Day 11 of the NFL offseason has dawned, and it feels a bit like Groundhog Day. In truth, having the head coach and general manager hiring cycle wrapped up by Feb. 2 is overly ambitious. It’s probably going to stretch until Valentine’s Day. That’s why, even though the progress is incremental, we provide daily news and rumors on the widest (wildest?) NFL coaching search in recent memory.
NFL News and Rumors Today
Will Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh return to the NFL? Or is the chatter just a leverage play? It’s a nice subplot to a hiring cycle that, for many reasons, is slower than normal. But we’ll also discuss candidates who have actually been scheduled interviews for the 12 big-time jobs currently available in the NFL.
Chicago Bears
Fired: Matt Nagy (HC), Ryan Pace (GM)
Scheduled/requested HC interviews:
- Todd Bowles
Buccaneers defensive coordinator - Jim Caldwell
Former Colts, Lions head coach
Saturday, Jan. 15 - Brian Daboll
Bills offensive coordinator
Sunday, Jan. 16 - Matt Eberflus
Colts defensive coordinator
Monday, Jan. 17 (first); Monday, Jan. 24 (second) - Brian Flores
Former Dolphins head coach
Friday, Jan. 14 - Leslie Frazier
Bills defensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 21 - Nathaniel Hackett
Packers offensive coordinator
Saturday, Jan. 15 - Byron Leftwich
Buccaneers offensive coordinator - Doug Pederson
Former Eagles head coach
Wednesday, Jan. 12 - Dan Quinn
Cowboys defensive coordinator
Saturday, Jan. 22
Scheduled/requested GM interviews:
- Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
Browns vice president of football operations
Thursday, Jan. 13 - Morocco Brown
Colts director of college scouting
Monday, Jan. 24 - Ran Carthon
49ers director of player personnel
Wednesday, Jan. 19 - Glenn Cook
Browns vice president of player personnel
Wednesday, Jan. 12 - Ryan Poles
Chiefs director of player personnel - Jeff Ireland
Saints assistant general manager
Friday, Jan. 14 - Champ Kelly
Bears assistant director of player personnel
Thursday, Jan. 13 - Omar Khan
Steelers vice president of football and business administration - Reggie McKenzie
Dolphins senior personnel executive - Monti Ossenfort
Titans director of player personnel
Saturday, Jan. 15 - Joe Schoen
Bills assistant general manager
Sunday, Jan. 16 - Eliot Wolf
Patriots director of scouting
Tuesday, Jan. 18
The latest: Carthon has worked with Adam Peters for years on John Lynch’s staff in San Francisco. Both trusted personnel evaluators could be running their own shops in 2022.
Peters’ strength is the draft. Carthon handles the pro personnel side following stints with the Falcons and Rams. The Bears appear to have a quiet day Thursday ahead of an interview with Frazier Friday.
Denver Broncos
Fired: Vic Fangio (HC)
Scheduled/requested interviews:
- Eric Bieniemy
Chiefs offensive coordinator - Brian Callahan
Bengals offensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 20 - Jonathan Gannon
Eagles defensive coordinator
Wednesday, Jan. 19 - Luke Getsy
Packers QB coach/passing game coordinator
Friday, Jan. 14 - Aaron Glenn
Lions defensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 13 - Nathaniel Hackett
Packers offensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 13 - Jerod Mayo
Patriots LB coach
Wednesday, Jan. 19 - Kellen Moore
Cowboys offensive coordinator
Tuesday, Jan. 18 - Kevin O’Connell
Rams offensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 20 - Dan Quinn
Cowboys defensive coordinator
Tuesday, Jan. 18
The latest: Nine of the Broncos’ 10 first-round head coach interviews will be in the books by day’s end. They’re in Los Angeles for a meeting this evening with O’Connell, the latest Sean McVay pupil to have a moment in the sun. Before they meet, Broncos’ brass will interview Callahan by Zoom, per Mike Klis of 9News.
Houston Texans
Fired: David Culley (and offensive coordinator Tim Kelly)
Scheduled/requested interviews:
- Brian Flores
Former Dolphins head coach
Friday, Jan. 14 - Jonathan Gannon
Eagles defensive coordinator
Tuesday, Jan. 18 - Joe Lombardi
Chargers offensive coordinator
Saturday, Jan. 15 - Kevin O’Connell
Rams offensive coordinator - Hines Ward
Florida Atlantic special assistant to the head coach
Saturday, Jan. 15
The latest: O’Connell has a busy month, particularly if the Rams keep winning. Sports Illustrated reports that the Texans want some face time with him as well but have yet to lock down a date. Instead, they’re planning to meet, according to Albert Breer’s reporting, sometime later this month. This month!?!? It’s hard to see how the Texans have a hire before February.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Fired: Urban Meyer (HC)
Scheduled/requested interviews:
- Darrell Bevell
Jaguars interim head coach
Tuesday, Jan. 11 - Todd Bowles
Buccaneers defensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 3 (Jan. 7 has also been reported) - Jim Caldwell
Former Colts and Lions head coach
Tuesday, Jan. 4 - Matt Eberflus
Colts defensive coordinator
Saturday, Jan. 15 (first); Thursday, Jan. 20 (second) - Nathaniel Hackett
Packers offensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 14 - Byron Leftwich
Buccaneers offensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 7 - Kellen Moore
Cowboys offensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 7 - Bill O’Brien
Alabama offensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 13 - Doug Pederson
Former Eagles head coach
Thursday, Dec. 30 - Dan Quinn
Cowboys defensive coordinator
The latest: The Jaguars very well could make an offer Thursday. This is good because they’ve seemingly been at this since Christmas. Eberflus is a finalist for two jobs: Jacksonville and Chicago. It’s not hard to envision Shad Khan trying to convince Eberflus not to get on a plane again after their meeting.
