Question: The 2015 New York Jets season began with the team being coached by which former player who spent 8 years in the NFL as a safety?

The New York Jets season was the franchise's 46th season in the National Football League and the 56th overall.  The team improved on their 4–12 record in 2014 under former head Coach Rex Ryan.  Prior to the season, the Jets made a number of moves, including, re-acquiring Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie, two cornerbacks who were instrumental in the Jets previous defensive success, and obtaining Ryan Fitzpatrick and Brandon Marshall in trades.  The team retrogressed to 5–5, before going on a five-game winning streak, clinching their first winning season since 2010.  Under new head coach Todd Bowles, they succeeded in matching their record in just five games, starting 4–1.  However, it wasn't enough to make the playoffs, as they lost to the Buffalo Bills in Week 17 and the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns.  The Steelers and Jets both finished 10–6, but the Steelers clinched the final AFC playoff spot over the Jets based on a better record vs. common opponents.  The Jets finished the season as the league's only team with a winning record to not make the playoffs. <SEP> The 1976 New York Jets season was the 17th season for the team and the seventh in the National Football League.  It began with the team trying to improve upon its 3–11 record from 1975 under new head coach Lou Holtz.  The Jets again finished with a record of 3–11, which combined with the departure of Holtz before the end of the season, prompted John Facenda to say about the Jets during the NFL Films highlight film for that season "Perhaps the best thing to say about the 1976 New York Jets season is that it's over". <SEP> Todd Robert Bowles (born November 18, 1963) is an American football head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).  He played eight seasons in the NFL as a safety, mainly for the Washington Redskins, and started in Super Bowl XXII.  Bowles was the interim defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012, and then for the Arizona Cardinals in 2013 and 2014.  He was the interim head coach for the Miami Dolphins for the final three games of the 2011 season with a 2-1 record after the firing of Tony Sparano. <SEP> The 1977 New York Jets season was the 18th season for the team and the 8th in the National Football League.  It began with the team trying to improve upon its 3–11 record from 1976 under new head coach Walt Michaels and beginning the post-Joe Namath era.  However, the Jets struggled with their third consecutive 3-11 season.  They won a major off the field court decision.  As per the memorandum of understanding signed in late 1961 by team original owner (as the New York Titans) Harry Wismer, Shea Stadium's co-tenants, the New York Mets, would have exclusive use of the stadium until they had completed their season.  The Jets were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem made worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.  Feeling that this arrangement was a disadvantage, the team announced in 1977 that they would play two home games a year during the month of September at the Giants' new home in New Jersey, Giants Stadium.  Litigation began between New York City and the Jets over the issue, and in the lawsuit's settlement, the city agreed to allow the Jets to play two September home games a season at Shea beginning in 1978 for the remaining six years in the Jets' lease.  In 1977, the Jets were to play one September game at Giants Stadium and an October 2 game at Shea.  From 1967 through this season—a span of 11 seasons—the Jets did not play a home game at Shea Stadium in the month of September.  As of 2017, the Jets are the first (and so far, only) team in NFL history to finish 3 straight seasons with only 3 wins.  Since the NFL schedule expanded to 16 games in 1978, no team has finished 3-13 3 years in a row.