3. Joe Brady, Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator
Why Joe Brady will be the next head coach at LSU: There’s a sizable portion of the LSU world that will always credit Brady from being the reason Joe Burrow and that fantastic group of talents went from great to otherworldly in the 2019 dream season.
Brady wasn’t even the offensive coordinator in 2019, but his work as the passing game coordinator was enough to get Matt Rhule to make him his OC with the Carolina Panthers.
And, for the most part, the offense has been good. He hasn’t had a ton of elite talent to work with thanks to Christian McCaffrey being hurt, but even with pedestrian NFL quarterbacks in Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold, he’s been solid.
Why Joe Brady won’t be the next head coach at LSU: It all depends on when someone wants to take the chance and go all in early on the NFT.
The guy is still only 32, he’s never been a head coach, and he’s barely been an offensive coordinator.
However, if the fan base can buy into the idea that there’s something special potentially there in a few years, and if someone gets the spark that he might really be a Sean McVay type when it comes to offensive innovation, he would be an interesting call.