Kitchens coached running backs and tight ends in the past two seasons at Mississippi State. From 2001 to 2003, he served as the running backs coach at the University of North Texas. In 2000 he served on Nick Saban's staff at LSU, and he began his coaching career as an assistant at Glenville State College in West Virginia (1999), where he coached both running backs and tight ends.
The Cowboys' 2006 coaching staff:
Todd Bowles, secondary
Vincent Brown, inside linebackers
Todd Haley, wide receivers/passing game
Freddie Kitchens, tight ends
Anthony Lynn, running backs
Mike MacIntyre, safeties
Chris Palmer, quarterbacks
Paul Pasqualoni, linebackers
Kacy Rodgers, defensive Line
Tony Sparano, assistant head coach/offensive line/running game
Mike Zimmer, defensive coordinator
Joe Juraszek, strength and conditioning
David Lee, offensive quality control