NFL.com is tracking all of the latest news, interviews and developments concerning coach and general manager vacancies around the league as the 2023 hiring cycle kicks into gear. The information below — sourced from NFL Media reports and official team announcements — will be updated in real time during the coming weeks.
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Head coach · General manager
Head coach:
- Brian Flores, Steelers senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach (requested)
- Sean Payton, former Saints head coach (requested)
- DeMeco Ryans, 49ers defensive coordinator (requested)
General manager:
- Ian Cunningham, Bears assistant general manager (scheduled)
- Quentin Harris, Cardinals VP of player personnel (completed)
- Joe Hortiz, Ravens director of player personnel (scheduled)
- Monti Ossenfort, Titans director of player personnel (scheduled)
- Jerry Reese, former Giants general manager (completed)
- Adrian Wilson, Cardinals VP of pro personnel (completed)
- Ejiro Evero, Broncos defensive coordinator (requested)
- Jim Caldwell, former Lions and Colts head coach (completed)
- Ken Dorsey, Bills offensive coordinator (requested)
- Ben Johnson, Lions offensive coordinator (scheduled)
- Mike Kafka, Giants offensive coordinator (requested)
- Jerod Mayo, Patriots linebackers coach (requested)
- Kellen Moore, Cowboys offensive coordinator (requested)
- Frank Reich, former Colts head coach (completed)
- DeMeco Ryans, 49ers defensive coordinator (requested)
- Shane Steichen, Eagles offensive coordinator (scheduled)
- Steve Wilks, Panthers interim coach (completed)
- Sean Desai, Seahawks associate head coach for defense (requested)
- Brian Flores, Steelers senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach (scheduled)
- Jerod Mayo, Patriots linebackers coach (requested)
- Jim Schwartz, Titans senior defensive assistant (completed)
- Dennard Wilson, Eagles defensive pass game coordinator/defensive backs coach (scheduled)
- Jim Caldwell, former Lions and Colts head coach (completed)
- Ejiro Evero, Broncos defensive coordinator (completed)
- Jim Harbaugh, University of Michigan head coach (completed)
- Raheem Morris, Rams defensive coordinator (scheduled)
- Sean Payton, former Saints head coach (requested)
- Dan Quinn, Cowboys defensive coordinator (requested)
- DeMeco Ryans, 49ers defensive coordinator (requested)
- David Shaw, former Stanford University head coach (completed)
- Thomas Brown, Rams assistant head coach (requested)
- Ejiro Evero, Broncos defensive coordinator (scheduled)
- Jonathan Gannon, Eagles defensive coordinator (completed)
- Ben Johnson, Lions offensive coordinator (completed)
- Mike Kafka, Giants offensive coordinator (requested)
- Sean Payton, former Saints head coach (requested)
- DeMeco Ryans, 49ers defensive coordinator (requested)
- Shane Steichen, Eagles offensive coordinator (completed)
- Eric Bieniemy, Chiefs offensive coordinator (completed)
- Ejiro Evero, Broncos defensive coordinator (completed)
- Aaron Glenn, Lions defensive coordinator (completed)
- Ben Johnson, Lions offensive coordinator (completed)
- Raheem Morris, Rams defensive coordinator (completed)
- Jeff Saturday, Colts interim head coach
- Shane Steichen, Eagles offensive coordinator (scheduled)
- Bubba Ventrone, Colts special teams coordinator (completed)
- Mike LaFleur, former Jets offensive coordinator (scheduled)
- Malik Boyd, Bills senior director of pro personnel (requested)
- Ran Carthon, 49ers director of player personnel (completed)
- Glenn Cook, Browns assistant GM/VP of player personnel (completed)
- Ryan Cowden, Titans VP of player personnel (completed)
- Ian Cunningham, Bears assistant general manager (scheduled)
- Quentin Harris, Cardinals VP of player personnel (requested)
- Monti Ossenfort, Titans director of player personnel (completed)
- Head coach Kliff Kinsgbury
Kingsbury was fired on Jan. 9 following a 4-13 season and just one season after he signed a contract extension through the 2027 season. Kingsbury served as Arizona’s head coach for four years, going 28-37-1 and reaching the postseason just once.
