Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 1963, kungiyar ta zabi Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank a matsayin babban koci da kuma babban manajan. Ewbank ya lashe gasar zakarun NFL a baya a 1958 kuma
1959 tare da Baltimore Colts, kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin masu horar da 'yan wasa a cikin wasan. Colts sun kori Ewbank a cikin ni'imar Don Shula, mai shekaru 33 da ba a gwada shi ba. Werblin kuma ya sanar da sabon suna ga tawagarsa, Jets, wanda aka zaɓa daga cikin 'yan takara 500 da "abokai, abokan gaba, da hukumomin talla". An zabi sunan a kan Dodgers, Borros, da Gothams. An canza launuka na ƙungiyar zuwa kore da fari. A cikin sanarwar manema labarai, ƙungiyar ta bayyana dalilin zaɓin: