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2026 NFL Offensive/Defensive Coordinator Search Tracker

By | at February 15, 2026 10:15 pm

The 2026 head coaching carousel has now seen 10 jobs open since the start of the offseason, as the Bills have fired Sean McDermott. HC firings generally lead to coordinator changes, and several other teams have proceeded with OC or DC moves to start their offseasons. Here are the current OC and DC searches transpiring. As the remaining HC searches conclude, more coordinator searches will be added to this list.

Updated 2-18-26 (10:39am CT)

Offensive Coordinators

Arizona Cardinals (Out: Drew Petzing)

  • Nathaniel Hackett, quarterbacks coach (Dolphins): Hired

Atlanta Falcons (Out: Zac Robinson)

Baltimore Ravens (Out: Todd Monken)

Buffalo Bills (Out: Joe Brady)

  • Pete Carmichael Jr., senior offensive assistant (Broncos): Hire expected

Chicago Bears (Out: Declan Doyle)

Cleveland Browns (Out: Tommy Rees)

Denver Broncos (Out: Joe Lombardi)

  • Ronald Curry, quarterbacks coach (Bills): Interviewed
  • Brian Johnson, pass-game coordinator (Commanders): Interviewed
  • Davis Webb, quarterbacks coach (Broncos): Promoted

Detroit Lions (Out: John Morton)

Kansas City Chiefs (Out: Matt Nagy)

  • Eric Bieniemy, running backs coach (Bears): Rehired

Las Vegas Raiders (Out: Greg Olson)

  • Andrew Janocko, quarterbacks coach (Seahawks): Hired
  • Frisman Jackson, wide receivers coach (Seahawks): To interview

Los Angeles Chargers (Out: Greg Roman)

Los Angeles Rams (Out: Mike LaFleur)

Miami Dolphins (Out: Frank Smith)

New York Giants (Out: Mike Kafka)

New York Jets (Out: Tanner Engstrand)

Philadelphia Eagles (Out: Kevin Patullo)

Pittsburgh Steelers (Out: Arthur Smith)

Seattle Seahawks (Out: Klint Kubiak)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Out: Josh Grizzard)

Tennessee Titans (Out: Nick Holz)

Washington Commanders (Out: Kliff Kingsbury)

Defensive Coordinators

Arizona Cardinals

Baltimore Ravens (Out: Zach Orr)

Buffalo Bills (Out: Bobby Babich)

  • Jim Leonhard, defensive backs coach (Broncos): Hired

Cleveland Browns (Out: Jim Schwartz)

Dallas Cowboys (Out: Matt Eberflus)

Green Bay Packers (Out: Jeff Hafley)

Las Vegas Raiders (Out: Patrick Graham)

Los Angeles Chargers (Out: Jesse Minter)

Miami Dolphins (Out: Anthony Weaver)

  • Sean Duggan, former linebackers coach (Packers): Hired
  • Clint Hurtt, defensive line coach (Eagles): Interviewed

New England Patriots (Out: Terrell Williams)

New York Giants (Out: Shane Bowen)

New York Jets (Out: Steve Wilks)

Pittsburgh Steelers (Out: Teryl Austin)

San Francisco 49ers (Out: Robert Saleh)

  • Gus Bradley, assistant head coach (49ers): Interviewed
  • Raheem Morris, former head coach (Falcons): Hired
  • Jim Schwartz, defensive coordinator (Browns): Rumored candidate
  • Joe Woods, defensive backs coach (Raiders): Interviewed

Tennessee Titans (Out: Dennard Wilson)

Washington Commanders (Out: Joe Whitt)

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Raiders To Conduct OC Interview With Andrew Janocko

By | at February 15, 2026 4:08 pm

Once the Raiders hired Klint Kubiak as their new head coach, attention turned to the possibility of other Seahawks staffers following him to Seattle. Andrew Janocko is among them.

Not long after Kubiak’s hire, Janocko was identified as the favorite for Vegas’ offensive coordinator position. As Kubiak and the Raiders evaluate their OC options, Janocko will – to no surprise – receive a look. An interview has been arranged for today in Vegas, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.

