The Arizona Cardinals have agreed to rent Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon to be their subsequent head coach. The information comes after the Indianapolis Colts confirmed Philly’s offensive coordinator, Shane Steichen, as the person to interchange Frank Reich.
Gannon replaces Kliff Kingsbury, who was fired final month after going 4-13 in his fourth season. Gannon turns into Arizona’s fourth coach in seven years.
The 40-year-old Gannon has been Philadelphia’s defensive coordinator the previous two seasons, serving to rebuild a protection that helped the Eagles attain the Tremendous Bowl final Sunday.
The Eagles had the NFL’s No 2 protection this season and the third-most sacks in NFL historical past with 78 beneath Gannon in 2022.
Gannon’s hiring is the primary main transfer by basic supervisor Monti Ossenfort, who was employed final month after Steve Keim and the group parted methods.
The Colts’ appointment of Steichen ends a search that took greater than a month, concerned greater than a dozen candidates and at last offers the Colts some course in what nonetheless seems to be a tumultuous offseason.
“Proper now I’m somewhat emotional as a result of this can be a massive day for me and my household,” Steichen stated on Tuesday. “We need to get plenty of issues achieved right here, we’ve received to grind each single day.”
Every of Indy’s final two full-time hires have been offensive coordinators for Philadelphia Eagles groups that made the Tremendous Bowl. Frank Reich was employed in 2018 after the Eagles received their first championship since 1960 however was fired in October because the Colts’ season began to unravel
He was changed by interim coach Jeff Saturday, who received his first recreation however misplaced the ultimate seven to offer Indy the No 4 total draft decide. Saturday was one of many finalists for the full-time job.
Now, although, the Colts appear to be altering instructions once more, this time most certainly with a younger, promising quarterback. That’s a significant purpose group proprietor Jim Irsay and basic supervisor Chris Ballard, who led the prolonged search, sought out the 37-year-old Steichen.
Underneath Steichen’s tenure in Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts went from second-round draft decide in 2020 to strong starter in 2021 to NFL MVP runner-up in 2022.
However Hurts isn’t Steichen’s solely prized pupil. In 2020, as offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers, Steichen presided over Justin Herbert’s NFL offensive rookie of the yr marketing campaign. Earlier than that, he labored with former Chargers star Philip Rivers, who performed his closing season in Indianapolis beneath the management of Reich and present Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni.
“Shane and I met in Philadelphia and had an extended and thorough dialog and he was so spectacular,” Irsay stated, describing a Friday night time assembly the week earlier than the Tremendous Bowl. “I do know Philip had plenty of enter, and he and I talked for a really very long time about Shane. Shane was super within the interview, confirmed unimaginable management, toughness, very quick thoughts to have the ability to course of and disseminate data in a short time.”
