Tag: NFL Coaches

All 32 NFL head coaches, ranked oldest to youngest

Sean Payton (60) is the sixth-oldest head coach in the NFL. View the ages for all 32 NFL coaches going into the Broncos’ bye week.

At 60 years old, Denver Broncos skipper Sean Payton is the sixth-oldest head coach in the NFL going into his team’s bye this week.

Payton became a head coach at age 42 and he won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints at 46 years old. Gary Kubiak was 54 when he won a title with the Broncos and Mike Shanahan was 45 and 46 when Denver won back-to-back titles in the late 1990s.

Mike Tomlin (36 at the time) held the record as the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl until Sean McVay (20 days younger) later claimed that crown. McVay, now 38, is still the fourth-youngest coach in the league despite having seven years of experience on his resume.

Bruce Arians was the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl (68), but George Halas (204 days older) was the oldest coach to ever win an NFL title (Halas coached in the pre-Super Bowl era).

The most recent Super Bowl champion is Andy Reid (66), who also happens to be the oldest coach in the league. Reid would need to coach at least three more seasons to have a chance of becoming the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl.

View the full list of all 32 NFL head coaches below, ranked by age.

  1. Andy Reid (66) Chiefs
  2. John Harbaugh (62) Ravens
  3. Mike McCarthy (61) Cowboys
  4. Todd Bowles (61) Buccaneers
  5. Jim Harbaugh (60) Chargers
  6. Sean Payton (60) Broncos
  7. Doug Pederson (56) Jaguars
  8. Darren Rizzi (54) Saints [interim]
  9. Dan Quinn (54) Commanders
  10. Mike Tomlin (52) Steelers
  11. Sean McDermott (50) Bills
  12. Brian Daboll (49) Giants
  13. Dan Campbell (48) Lions
  14. Raheem Morris (48) Falcons
  15. Jeff Ulbrich (47) Jets [interim]
  16. Antonio Pierce (46) Raiders
  17. Matt LaFleur (45) Packers
  18. Kyle Shanahan (44) 49ers
  19. Dave Canales (43) Panthers
  20. Nick Sirianni (43) Eagles
  21. Kevin Stefanski (42) Browns
  22. Jonathan Gannon (41) Cardinals
  23. Mike McDaniel (41) Dolphins
  24. Zac Taylor (41) Bengals
  25. Brian Callahan (40) Titans
  26. DeMeco Ryans (40) Texans
  27. Shane Steichen (39) Colts
  28. Kevin O’Connell (39) Vikings
  29. Sean McVay (38) Rams
  30. Jerod Mayo (38) Patriots
  31. Thomas Brown (38) Bears [interim]
  32. Mike Macdonald (37) Seahawks

Payton (.615) has the ninth-best career winning percentage among active coaches.

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Ranking the 5 new NFL head coaches: Who made the best hire?

Which new NFL hire will pay the biggest immediate dividends? We rank them.

Compared to 2022, 2023 was an oasis of job security for NFL head coaches. More than a quarter of the league’s sideline generals were replaced last offseason, leading to promising hires that returned immediate dividends (Doug Pederson, Brian Daboll), others on which the jury is still out (Kevin O’Connell, Matt Eberflus) and a couple of one-year flameouts (Nathaniel Hackett, Lovie Smith).

Only five teams fired their head coaches after the start of last fall’s regular season, starting with Matt Rhule’s deserved departure in Carolina. That set the stage for a hiring process filled with the typical mix of retread veterans and rising coordinators as each franchise looks for the guy who can take their team to the next level.

With the Arizona Cardinals settling on Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon to replace Kliff Kingsbury, we now know what 2023’s class of new head coaches officially looks like. With some very minimal data about their pasts and the rosters they’ve inherited, which hire looks best? Well, looks like it’s time to get into some way-too-early, almost-certainly-wrong rankings.

NFL: Tracking head coach, coordinator and GM firings for 2023

Here’s a running list of who’s been fired during the season and in its immediate aftermath.

Yesterday was Black Monday in the NFL and it didn’t disappoint as several head coaches were given the boot. A couple coordinators and one GM have also left their positions.

Here’s a running list of who has been fired during the season and in its immediate aftermath.

Twitter reacts to Saints coach Sean Payton retiring

Twitter was replete with reactions upon the news of coach Sean Payton retiring from the New Orleans Saints. Here are some of the best.

The New Orleans Saints took a blow on Tuesday with the retirement of coach Sean Payton.

Payton led the Saints to their lone Super Bowl victory at the end of the 2009 season, and compiled a 152-89 regular season record with a 9-8 mark in postseason play. The Saints also came close to qualifying for two Super Bowls as they came up short in the 2006 and 2018 NFC Championship Games.

The branch off the Bill Parcells coaching tree was just what the Saints needed in 2006 to recover from the devastating 2005 campaign, which was due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Twitter was full of takes after the news. Here are some of the best reactions to Payton’s retirement.

