The 2022 NFL season has already seen three head coaches get fired. More could join them on Black Monday — the first day of the offseason for teams that missed the playoffs.
January 9 will begin an official coaching search for a handful of franchises. The Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos each got a head start by ditching their coaches in the middle of the year. Each will try to lock down the kind of football architect who can build a stable foundation and end lengthy postseason droughts for each team.
Which names will be bandied about in rumors and reports as interviews fly across the hiring process? The 2023 crop of head coach candidate is a heady brew of familiar names and rising stars from sidelines in the NCAA and NFL. Here are, in no particular order, 13 of the hottest names prepared to hop on this winter’s coaching carousel as needy teams shake up their core philosophies.