- Head coach Matt Rhule
- Defensive coordinator Phil Snow
Rhule was fired on Oct. 10, five weeks into his third year with the Panthers. Rhule’s time in Carolina produced just an 11-27 record over two-plus seasons, including consecutive five-win campaigns and a 1-4 start in 2022. Steve Wilks served as the Panthers’ interim coach, leading Carolina to a 7-10 record and the brink of an NFC South title. Snow was fired along with Rhule.
- Defensive coordinator Joe Woods
Woods was relieved of his duties on Jan. 9, one day after the conclusion of the 2022 regular season. Woods had been with the Browns since 2020.
- Head coach Nathaniel Hackett
Hackett was fired on Dec. 26 after a 4-11 start to his first season in Denver. Senior assistant Jerry Rosburg served as the Broncos’ interim coach for their final two games.
- Head coach Lovie Smith
Smith was fired on Jan. 8, hours after the Texans’ season-ending win over the Colts. Smith served as Houston’s head coach for just one season, leading the Texans to a 3-13-1 record. Smith is the second Houston coach in as many years to go one-and-done; David Culley was replaced by Smith during the 2022 offseason after a 4-13 season in 2021.
- Head coach Frank Reich
- Offensive coordinator Marcus Brady
Reich was fired on Nov. 7 following a 3-5-1 start to the 2022 season. Reich generated a 40-33-1 regular-season record in four and a half seasons in Indy with a 1-2 postseason record. He was replaced by former Colts center and ESPN analyst Jeff Saturday as interim coach; Saturday’s Colts went 1-7 in eight games. Brady was fired one week before Reich after serving as OC for just over a season.
- General manager Jon Robinson
- Offensive coordinator Todd Downing
Robinson was fired after seven seasons as Tennessee’s GM on Dec. 6. The Titans compiled a 66-43 record with Robinson in charge, including zero losing seasons. At the time of Robinson’s ouster, Tennessee had generated the ninth-highest winning percentage (.606) in the NFL since 2016. Titans VP of player personnel Ryan Cowden took over Robinson’s duties on an interim basis. Downing was fired as OC on Jan. 9. Downing had been with the organization since 2019. He was promoted from tight ends coach to offensive coordinator in 2021.
- Offensive coordinator Scott Turner
The Commanders fired Turner on Jan. 10. Turner had been Washington’s offensive coordinator since the 2020 season. The Commanders were never better than 23rd in the league in points scored per game in the three seasons with Turner at the helm.
- Offensive coordinator Liam Coen
The University of Kentucky on Jan. 10 announced that Coen is returning as the school’s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
- Offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur
LaFleur and the Jets mutually parted ways on Jan. 11 after two seasons. The Jets ranked 28th and 29th overall in points per games during LaFleur’s two seasons in New York.
- Defensive coordinator Dean Pees
Pees, 73, announced his retirement on Jan. 9 after 50 years of coaching in football. Pees had been Atlanta’s DC for the past two seasons.
OFFICIAL INTERVIEW TIMELINE
Below is the official timeline for permitted interviews, per NFL rules:
- Jan. 10: Virtual interviews for open head-coach positions can be conducted with coaches whose clubs are not participating in the postseason or whose clubs have a postseason bye (Kansas City and Philadelphia).
- Jan. 17: In-person and/or virtual interviews may be conducted with head-coach candidates whose teams played on Wild Card Saturday or Sunday.
- Jan. 18: In-person and/or virtual interviews may be conducted with head coach candidates whose teams played on Wild Card Monday.
- Jan. 23: In-person and/or virtual interviews with coaches whose teams won a Wild Card game may begin for coordinator positions through Jan. 28, the Saturday prior to Conference Championship games. A request for a coordinator position must be approved if it is not a “shared” position, and/or if the requesting club does not have an assistant head coach in charge of the side of the ball of the coordinator position (i.e., assistant head coach-offense for an offensive coordinator position.) All other interviews with coaches whose teams are still participating in the playoffs are prohibited until Jan. 30.
- Jan. 30: Assistant coaches whose clubs are participating in the Super Bowl who previously interviewed for another club’s head-coach position may have a second in-person or virtual interview with such club no later than Feb. 5, the Sunday prior to the Super Bowl.
- Feb. 13: Second interviews with assistant coaches whose teams were participating in the Super Bowl may resume.
