Reid confirms Bowles as secondary coach; Castillo remains DC

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01/31/2012 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid said Tuesday that Juan Castillo will remain the team's defensive coordinator and also confirmed that Todd Bowles will join the staff as secondary coach.

Bowles finished the 2011 season as the interim head coach for Miami after Tony Sparano was fired with three games remaining. He was considered for the full- time position with the Dolphins, who instead went with Green Bay offensive coordinator Joe Philbin.

Castillo, meanwhile, had come under fire last season, his first as defensive coordinator. He moved over from the offensive side of the ball and the Eagles struggled defensively.

There had been speculation that Reid might make a change, especially when former Eagles assistant Steve Spagnuolo became available after being fired as Rams head coach.

"Steve and I are good friends," Reid stated Tuesday. "When Steve was released from the Rams, I did offer him a spot here to coach if he needed one.

"My feeling was if you could have two great coaches on defense, it was better than one. That's as far as it went. I didn't offer him any titles. He wanted to look at other places."

Spagnuolo did and is set to become the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints. He left Philadelphia after eight seasons to become the defensive coordinator for the division-rival Giants in 2007, and spent two years with New York before taking the Rams' top job in 2009.

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