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Sun., May. 19, 2013 12:00AM - 12:30AM MST WATCH: Cardinals Flight Plan on NBC An offseason edition on Cardinals Flight Plan airs after Saturday Night Live on channel 12.
Sun., May. 19, 2013 4:30PM - 5:00PM MST WATCH: Cardinals Flight Plan on NBC Catch an offseason edition of Cardinals Flight Plan on channel 12. Bruce Arians wired for sound plus more.
Tue., May. 21, 2013 9:00AM - 12:30PM MST Voluntary OTAs Voluntary OTAs session two
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Thu., May. 23, 2013 9:00AM - 12:30PM MST Voluntary OTAs Voluntary OTAs session two conclude
Mon., Jun. 03, 2013 9:00AM - 12:30PM MST Voluntary OTAs Voluntary OTAs session three
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Thu., Jun. 06, 2013 9:00AM - 12:30PM MST Voluntary OTAs Voluntary OTAs session three conclude
Tue., Jun. 11, 2013 9:00AM - 12:30PM MST Mini-Camp for Veterans and Rookies Mini-camp starts

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Rick Christophel

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Rick Christophel has been the head coach at his alma mater, Austin Peay, the past six years (2007-12). He comes to the Cardinals with 32 years of collegiate coaching experience.

Rick Christophel has been the head coach at his alma mater, Austin Peay, the past six years (2007-12). He comes to the Cardinals with 32 years of collegiate coaching experience. He began his coaching career at Austin Peay as a graduate assistant in 1975 and then coached running backs there for three seasons (1979-81) before serving as the offensive coordinator at Southern Arkansas in 1982. He then made stops at Cincinnati (1983), Rice (1984-85), Vanderbilt (1986-90) and Mississippi State (1991-94), where he worked alongside Bruce Arians. Christophel then spent the next 12 years at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, serving as an assistant coach for 10 seasons (1995-2001, 04-06) and also working as assistant athletics director for two years (2002-03). As a player at Austin Peay, Christophel was a four-year starter who played safety for one season and quarterback for his final three.

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