WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins, still without a head coach, promoted Scott Campbell to director of player personnel Sunday.
Campbell, who has spent the past seven seasons with the Redskins, will oversee scouting at both the college and professional levels. He had previously led both college and professional recruiting.
EX-PATS COACH DIES: Mike Holovak, a longtime NFL executive who coached the Patriots to their first championship game, died Sunday, a few hours before the team left for the Super Bowl. He was 88. Holovak died in Ruskin, Fla., of complications from pneumonia, Boston College spokesman Reid Oslin said. Holovak was a former football star and coach at Boston College. A memorial Mass was planned for the Boston College campus on Feb. 9.
WILFORK FINED: New England Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork has been fined $5,000 for unnecessary roughness during the AFC championship game, his fourth fine of the season. The NFL acted after Wilfork received a 15-yard penalty for grabbing the face mask of Chargers running back Michael Turner with his right hand during New England's 21-12 win over San Diego on Jan. 20. The fine brings Wilfork's total to $37,500 this season.
STEELERS GREAT MOURNED: Steelers great Ernie Holmes was fearsome on the field, but kind, gentle and devout off it, said friends, family and teammates at his funeral Saturday. Holmes, who died in a car accident Jan. 17 between Beaumont and Nacogdoches, was part of Pittsburgh's famous "Steel Curtain" defensive line that helped the team win the Super Bowl in 1975 and 1976. Holmes, who was 59, was ordained at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in New Waverly in 2006 and became the youth minister and an assistant pastor.