Tag: Charles London

One Commanders’ offensive coordinator candidate is off the board

Charles London lands a new job.

The Washington Commanders have formally interviewed at least six known candidates for their vacant offensive coordinator position. Pat Shurmur, Ken Zampese, Charles London, Eric Studesville, Thomas Brown and Anthony Lynn have each had formal interviews with head coach Ron Rivera and Washington.

The Commanders fired former offensive coordinator Scott Turner over three weeks ago and appear no closer to hiring his replacement. However, Washington wants to speak with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy but will have to wait until after the Super Bowl to speak with him in an official capacity.

While the Commanders wait for Bieniemy, one of the aforementioned contenders landed a new job on Tuesday. London, the Falcons quarterbacks coach, accepted the pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach job with the Tennessee Titans.

London was believed to have interviewed for Tennessee’s offensive coordinator position, but the Titans promoted Tim Kelly to offensive coordinator and also brought in London. London was the offensive coordinator for the American team at last week’s Senior Bowl and earned major praise.

The Commanders liked London, who was coming from Atlanta, which had one of the more impressive running games in the NFL last season. However, he was not likely to be the team’s hire. Bieniemy [if he wants it], Shurmur and Zampese would appear to be the frontrunners for the Commanders.

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What Mike Vrabel said about Tim Kelly as OC, other staff changes

What Mike Vrabel had to say about the Titans’ hire of Tim Kelly as OC, and the rest of the coaching staff shake-up.

Just hours after the Tennessee Titans announced the hiring of passing-game coordinator Tim Kelly as offensive coordinator, along with other staff moves, head coach Mike Vrabel met with the media to discuss the decisions.

On top of promoting Kelly, the Titans hired Charles London as offensive pass-game coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Chris Harris as defensive pass-game coordinator and cornerbacks coach, and Lori Locust and Justin Hamilton as defensive quality control coaches.

Tennessee also shuffled coaches from last year’s staff, moving Pat O’Hara from quarterbacks coach to pass-game analyst, Luke Steckel from tight ends to run-game analyst, and Tony Dews from running backs to tight ends.

As of right now, the Titans have yet to hire someone to take Dews’ place, but as Vrabel revealed during the presser, the staff is about 95 percent filled, so more hires are coming.

Now, a look at everything Vrabel had to say about the coaching staff shake-up that was announced on Tuesday.

Charles London hired as Titans passing game coordinator

#Falcons QBs coach Charles London takes job as Titans passing game coordinator

The Atlanta Falcons have another coaching vacancy they must fill after quarterbacks coach Charles London accepted a position with the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday.

London, who joined the Falcons in 2020 when Arthur Smith was hired as head coach, will take over as the passing game coordinator/QBs coach for the Titans in 2023. Tennessee previously fired offensive coordinator Todd Downing along with a handful of assistants.

The Titans interviewed London a few weeks ago for their offensive coordinator vacancy, but they gave the job to Tim Kelly, as NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday afternoon.

One potential candidate to replace London is Falcons running backs coach T.J. Yates, who is a former NFL quarterback and would seem to be a logical choice for Arthur Smith’s staff.

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Louis Riddick calls one candidate for Commanders’ OC a ‘freakin star’

It sounds like Riddick believes strongly in of one of Washington’s potential offensive coordinator candidates.

Louis Riddick knows a thing or two about the NFL. The former NFL safety spent 14 seasons between Washington and Philadelphia, working in the front office. Beginning his front-office career as a scout, Riddick was the director of pro personnel for both Washington and Philadelphia.

Since then, Riddick has become one of ESPN’s top analysts while still interviewing for open general manager positions. Some believe it’s only a matter of time before Riddick receives the opportunity to run his own team.

With his work at ESPN preparing for the 2023 NFL draft, Riddick spent last week at the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. In addition to seeing some of the NFL’s top prospects, Riddick got an up-close look at several rising coaches.

One of those coaches was Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks coach Charles London. With a new Senior Bowl format that has rising coaches around the league working as coordinators and position coaches for the week, London was the offensive coordinator for the American team.