Janocko and Kubiak worked together in Minnesota and New Orleans prior to their joint Seattle stint during the 2025 season. A hire on this front would certainly not come as a shock as a result. Of course, the potential for an OC position with the Seahawks loomed as well in this case. With that having changed earlier this afternoon, though, a hire with the Raiders would be expected by many. Per Schefter, Janocko is indeed now in line to be hired as Vegas’ OC.

The Seahawks were thought to prefer an internal promotion to fill the OC vacancy. Janocko was one of four in-house staffers who interviewed for the position recently, and he presumably remained in the running until today. Seattle also spoke with Jake Peetz, Justin Outten and Mack Brown as internal candidates before reaching an agreement with Brian Fleury.

The Raiders’ approach on offense will be a major storyline around the league. Improvements in many areas will be needed as the team seeks to rebound from a 3-14 campaign in 2025. That is widely presumed to include the addition of quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick in April’s draft. Kubiak himself will obviously be a central figure in Vegas’ efforts to take needed steps forward on offense, but his OC hire will be critical as well. Particularly if a familiar face in the form of Janocko is brought in, expectations could be raised in relatively short order.

Kubiak has been busy on several fronts within the first few days of his initial head coaching opportunity. The Raiders already have their DC (Rob Leonard) and special teams coordinator (Joe DeCamillis) in place. Bringing in Janocko would/will fill another notable vacancy on the sidelines.

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Seahawks Interviewing 49ers TEs Coach Brian Fleury For OC Job

By | at February 14, 2026 9:53 am

The Seahawks are expected to make an internal promotion to fill their offensive coordinator vacancy, but they are still taking a look at some other coaches around the league.

Among them is 49ers tight ends coach/run game coordinator Brian Fleury, who is interviewing for the job on Saturday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Fleury has spent the last seven years in San Francisco, beginning as a defensive quality control coach in 2019. He moved to the offensive side of the ball in 2020 in another QC role before a promotion to tight ends coach two years later.

49ers tight end George Kittle has made the Pro Bowl for five straight years working with Fleury with All-Pro recognition in three of those seasons. The team’s other tight ends have not had as big of an impact, though Jake Tonges stepped up for 22 catches for 209 yards during Kittle’s five game absence this past season.

Prior to joining the 49ers, Fleury served in a variety of roles with the Dolphins, Browns, and Bills, along with stints with multiple college programs. He came up on the defensive side of the ball, which he briefly continued in San Francisco before starting his work with tight ends.

Here are the rest of the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator candidates:

  • John Benton, offensive line coach (Seahawks): Rumored candidate
  • Mack Brown, tight ends coach (Seahawks): To interview
  • Hank Fraley, offensive line coach (Lions): Rumored candidate
  • Brian Fleury, tight ends coach (49ers): Interviewing on 2/14
  • Andrew Janocko, quarterbacks coach (Seahawks): To interview
  • Mike Kafka, former interim head coach (Giants): Rumored candidate
  • Justin Outten, run-game specialist (Seahawks): To interview
  • Jake Peetz, pass-game coordinator (Seahawks): To interview
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Former Ravens DC Zach Orr Reunites With Mike Macdonald In Seattle

By | at February 13, 2026 10:20 pm

A pair of former Ravens staffers landed in Seattle today, reuniting them with former defensive coordinator and current Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald. For the second time in a row, Baltimore will watch their former defensive coordinator join the Seahawks as Macdonald is hiring Zach Orr to serve as inside linebackers coach in Seattle, per Clarence Hill Jr. of All City DLLS.

Orr’s history in Baltimore was a complicated one. An undrafted linebacker out of North Texas, Orr started as a player for the Ravens, spending his first two years as a core special teamer before stepping in as a starter in Year 3, leading the team with 133 total tackles, and earning second-team All-Pro honors alongside fellow starter C.J. Mosley. His All-Pro season ended with an injury that led to a congenital neck/spine condition diagnosis that would force him to retire from playing.

