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6 members of Vic Fangio’s old coaching staff have landed with NFL teams

Ed Donatell, Curtis Modkins and Chris Kuper are among the former members of Vic Fangio’s coaching staff who have landed new jobs.

By our unofficial count, the Denver Broncos parted ways with 14 members of Vic Fangio‘s coaching staff in addition to Fangio himself.

At the time of this writing, six of those coaches have landed gigs with other NFL teams.

Ed Donatell has accepted a defensive coordinator position with the Minnesota Vikings, assuming the same role he held in Denver.

Minnesota also hired ex-Broncos running backs coach Curtis Modkins (same role) and ex-Denver assistant offensive line coach Chris Kuper as their new OL coach. The Vikings also poached quality control coach Justin Rascati from the Broncos’ staff, giving him a promotion as an assistant OL coach.

Ex-Denver special teams coordinator Tom McMahon was hired by the Las Vegas Raiders as their new STC. Former Broncos assistant ST coach Chris Gould was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers to fill the same position he held in Denver.

Elsewhere in L.A., former Broncos assistant coach Chris Beake has joined the Los Angeles Rams as their new linebackers coach.

Perhaps the most notable former members of Fangio’s staff still available are offensive line coach Mike Munchak and offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur. Munchak and Shurmur both have head coach experience in the NFL.

As for Fangio, he is expected to take a year off from coaching.

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Report: Rams hiring Broncos’ Chris Beake as LBs coach

The Rams are hiring Broncos assistant Chris Beake as their new linebackers coach

The Los Angeles Rams will have several vacancies to fill on their coaching staff this offseason after Kevin O’Connell, Ejiro Evero, Dwayne Stukes and Marcus Dixon all left for opportunities with other teams. Evero, Stukes and Dixon all joined the Broncos, but the Rams are stealing one of Denver’s assistants in exchange.

According to Mike Klis of 9News in Denver, the Rams are hiring Chris Beake as their new linebackers coach. Beake has been with the Broncos since 2013 but with Vic Fangio being fired, it appears new coach Nathaniel Hackett is choosing not to bring Beake back.

What’s interesting is the fact that Beake is taking a position with the Rams that wasn’t publicly known as being vacant. Chris Shula is the Rams’ current LBs coach so it looks like he could either receive a promotion or leave Sean McVay’s staff.

Beake was promoted by the Broncos last season from defensive assistant to defensive pass game specialist. He previously worked a defensive quality control coach and defensive line coach, as well.

Perhaps by bringing in Beake, who was on the Broncos’ staff while Von Miller was in Denver, the Rams are attempting to lure Miller back to Los Angeles this offseason before he hits free agency.

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