Tag: offensive coordinator search

Report: Vikings assistant, former McCarthy staffer interviewed for Cowboys OC job

Brian Angelichio helmed the Vikings passing game with Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson; on Thursday he interviewed to replace Kellen Moore. | From @ToddBrock24f7

There’s another hat in the ring for the Cowboys offensive coordinator position, and this one has Viking horns on it.

Minnesota tight ends coach and passing game coordinator Brian Angelichio reportedly met with the Cowboys on Thursday, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.

Angelichio, a 50-year-old New York native, joined the Vikings staff in 2022 after ten years on various NFL sidelines and 17 tears in the college ranks. With Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson leading the team’s air attack, the Vikings finished fifth in the league in passing yards and seventh in total yards and total points.

 

Angelichio has already interviewed with Baltimore for their OC position, and is reportedly set to meet with the Ravens a second time.

Prior to his stint in Minneapolis, Angelichio had been with Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Washington, and Carolina. He was also the tight ends coach under Mike McCarthy for his final three seasons in Green Bay.

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Cowboys interview Thomas Brown, McVay’s Asst HC, for OC role

Thomas Brown has been a hot candidate for several NFL jobs; he was on staff at multiple major college programs prior to joining the Rams. | From @ToddBrock24f7

Add another name to the list of potential replacements for Kellen Moore as Cowboys offensive coordinator.

Jerry Jones told reporters Wednesday that the club has interviewed Los Angeles Rams assistant head coach and tight ends coach Thomas Brown for the position. Jeff Nixon from the Panthers had previously been revealed to be a candidate.

At 36 years old, Brown is a relative newcomer to coaching in the pros; his 2020 job as L.A.’s running backs coach was his first in the NFL after collegiate stints at Georgia, Chattanooga, Marshall, Wisconsin, Miami, and South Carolina.

Brown met with Minnesota last year about their OC gig and was requested by Miami for an head coaching interview before they settled on Mike McDaniel.

According to Rams Wire, Brown has gotten plenty of looks during this cycle of coaching interviews, too, garnering sit-downs with the Chargers and Commanders regarding offensive coordinator roles, and he interviewed for the Texans head coaching job as well.

Brown figures to be one of the hottest young coaching prospects for the next few hiring cycles. Rams head coach Sean McVay called him “one of the greatest competitors I’ve ever been around; that’s why he’s also the assistant head coach.”

While the Cowboys’ new OC won’t be calling plays, he will fulfill several key duties on Mike McCarthy’s staff. And with the team also having dismissed its assistant head coach and its running backs coach, the fact that Brown has experience in both roles may help his candidacy in Dallas.

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Report: Cowboys to interview Panthers RB coach for OC opening

Former Baylor assistant Jeff Nixon has play-calling experience and past history with staffs in Philadelphia, Miami, and San Francisco. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Panthers were interested in Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore for their head coaching job. Now that Moore is bound for Los Angeles instead, the Cowboys may be looking at a Carolina staffer to fill Moore’s old spot.

Dallas will interview Panthers assistant head coach and running backs coach Jeff Nixon for their OC vacancy, as reported Tuesday morning by Joe Person of The Athletic.

Nixon’s name may be familiar to some Cowboys fans after his time spent at Baylor. The Bears’ co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach under head coach Matt Rhule, Nixon produced top-20 offenses in two of his three years in Waco.

Rhule brought Nixon with him to Charlotte in 2020 when he took the team’s head coaching position.

After the Panthers fired offensive coordinator Joe Brady during the 2021 season, it was Nixon who took over play-calling duties for the team’s final five games. With the added title of assistant head coach, Nixon returned to coaching running backs this past year; he survived losing superstar Christian McCaffrey in a midseason trade yet still guided the Panthers backfield to a top-10 finish in rushing yards.

Nixon has plenty of NFL experience, having also served on the offensive staffs of Philadelphia, Miami, and San Francisco from 2007 to 2016.

He is reportedly set to meet with Dallas on Wednesday.

While it is believed that Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy will call offensive plays in Dallas next season, the team still needs to fill its OC role and may elect to do so with someone who can grow into a full-time play-calling capacity while also fulfilling other roles.

Nixon’s experience as both a running backs coach and assistant head coach might help him check several boxes the Cowboys currently have open; the team parted ways with RB coach Skip Peete and assistant HC Rob Davis last week.

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New Cowboys WR coach to interview for Saints OC job 2 days after hire

Robert Prince barely had time to unpack his boxes in Dallas, yet he’s interviewing for the offensive coordinator position in New Orleans. | From @ToddBrock24f7

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It’s been a whirlwind of a week for Robert Prince.

It was announced on Monday that the Cowboys were finalizing a deal to bring the 56-year-old wide receivers coach from Houston to Dallas to serve in that same role for the Cowboys in 2022. On Wednesday, the club made it official, formally hiring the longtime assistant who has also spent time on the sidelines in Detroit, Seattle, Jacksonville, and Atlanta.

And on Thursday, the very next day, it was revealed the Prince would be interviewing on Friday with the New Orleans Saints for their offensive coordinator vacancy.

It’s a surreal turn of events for someone who ostensibly hasn’t even figured out yet how their key card works at The Star in Frisco.

 

Prince’s only OC experience came in the college ranks, at Boise State, coincidentally enough. Prince was the school’s wide receivers coach for Kellen Moore’s senior season, then graduated to offensive coordinator for two more seasons with the Broncos after Moore went pro. The two reunited in Detroit in 2014; Prince was the Lions’ new WR coach during Moore’s final year with the club.

With the Lions, Prince led a position group that included Calvin Johnson, Marvin Jones, Golden Tate, Anquan Boldin, and Kenny Golladay. He’d have quite an assortment of weapons in Dallas, too, with a corps that finished 2021 at just under 5,000 receiving yards.

But several Cowboys receivers currently have questionable futures in Dallas. Michael Gallup, Cedrick Wilson, Noah Brown, and Malik Turner are all set to become free agents, and Amari Cooper is among the most speculated-about names in the league these days.

If they all- or even most of them- return to the Cowboys, Prince would have plenty to work with.

But right now, it’s not even a lock that Prince will keep the job he just accepted on Wednesday.

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