Following a lengthy search, the Atlanta Falcons hired Jeff Ulbrich for their defensive coordinator vacancy on Saturday evening. The interim head coach of the New York Jets returns to Atlanta where he spent six seasons as a linebackers coach (2015-2020) and one year as interim defensive coordinator.

In January 2025, former New York Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich was hired as the team’s defensive coordinator after working in that same role in an interim capacity with Morris after Quinn’s firing.

Ulbrich returns to Atlanta, where he and current head coach Raheem Morris were both on Dan Quinn’s staff from 2015-20. Ulbrich was the Jets’ DC the last four years, and was 3-9 as interim head coach this season after Robert Saleh was fired.