Las Vegas Raiders
Resigned: Jon Gruden (HC)
Scheduled/requested HC interviews:
- Jerod Mayo
Patriots LB coach
Scheduled/requested GM interviews:
- Trey Brown
Bengals scout - Ed Dodds
Colts assistant general manager - Dave Ziegler
Patriots director of player personnel
The latest: The Jim Harbaugh-to-the-Raiders chatter seems a lot more like Harbaugh trying to manufacture a market for his services than one actually existing. Either he or someone who knows him well told The Athletic that he’d probably leave Michigan for the Raiders job. The thing is, he doesn’t seem to be a candidate for the job — at least right now.
Miami Dolphins
Fired: Brian Flores (HC)
Scheduled/requested interviews:
- Thomas Brown
Rams assistant head coach
Friday, Jan. 21 - Brian Daboll
Bills offensive coordinator
Sunday, Jan. 16 - Leslie Frazier
Bills defensive coordinator
Sunday, Jan. 16 - Vance Joseph
Cardinals defensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 21 - Mike McDaniel
49ers offensive coordinator
Wednesday, Jan. 19 - Kellen Moore
Cowboys offensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 20 - Dan Quinn
Cowboys defensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 20
The latest: When Bill Parcells was running the Dolphins, he tried to make them the Dallas Cowboys East. Fourteen years later, at least for one day, it feels a bit the same. Moore and Quinn both will meet with the Dolphins Thursday, presumably in Dallas. Quinn is a real name to watch for this job — he checks nearly all the boxes — but the sense around the league is he will end up in Denver.
Minnesota Vikings
Fired: Mike Zimmer (HC), Rick Spielman (GM)
Scheduled/requested HC interviews:
- Todd Bowles
Buccaneers defensive coordinator - Nathaniel Hackett
Packers offensive coordinator
Sunday, Jan. 16 - Kellen Moore
Cowboys offensive coordinator - Jonathan Gannon
Eagles defensive coordinator
Thursday, Jan. 20 - Raheem Morris
Rams defensive coordinator - Kevin O’Connell
Rams offensive coordinator
Friday, Jan. 21 - Dan Quinn
Cowboys defensive coordinator - DeMeco Ryans
49ers defensive coordinator
Wednesday, Jan. 19
Scheduled/requested GM interviews:
- Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
Browns vice president of football operations
Monday, Jan. 17 - Brandon Brown
Eagles director of player personnel
Tuesday, Jan. 18 - Glenn Cook
Browns vice president of player personnel
Thursday, Jan. 20 - Monti Ossenfort
Titans director of player personnel
Sunday, Jan. 16 - Ryan Poles
Chiefs director of player personnel
Tuesday, Jan. 18 - Catherine Raîche
Eagles vice president of football operations
Monday, Jan. 17 - John Spytek
Buccaneers vice president of player personnel
This week - Eliot Wolf
Patriots player personnel consultant
Thursday, Jan. 20
The latest: Busy, busy day in the Land of a Thousand Lakes. Gannon will try to wow the Wilfs with his CEO approach, but the Vikings are probably more eager to meet with Cook and Wolf, who might be their final first-round GM interviews. Expect word soon that the Vikings have narrowed their search to a few finalists.
New York Giants
Fired/retired: Joe Judge (HC), Dave Gettleman (GM)
Scheduled/requested HC interviews:
- Dan Quinn
Cowboys defensive coordinator
Scheduled/requested GM interviews:
- Ran Carthon
49ers director of pro personnel
Monday, Jan. 17 - Ryan Cowden
Titans vice president of player personnel
Friday, Jan. 14
- Quentin Harris
Cardinals vice president of player personnel
Thursday, Jan. 13 - Joe Hortiz
Ravens director of player personnel
Saturday, Jan. 15 - Monti Ossenfort
Titans director of player personnel
Friday, Jan. 14 - Adam Peters
49ers assistant general manager
Monday, Jan. 17 (first), Thursday, Jan. 20 (second) - Ryan Poles
Chiefs executive director of player personnel
Thursday, Jan. 13 (first), Wednesday, Jan. 19 (second) - Joe Schoen
Bills assistant general manager
Wednesday, Jan. 12 (first), Tuesday, Jan. 18 (second) - Adrian Wilson
Cardinals vice president of pro personnel
Wednesday, January 12
The latest: It’s not a surprise that Quinn’s name is the first to emerge as a Giants HC candidate. The Giants wanted to wait until they had a GM lined up before turning their attention to the head coach search. But Quinn could get an offer at any time, so if they wanted a shot at landing him, they couldn’t mess around. A GM offer could be imminent, however. Peters has his second meeting with ownership Thursday.