when the Jets are looking all over for a new coach, Rich Kotite is more than happy to be in the background.

"I don't give interviews anymore," Kotite said from his Staten Island home. "The whole point of it is I'm not the news anymore."

Out of football since he was fired by the Jets after going 1-15 in 1996, Kotite was polite and affable during a brief phone conversation...

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