Orr immediately turned to coaching after coming to terms with the end of his playing career. In 2017, the Ravens hired him as a defensive analyst 12 days after he settled into retirement. Orr left in 2021 for an outside linebackers coaching position under Urban Meyer in Jacksonville, and when that didn’t work out, he returned to Baltimore as an inside linebackers coach for two years before succeeding Macdonald as defensive coordinator.

Orr’s defenses in Baltimore were streaky. In his first year as a coordinator, the Ravens defense ranked 25th in points allowed, 27th in yards allowed, and dead last in passing yards allowed through 10 weeks of play. Taking another look at his personnel, Orr made some adjustments and, with some key contributors stepping up, Baltimore fielded the NFL’s best defense across all three of those categories for the last six weeks of the season. The improvement was enough to see them finish the year ranked as the ninth-best scoring defense and the 10th-best total defense.

Similar struggles plagued the Ravens defense in 2025, but unlike in Orr’s first year, there was no major turnaround. While the team found some footing partway into the year, that footing was inconsistent as they finished the season ranked 18th in points allowed and 24th in yards allowed. The 30th-ranked pass defense was an especially offensive black eye for a secondary that rostered All-Pros in Kyle Hamilton and Marlon Humphrey alongside recent first-round picks Nate Wiggins and Malaki Starks.

After the Ravens fired former head coach John Harbaugh, Orr interviewed for defensive coordinator jobs with the Chargers and Cowboys. Though they didn’t off him the DC job, the Cowboys kept in contact with Orr enough that he had an offer to fill the same inside linebackers coaching job in Dallas, per Hill. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Raiders had also requested to interview Orr for their open DC position, but Orr chose the option to reunite with Macdonald over the job in Dallas or the interview with Las Vegas. Macdonald had wanted to bring Orr as his DC when he first left for the head coaching job in Seattle, but the Ravens prevented that from occurring by promoting Orr themselves. Now, Macdonald gets his man, and Orr gets to continue developing as a coach in his system.

Joining Orr in the move to Seattle will be former Ravens director of strategy/assistant quarterbacks coach Daniel Stern. The Ravens hired someone to fill Stern’s position when it seemed he might follow Todd Monken to Cleveland, but instead, Stern will defect to the team’s former defensive coordinator, according to Schefter.

Lastly, Baltimore finalized their new coaching staff under head coach Jesse Minter yesterday. We have covered nearly every staff change in previous posts on the site, but the Ravens‘ announcement provided a few new details. First, initially thought to be hired as director of football logistics and defensive consultant, respectively, Christina DeRuyter and Rick Minter‘s titles have been reported to be chief of staff to the head coach and football analyst. The team’s announcement also broke news of the promotion of Andrew Rogan to a role as defensive quality control coach. Rogan had joined the team in 2021 as a player personnel assistant and was promoted to coaching/scouting analyst in 2023. He’ll now transfer fully over to the coaching side of the staff.

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NFL Reserve/Futures Deals: 2/13/26

By | at February 13, 2026 6:32 pm

There were two reserve/futures deals signed in the NFL today:

New York Giants

Seattle Seahawks

  • DE Jalan Gaines

After the Seahawks announced 15 reserve/futures deals yesterday, two members of their practice squad from last year found deals today. Gaines, a rookie who signed as an undrafted free agent with Seattle out of Illinois State, will remain with the team for the offseason. Jackon, an undrafted rookie who spent the summer in Denver before making his way to Seattle after failing to make the 53-man roster, finds his third NFL home within a calendar year as he heads to New York.

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Seahawks Blocked Raiders’ Justin Outten Interview Request

By | at February 13, 2026 3:06 pm

The Seahawks could not block offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak from taking the Raiders’ head coaching job, but they are attempting to keep some of his assistants in Seattle.

