Wright, who was hired in 2002, was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for seven years under Dan Riley, whose contract wasn't renewed after the season.

Last week, the Texans hired Geoff Kaplan of the Tennessee Titans as their new head athletic trainer. He replaced Kevin Bastin, whose contract wasn't renewed. Bastin and Riley had been with the Texans since their inaugural season.

--The Texans and the NFL continue to decline to comment about the allegations that they held illegal drills in mini-camp because those grievances are pending.

--OL Dan Stevenson says K Kris Brown, the team's player representative, and former TE Mark Bruener, a member of the NFLPA executive committee, told Kubiak the drills were prohibited, but they continued anyway.

"It's ironic that coaches have all their rules for players and then decide not to follow rules put in for players' safety," said Tom DePaso, an executive with the NFLPA. "Every year, one or two clubs have issues (in the offseason), and we follow through."

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I've watched the guy (DE Mario Williams) the last really couple of years. The guy's a heck of a player. (He) has unlimited ability, and we're hoping to really end up getting him to playing at his max." -- Assistant head coach/defensive line Bill Kollar when asked about the task of coaching Mario Williams.