Fantasy football reaction: 2024 NFL coaching changes recap

A fantasy football response to all of the coaching changes around the NFL.

Six of the eight new NFL head coaches are from the defensive side of the ball, which makes their choices at offensive coordinator that much more important. The two head men with a background coaching the offense — Dave Canales and Brian Callahan — both intend to call plays in addition to being their respective team’s final decision maker.

We’ll focus mostly on offensive changes for two primary factors: Fantasy defenses typically are interchangeable week to week and aren’t nearly as consequential, and defensive fantasy production tends to be far more personnel-driven than schematic success, outside of a few proven systems.

2024 NFL coaching change tracker

Tracking all of the important 2024 NFL coaching changes.

Keep up to date with all of the latest key changes among NFL head coaches, offensive coordinators, and defensive coordinators entering the 2024 offseason.

NFL coaching tracker 

Yrs Head Coach Yrs Offensive Coord. Yrs Defensive Coord.
ARI 1 Jonathan Gannon 1 Drew Petzing 1  Nick Rallis
ATL 0 Raheem Morris 0 Zac Robinson 0 Jimmy Lake
BAL 16 John Harbaugh 1 Todd Monken 0 Zachary Orr
BUF 7 Sean McDermott 0 Joe Brady 0 Bobby Babich
CAR 0 Dave Canales 0 Brad Idzik 1 Ejiro Evero
CHI 2 Matt Eberflus 0 Shane Waldron 0 Eric Washington
CIN 5 Zac Taylor 5 (Taylor calls plays) 5 Lou Anarumo
CLE 4 Kevin Stefanski 4 Alex Van Pelt 1 Jim Schwartz
DAL 4 Mike McCarthy 1 Brian Schottenheimer 0 Mike Zimmer
DEN 1 Sean Payton 1 Joe Lombardi 1 Vance Joseph
DET 3 Dan Campbell 2 Ben Johnson 3 Aaron Glenn
GB 5 Matt LaFleur 2 Adam Stenavich 0 Jeff Hafley
HOU 1 DeMeco Ryans 1 Bobby Slowik 1 Matt Burke
IND 1 Shane Steichen 1 Jim Bob Cooter 2 Gus Bradley
JAC 2 Doug Pederson 2 Press Taylor 0 Ryan Nielsen
KC 11 Andy Reid 1 Matt Nagy 5 Steve Spagnuolo
LVR 0 Antonio Pierce 0 Luke Getsy 2 Patrick Graham
LAC 0 Jim Harbaugh 0 Greg Roman 0 Jesse Minter
LAR 7 Sean McVay 1 Mike LaFleur 0 Chris Shula
MIA 2 Mike McDaniel 2 Frank Smith 0 Anthony Weaver
MIN 2 Kevin O’Connell 2 Wes Phillips 1 Brian Flores
NE 0 Jerod Mayo 0 Alex Van Pelt 0 DeMarcus Covington
NO 2 Dennis Allen 0 Klint Kubiak 2 Ryan Nielsen
NYG 2 Brian Daboll 2 Mike Kafka 0 Shane Bowen
NYJ 3 Robert Saleh 1 Nathaniel Hackett 3 Jeff Ulbrich
PHI 3 Nick Sirianni 0 Kellen Moore 0 Vic Fangio
PIT 17 Mike Tomlin 0 Arthur Smith 2 Teryl Austin
SF 7 Kyle Shanahan 7 (Shanahan calls   plays) 0 Nick Sorensen
SEA 0 Mike Macdonald 0 Ryan Grubb 0 Aden Durde
TB 2 Todd Bowles 0 Liam Coen 2 Kacy Rodgers
TEN 0 Brian Callahan 0 HC calls plays 0 Dennard Wilson
WAS 0 Dan Quinn 0 Kliff Kingsbury 0 Joe Whitt

