On Monday night, under the lights of MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh will take centre stage. Saleh, whose family emigrated from Lebanon to the United States decades ago, is the first Muslim American to become head coach of an NFL franchise.The 44-year-old has been leading the New York Jets for the past two years, but as the new season kicks off this weekend, he’s facing greater expectations – and challenges – in taking charge of one of the NFL’s most talented, cantankerous players ever in quarterback Aaron Rodgers.Having graduated from footballing powerhouse Fordson High School in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb that’s home to the largest population of people of Arab heritage outside the Middle East, Saleh’s rise through America’s best-loved sport is unprecedented.
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