Twitter reacts to the Jaguars firing Urban Meyer as coach

The Jacksonville Jaguars fired Urban Meyer after a 2-11 record. Here is how Twitter reacted to the news.

The Jacksonville Jaguars got a fresh start Thursday morning with the firing of coach Urban Meyer.

The move happened in the middle of the night, and comes after a string of embarrassments that range from his 2-11 record to getting shutout 20-0 at the hands of the Tennessee Titans in Week 14 to a story about how he allegedly kicked kicker Josh Lambo.

Like Jaguars owner Shad Khan when firing a coach, Twitter never sleeps, and the coaching change by Jacksonville was just what football fans needed as one jolt of excitement before bedtime. Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter.

Assistants from every team to consider as next NFL coaches

As the coaching carousel begins to spin, here are assistant coaches from every team NFL teams should consider when filling their vacancies.

The coaching carousel had its first turn in October when Jon Gruden resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders.

As the NFL enters the final four weeks of its regular season, the carousel is expected to take a few more spins as teams fire coaches and move in different directions. Some teams will go with younger minds while others will rely on retreads.

Here is a look at an assistant coach from each NFL team to consider for a coaching vacancy. Keep in mind that it is like a potluck: some are tasked to bring the prime rib and some are tasked to bring the napkins and paper plates.

Ed Reed said he’s spoken to Ravens’ John Harbaugh about coaching

How great would Ed Reed be as a coach? Apparently, he’s thought the same thing, saying he’s talked to Ravens’ John Harbaugh about coaching

Former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed is arguably the best to ever play the position. While Reed was certainly known for creating big plays in the secondary, it was his football intelligence that helped create the Pro Football Hall of Famer’s career what it was. So, it makes sense that Reed would be a perfect fit with the headset on the sideline, right?

That’s exactly what Reed believes and he’s taken a few shots at it since retiring in 2015. Reed was hired by then-Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan as the team’s assistant defensive backs coach. However, it was only a one-year stint as Buffalo ultimately parted ways with Ryan and hiring Sean McDermott, who didn’t retain Reed on his staff. Reed joined his alma mater in 2020, hired as the team’s “Chief of Staff” under coach Manny Diaz.

In an interview with Baltimore Beatdown’s Kyle Barber, Reed said he’s still interested in coaching and has spoken to coach John Harbaugh. But he isn’t interested in just any role.

“I’ve talked to coach Harbaugh briefly at times, about things,” Reed said about whether he’s had conversations about joining the Ravens’ staff. “I’m not a position coach, man. I can coach position but no.”

It would seem like a position role would be perfect for Reed. He’s widely acknowledged as one of the best defensive backs to play football and would surely have a lot to teach young players. But Reed believes young players wouldn’t listen to him as a position coach, so he’s looking for a job a little higher up the ladder.

“[Young players] haven’t played the game and just won’t even hear my voice putting me at a position coach, Reed continued. “My voice won’t even be heard. So that’s why I tweeted about being a [defensive coordinator] or head coach. I know what I’m capable of, I know what I aspire for. You gotta know your worth.”

While Reed has certainly set his worth pretty high, it seems unlikely a team is going to hire him as either a defensive coordinator or head coach without more experience. We’ve seen plenty of great players who become terrible analysts and others that try to get into coaching only to struggle. If he’s already concerned about players not listening to him, that would probably be a pretty big red flag to any owner even remotely interested in handing the reins over to Reed.

It would be amazing to see Reed on the sideline in a purple polo with a headset on teaching the likes of Chuck Clark, DeShon Elliott, Marlon Humphrey, and Marcus Peters. But unless Reed becomes a little more realistic about his path to a coordinator or head coaching job, it’s probably not going to happen very soon.

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Falcons add two more names to front office and coaching staff

The Falcons continue to round out their new coaching staff and front office, hiring a new strength and conditioning coach and director of coaching operations on Wednesday.

The Falcons continue to round out their coaching staff and front office, hiring a new strength and conditioning coach and director of coaching operations on Wednesday.

Thomas Stallworth was named Atlanta’s strength and conditioning coach after spending three years in the same role for the New York Giants. Brian Griffin, a former football director at IMG Academy, will serve as the team’s director of coaching operations.

Stallworth has coached at Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Fresno State. The Falcons’ new strength and conditioning coach also won a National Championship in college as a linebacker at the University of Tennessee in 1998.

As for Griffin, he’s held multiple roles at the IMG Performance Academy, including president of the training division, according to the Falcons team website:

“Griffin also spent three years (2011-13) as the Vice President of Performance and President of Training Division at IMG Performance in Bradenton, Fla. He also spent four years (2007-10) as the Senior Director of Performance, Combines, Camps & Clinics for Under Armour.”

Since hiring Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot, the team has brought in over 20 new coaches and front office assistants.

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