The New Orleans Saints are one of just many teams who enter a search for their next head coach as they begin the 2025 offseason.
Saints legend Drew Brees named former Saints defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn as his current top choice for the head coaching position when I asked him who his personal top candidate was this week.
But Brees also mentioned how many times the Saints have chosen to hire internally. That would not be entirely out of the picture in his eyes, and he says that if he had to choose one person from within the organization in which to promote, he would give the job to current offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.
“I really like the job (Klint) Kubiak did. I love the offense he brought. I love the shifts, the movement, the run game scheme, and then obviously the play-action that comes off of that,” Brees told me this week.
It’s his first year on the job after coming to the Saints via the San Francisco 49ers, who Brees doted on Kubiak for doing such a good job with, also mentioning how well Brock Purdy has done there.
And Brees could hardly be more of a fan of the offense Kubiak has put together. While that side of the ball had its high points and low points, there is no denying how electric it looked when it was at full capacity for the first two games of the season.
The Saints scored 91 points over that time span.
Kubiak may have caught some flack from fans when the Saints were at their lowest, but it is important to remember just how much adversity New Orleans faced, especially on the injury front.
“I think Kubiak did a great job, obviously in a tough situation,” Brees said. “Not having a lot of weapons and then going through three quarterbacks for a lot of the year.”
Regardless of who they Saints choose to hire as their next head coach, Kubiak does not seem to have any concern over the direction of the franchise as a whole.
We’ll see how it plays out, but I think the Saints are going to be just fine.”
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