New Coaches

Tm Pos. Name Previous Experience
ATL HC Raheem Morris LAR DC 2021-2023, ATL DC 2020, ATL WR  2016-2019… TB HC 2009-2011
ATL OC Zac Robinson LAR QB 2021-2023, LAR WR 2020
ATL DC Jimmy Lake LAR Ass’t HC 2023, U. Washington HC 2020-2021, U. Washington DC 2018-2019
BAL DC Zachary Orr BAL LB 2022-2023, JAC LB 2021, BAL Def Analyst 2017-2020
BUF OC Joe Brady BUF QB 2022-2023, CAR OC 2020-2021
BUF DC Bobby Babich BUF LB 2022-2023, BUF Safeties 2018-2021, BUF Ass’t DB 2017
CAR HC Dave Canales TB OC 2023, SEA QB/Pass Game 2020-2022, SEA QB 2018-2019
CAR OC Brad Idzik TB WR 2023, SEA WR 2022, SEA QB 2021, SEA WR 2019-2020
CHI DC Eric Washington BUF Ass’t HC 2023, BUF DL 2020-2022, CAR DC 2018, 2019, CAR DL 2011-2017
CHI OC Shane Waldron SEA OC 2021-2023, LAR Pass Game 2018-2020
DAL DC Mike Zimmer Jackson State 2022, MIN HC 2014-2021
GB DC Jeff Hafley Boston College HC 2020-2023, Ohio State Co-DC 2019, SF DB 2016-2018, CLE DB 2014-2015
JAC DC Ryan Nielsen ATL DC 2023, NO DL 2017-2022, NC State DL 2013-2016
LAC HC Jim Harbaugh Michigan HC 2015-2023, 49ers HC 2011-2014
LAC OC Greg Roman BAL OC 2019-2022, BAL TE 2017-2018, BUF OC 2015-2016, SF OC 2011-2014
LAC DC Jesse Minter Michigan DC 2022-2023, Vanderbilt DC 2021
LVR HC Antonio Pierce LV LB coach 2022-2023, ASU LB/DC 2018-2021
LVR OC Luke Getsy CHI OC 2022-2023, GB QB 2019-2021, Miss. St. OC 2018, GB WR 2016-2017
LAR DC Chris Shula LAR LB 2023, LAR DB 2022, LAR LB 2017-2021
MIA DC Anthony Weaver BAL DL 2021-2023, HOU DC 2020, HOU DL 2016-2019, CLE DL 2014-2015
NE HC Jerod Mayo NE LB coach 2019-2023, NE Player 2008-2015
NE DC DeMarcus Covington Promoted NE DL coach
NE OC Alex Van Pelt CLE OC 2020-2023, CIN QB 2018-2019, GB QB 2017-2017, GB RB 2012-2013
NO OC Klint Kubiak
NYG DC Shane Bowen TEN DC 2021-2023, TEN LB 2018-2019, HOU Def. Ass’t 2016-2017
PHI OC Kellen Moore LAC OC 2023, DAL OC 2019-2022, DAL QB 2018
PHI DC Vic Fangio MIA DC 2023, PHI consultant 2022, DEN HC 2019-2021, CHI DC 2015-2018
PIT OC Arthur Smith ATL HC 2021-2023, TEN OC 2019-2020, TEN TE 2014-2018, TEN OL 2013
SEA HC Mike Macdonald BAL DC 2022-2023, Michigan DC 2021, BAL LB 2018-2020, BAL DB 2017
SEA OC Ryan Grubb Washington U. OC 2022-2023, Fresno State OC 2017-2021, E Michigan OL 2014-2016
SEA DC Aiden Durde DAL DL 2021-2023, ATL OLB 2020, ATL Def. QB 2018-2019
SF DC Nick Sorensen SF Def Ass’t, Def Pass Game Coord 2022-2023, JAC Special Teams 2021, SEA secondary 2017-2020
TB OC Liam Coen Kentucky OC 2023, LAR OC 2022, Kentucky OC 2021, LAR QB 2020, LAR WR 2018-2019
TEN HC Brian Callahan CIN OC 2019-2023, OAK QB 2018, DET QB 2016-2017, DEN Ass’t and QC coach 2011-2015
TEN DC Dennard Wilson BAL DB 2023, PHI DB 2021-2022, NYJ DB 2017-2020, LAR DB 2015-2016
WAS HC Dan Quinn DAL DC 2021-2023, ATL HC 2015-2020, SEA DC 2013-2014, Florida DC 2011-2012
WAS DC Joe Whitt DAL Secondary 2021-2023, ATL Secondary 2020, CLE secondary 2019
WAS OC Kliff Kingsbury USC Sr. Off. Analyst 2023, ARI HC 2019-2022, Texas Tech HC 2013-2018

 

NFL Black Monday tracker: A running list of the coaches fired at the end of the 2022 season

A look at the coaches who lost their jobs this season and on Black Monday 2023.

January 9 marks the first day of the offseason for the 18 NFL teams who failed to make the playoffs. It also marks the day most underwhelming head coaches find out whether they’re out of a job or have another year to turn things around.

The first Monday after Week 18 — also known as Black Monday — is typically the backdrop against which disappointed franchises announce they’re changing plans. This year’s crop of firings may be smaller than years’ past. That’s not because the league of chock full of great coaches, however. Instead, it’s because three coaches didn’t even make it through the 2022 season before being relieved of their duties.

Here’s a list of the coaches who have been fired to kick off 2023, as well as the three unfortunate playcallers who preceded them and sent their teams searching for replacements back in the fall: