Donnie Henderson

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Donnie Henderson is the former defensive coordinator for the NFL's New York Jets. Henderson was fired after head coach Herman Edwards was replaced by Eric Mangini. Henderson first joined the Jets during the 2004 NFL season. In 2005, the Jets had a second-ranked defense against the pass, but a 29th-ranked defense against the run, which undoubtedly was one of the factors leading to the team's disappointing 4-12 record (in addition to Chad Pennington and Curtis Martin being absent for most of the season due to injury and Henderson's release. Henderson soon accepted the DC (Defensive coordinator) position for the Detroit Lions and new head coach, Rod Marinelli.

Donnie will employ the Tampa 2 defensive scheme in Detroit. See Tony Dungy for origin of the Tampa 2 scheme.

Preceded by Ted Cottrell	New York Jets Defensive Coordinators -2005	Succeeded by Bob Sutton
Preceded by Dick Jauron	Detroit Lions Defensive Coordinators 2006-current	Succeeded by Current Coach