Does that name sound familiar to Washington fans?

London is one of six candidates known to have interviewed with Commanders head coach Ron Rivera for Washington’s vacant offensive coordinator position. In addition, London has reportedly also interviewed with the Tennessee Titans this offseason.

At last week’s Senior Bowl, Riddick came away impressed with London, labeling him a “freakin star” on Twitter.

London is an intriguing candidate. The former Duke running back has steadily moved up in the coaching ranks. He began his coaching career at his alma mater before moving to the Chicago Bears in 2007 as a quality control assistant.

After three years with the Bears, London spent the 2011 season with the Titans. In 2012, he was Bill O’Brien’s running backs coach at Penn State before following him to the NFL with the Houston Texans in the same position for the next four seasons. London returned to Chicago in 2018, where he coached running backs for three seasons before joining Arthur Smith’s staff as quarterbacks coach with the Falcons in 2021.

NFL teams clearly view London as a rising star. And with his knowledge of Atltanta’s outstanding running game, it shouldn’t be too long before London lands his first offensive coordinator job.

Riddick believes that the time is now.

Washington still hasn’t named an offensive coordinator and is believed to be waiting to interview Kansas City offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy after the Super Bowl. Therefore, London remains in play for the Commanders.

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Commanders, Rivera, new offensive coordinator NEED to win next year

Ron Rivera needs to hire the offensive coordinator who can help him win — not necessarily who he is most comfortable with.

Ron Rivera and the Commanders are searching for their next offensive coordinator, and one name has yet to generate much discussion.

The reason might be play-calling experience. Or it might be something as simple as why would an offensive coordinator leave Patrick Mahomes for another OC job.

Calling the plays in the NFL? Don’t all offensive coordinators do this today? Not if the head coach wants to be calling the plays. Eric Bienemy has been in Kansas City now for ten years. For the first five, he coached running backs, and for the last five, he has been the offensive coordinator, but it remains Reid who calls the plays.

Apparently, the play calling of OC Scott Turner was upsetting enough to Coach Ron that Turner was sent packing after his three years under Rivera.

Play-calling is the most criticized aspect of NFL coaching.
Every fan knows the coordinator should not have called that play that didn’t work well. Actually, what most of us confuse is play-calling with execution.

The Commanders run it up the middle on 4th & 1, “Everyone knew they were going to run it up the middle! They should have out-smarted the defense and pitched it wide!”

Yet, when Washington pitched wide on a 4th & 1 early against Cleveland, “What are you doing, pitching wide when you need only one yard!? You should have sent Brian Robinson up the middle to pick up the one yard!”

Of course, those fans were completely forgetting that the interior line had trouble getting a surge in the previous game in San Francisco, missing on three plays needing a single yard.

Pat Shurmur?
Ken Zampese?
Charles London?
Eric Studesville?
Thomas Brown?
Greg Roman?

Who knows?

I certainly don’t.

One thing we do know. Coach Ron has won 7, 7 and 8 games in his three seasons in Washington. He is well aware he NEEDS to win next year.

Consequently, won’t Rivera thus hire whom he feels will best help him get over the hump and into the playoffs in 2023?

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Titans OC candidate Charles London to coach at Senior Bowl

Titans OC candidate and Falcons QBs coach Charles London will be the OC of the American Team at the Senior Bowl.

The Tennessee Titans are in the midst of looking for a new offensive coordinator after firing Todd Downing this offseason.

As of right now, we know of three candidates, a list that includes Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and senior assistant/quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy, and Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks coach, Charles London.

On Wednesday, it was announced that one of those coaches, London, would be the offensive coordinator of the American Team.

The Titans are actually familiar with London, who spent one season as an offensive assistant in Tennessee in 2011. He also crossed paths with Titans head coach Mike Vrabel when they were both on the Houston Texans’ coaching staff during the 2017 campaign.

