Doug Marrone*
Head coach of: Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars
Offensive coordinator years: 2006-2008 (New Orleans Saints)*
NFL experience: 12 (27)
While Marrone technically doesn’t meet all three of the previous bullet points, we will include him here. We have a hard time seeing him being a viable candidate for this position and his tenure as the offensive coordinator behind Sean Payton in New Orleans came over a decade ago, so he didn’t get a chance to call plays despite his experience as an offensive coordinator. Jacksonville and Buffalo’s offenses under Marrone’s watch have been more smash mouth football and he’s not necessarily renowned for his play design or work with quarterbacks, so this is a tough sell.
But never the less, he’s someone who has been around the block, he’s someone who has served as an OC before and he’s someone who has been a leader in a locker room, so he’s on the list.