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Norvell freed from contract with Raiders

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Saturday, February 14, 2004

The object of a hiring tug-of-war that fueled further acrimony between the Oakland Raiders and former head coach Bill Callahan, tight ends assistant Jay Norvell has been freed from the final year of his NFL contract and will now move to the University of Nebraska as the school's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. As first reported by ESPN.com three weeks ago, the Raiders had blocked attempts by Callahan and Nebraska officials to hire Norvell, who had one year remaining on his deal in ...

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