He most recently served as quarterbacks coach under former Titans offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith, who was on the defensive staff when London was in Nashville.

Aside from the three candidates, the Titans have been fairly quiet on the offensive coordinator front overall, but that likely had to do with the fact that the team hadn’t hired a general manager yet.

Now that Ran Carthon is officially aboard (his introductory press conference will be on Friday), expect this search to really pick up steam in the coming days and week.

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Falcons’ Charles London named OC for Senior Bowl team

Falcons QB coach Charles London was named the offensive coordinator for the American Team at the 2023 Senior Bowl

The Atlanta Falcons are going to be busier than usual this offseason. Not only was the team chosen to coach this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl, quarterbacks coach Charles London has been named the offensive coordinator for the American Team in the 2023 Senior Bowl.

London recently interviewed for the Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator vacancy, and now will get his shot as play-caller at one of the biggest events leading up to the 2023 NFL draft.

The Senior Bowl takes place down in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday, February 4. Make sure to tune in to see this year’s top college prospects try to improve their draft stock.

Atlanta continues to search for a defensive coordinator to replace Dean Pees, who retired a few weeks ago. On Wednesday the team reportedly interviewed Vic Fangio for their defensive vacancy.

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Commanders seek to interview Falcons QB coach Charles London for offensive coordinator

London has coached quarterbacks with the Falcons for the last two seasons.

The Washington Commanders need an offensive coordinator after firing Scott Turner last week.

Veteran coach Pat Shurmur is the only known person to interview thus far. Washington quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese is also a candidate for the position.

On Monday, it was reported that the Commanders were interested in Dolphins QB coach/pass game coordinator Darrell Bevell.

Now, according to Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post, we’ve learned another name. The Commanders want to interview Falcons quarterback coach Charles London for the vacancy.

London has been with the Falcons for the last two seasons as QB coach. Before Atlanta, London was with the Chicago Bears for three seasons as running backs coach. Before Chicago, London was with the Houston Texans for four seasons, where he coached running backs.

The Tennessee Titans also plan to speak with London for their offensive coordinator position.

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Falcons QB coach Charles London interviewing for Titans OC job

#Falcons QB coach Charles London is interviewing for the #Titans’ offensive coordinator vacancy

The Atlanta Falcons have been poaching players and coaches from the Tennessee Titans left and right since hiring Arthur Smith as head coach in 2021. It now appears the Titans are giving the Falcons a taste of their own medicine.

As reported by CBS Sports insider Jonathan Jones, Tennessee is interviewing Atlanta’s quarterbacks coach, Charles London, for the team’s offensive coordinator vacancy.

London was hired to Smith’s staff after spending three years as the running backs coach for the Chicago Bears. During his two seasons in Atlanta, London has worked with Matt Ryan, Marcus Mariota and Desmond Ridder.

The Titans are looking for an offensive coordinator to replace Todd Downing. London would be a solid choice, and perhaps he could help develop quarterback Malik Willis, Tennessee’s third-round pick.

The Falcons have requested five interviews thus far in their search for Dean Pees’ replacement. Brian Flores, Al Holcomb and Jerry Gray are among those reportedly in consideration.

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Report: Titans to interview Falcons’ Charles London for OC

The Titans are reportedly set to interview Falcons QBs coach Charles London for their offensive coordinator position.

A new candidate has emerged for the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator position in Atlanta Falcons quarterbacks coach, Charles London.

According to CBS Sports Jonathan Jones, the Titans are set to interview London for their offensive coordinator vacancy. No date was given for the interview.

Along with London, the Titans have also reportedly requested to interview Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and senior assistant and quarterbacks coach, Matt Nagy. We have yet to see confirmation that those interviews will take place, though.

Among his many stops as an NFL coach, London spent one season with the Titans as an offensive assistant in 2011. Since then, he’s served as a running backs coach at Penn State, and with the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears.

London just completed his second season as the Falcons’ quarterbacks coach under Arthur Smith, who was on the Titans’ defensive staff while London was in Tennessee back in 2011.

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