The Falcons hired Mike Mularkey as their offensive coordinator Friday night, according to a Associated Press report.

The first test for Mike Smith, the former Jaguars defensive coordinator hired by the Falcons on Wednesday night, will be to outlast the 13-game stint of Bobby Petrino, the coach who quit during the season to return to the college ranks.

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The Falcons will interview Minnesota Vikings' defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier for the first time Saturday after Atlanta conducted a round of second interviews during the week, according to a Vikings' official.

Falcons' Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer was hired Tuesday for the same role with the Bengals, who have been dragged down by their defense for years.

Wasting little time in taking advantage of Dallas' divisional-round loss to the Giants on Sunday, the Ravens and Falcons both arranged for second interviews with Cowboys' Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett, ESPN.

Tom Dimitroff was hired as general manager of the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, leaving his job as director of scouting for the unbeaten New England Patriots.

Tapping into the wealth of talent in the New England personnel department, the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday evening reached an agreement with Patriots' director of college scouting Thomas Dimitroff to be the team's new general manager.

Eagles' General Manager Tom Heckert still appears to be the leading candidate to get the Atlanta Falcons' GM job once owner Arthur Blank ends his wild goose chase for Southern California Coach Pete Carroll.

According to several reports, Pete Carroll is a candidate to succeed Bobby Petrino in Atlanta and the just-retired Joe Gibbs in Washington.

Chris Mara is staying with the Giants.

USC coach Pete Carroll is interested in the Atlanta Falcons' head coach opening and is expected to speak with Atlanta owner Arthur Blank via phone Wednesday, sources at the American Football Coaches Convention in Anaheim told ESPN's Joe Schad.

Having so far limited their search to current NFL assistants, the Falcons may be about to move outside the box and significantly raise the profile of candidates for their head coaching vacancy.

Suspended Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick, who was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for his guilty plea on charges related to dogfighting, plans to enter a drug treatment program that could reduce his time behind bars.

Michael Vick left Virginia on Monday and was transferred to a Kansas prison to serve the rest of his 23-month sentence on a federal dogfighting charge.

Tony Sparano was the first coach at the Cowboys' Valley Ranch facility on Sunday morning.

Rich McKay signed a two-year contract extension Friday to remain the Falcons' president, but will relinquish the general manager's duties.

The quest for a new general manager will take a back seat to the Atlanta Falcons' simultaneous search of head coaching candidates for a few days, but it is scheduled to resume again Monday when officials meet with current Philadelphia Eagles' GM Tom Heckert.

The white brick home that housed former NFL star Michael Vick's dogfighting operation has been listed for sale for $1.