JUST IN:”Bobby Babich is the best coach I’ve ever had,” the Buffalo Bills say in response to his promotion.

On Tuesday afternoon, Bobby Babich received official promotion to defensive coordinator by the Buffalo Bills.

Babich, forty, became an assistant defensive backs coach for the Bills in 2017. The next season, he was elevated to the position of safeties coach, a position he held from 2018 to 2021. Babich has been Buffalo’s linebackers coach since 2022; he has been in that position for two seasons. Babich has had good performances from his players since coming to Buffalo. Jordan Poyer was selected to the first team All-Pro by Babich in 2021, while Micah Hyde was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2017 and was a second-team All-Pro in both 2017 and 2021. Matt Milano was selected to the Pro Bowl and achieved first-team All-Pro status the previous season.

A few hours after the announcement was made official, numerous Bills players responded on social media to Babich’s promotion.

Babich was dubbed the greatest coach Tyrel Dodson had ever had.

Dodson commented on Twitter, saying, “I would run out of space if I wanted to say everything I have about Bobby.” Without a doubt, the best coach I’ve ever had. had faith in me before anybody else did. Raise the stakes for myself. Not in the slightest. You are truly deserving of this, having earned it! Love!!!”

After having his greatest season as a pro under Babich, Dodson seemed to be influenced by the move to re-sign with Buffalo.

defensive tackling DaQuan Jones and Ed Oliver responded to the news as well. Oliver wrote, “Ohhhhh s–t,” in an Instagram story, while Jones said the promotion was “well deserved.”