Alumni update: The coaching carousel

As NFL teams shuffle their coaching staffs in preparation for the 2008 season, we're seeing some familiar names in the news.

Former Packers coach Ray Rhodes, 57, may become the assistant defensive backs coach for the Houston Texans, according to the Houston Chronicle.

A Texas native, he's been a special assistant for defense for the Seattle Seahawks since having a mild stroke in September 2005. Such a move would reunite Rhodes with Texans coach Gary Kubiak. They worked together with the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers.

The Seahawks also may lose quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn, 54, who's being considered as offensive coordinator for whoever is hired as coach of the Washington Redskins, according to the Seattle Times and other reports.

Zorn played 13 games at quarterback for the Packers in 1985, starting five in the second half of the season. He went 3-2 as a starter in an 8-8 season for Green Bay.

Pro Football and Packers Hall of Fame wide receiver James Lofton, 51, fired after six seasons as the San Diego Chargers' receivers coach, may wind up with the same job with the Baltimore Ravens, according to the Baltimore Sun.

The Ravens have hired Cam Cameron as offensive coordinator, and Cameron and Lofton worked together in San Diego.

-- Jeff Ash, jash@greenbaypressgazette.com