The Raiders requested to interview Justin Outten – currently the Seahawks’ run game specialist/assistant offensive line coach – for a run game coordinator role in Las Vegas. That would represent a lateral move, so the Seahawks were able to block the interview, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

Outten is among the Seahawks’ candidates to replace Kubiak, so the team understandably does not want him to leave until they complete their offensive coordinator hiring process. If they go in a different direction, the Seahawks could release Outten to pursue a job in Las Vegas, as the Ravens did with some of their assistants after officially hiring Jesse Minter. However, Seattle seems headed for an internal promotion to fill their OC vacancy, in which case the new hire may want to keep as much of Kubiak’s staff intact as possible.

Seahawks defensive backs coach/pass game specialist Karl Scott is also staying in Seattle, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. He interviewed for the Cardinals’ defensive coordinator vacancy and was among the initial candidates to serve as Kubiak’s DC. The Raiders did not submit an official interview request for Scott, and he has now pre-empted such a meeting with his decision. Scott will likely be in the mix for defensive coordinator jobs next year.

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Seahawks To Interview Cardinals’ Connor Senger For Offensive Coordinator

By | at February 13, 2026 12:21 pm

Klint Kubiak was only the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator for one season, but he made a huge impact during a Super Bowl-winning campaign. Kubiak’s success led to a promotion to the Raiders’ head coaching job, leaving the Seahawks to search for a new offensive leader.

Seattle may poach from an NFC West rival’s staff for Kubiak’s successor, having identified Cardinals pass-game specialist Connor Senger as a candidate. The Seahawks will interview Senger, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Senger was previously an OC possibility for the Bears, but they ultimately promoted Press Taylor to replace the departed Declan Doyle. He also caught the attention of the Bills and Packers when they were looking for quarterbacks coaches. Buffalo (Bo Hardegree) and Green Bay (Luke Getsy) have since filled those vacancies with more experienced names.

Still just 30 years old, Senger is a former college QB (Wisconsin from 2013-14, Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 2015-16) and coach whose NFL career began in Arizona in 2022. Senger started on a coaching fellowship, but he has gradually climbed up the ladder. He was an offensive quality control coach in 2023 and an assistant QBs coach in ’24, a year in which Kyler Murray enjoyed a bounce-back season.

A foot injury limited Murray to five games in 2025, but Senger still helped guide a passing game that was statistically above average. The Cardinals finished seventh in the league in passing despite backup signal-caller Jacoby Brissett starting 12 games. Their QBs tossed 29 touchdowns against 11 picks and ranked 13th in traditional passer rating (92.5). Wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. fell well short of expectations in Year 2, but fellow wideout Michael Wilson had a breakout third season. Meanwhile, with 126 receptions, 1,239 yards and 11 TDs, Trey McBride was easily the league’s most productive tight end.

During Kubiak’s lone year at the controls, the Seahawks ranked third in scoring and eighth in total offense. Kubiak’s successor will inherit a title-winning group that boasts a quality QB in Sam Darnold and an all-world receiver in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, among other pieces. Running back Kenneth Walker III is nearing free agency on the heels of winning Super Bowl MVP, but the Seahawks are unlikely to let him get away this offseason.

Retaining Walker would be an obvious plus for Seattle’s next OC, whether it’s Senger or someone else. Here’s where the Seahawks’ search stands in the early going:

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Seahawks Sign 15 To Futures Deals

By | at February 12, 2026 6:54 pm

With their championship parade in the rearview, the Super Bowl-winning Seahawks handled their reserve/futures contracts Thursday. Here are the 15 players joining Seattle’s offseason roster:

Akers saw action in three Seahawks regular-season games and was part of the No. 1-seeded team’s NFC championship game win over the Rams, who drafted the running back in 2020. The twice-traded back caught on with Seattle’s active roster in late November but also spent time on the practice squad, hence the futures contract. The Seahawks are the sixth-year veteran’s fifth NFL team.

A converted wide receiver used primarily on special teams, Jones handled six carries in the Seahawks’ divisional-round blowout win over the 49ers. The former Bears draftee played in five Saints games before catching on with the Seahawks this season. He will join Akers as RBs on Seattle’s offseason roster, as the team has Kenneth Walker unsigned and Zach Charbonnet rehabbing an ACL tear.

Hall joins Akers in being a six-year veteran. The Jets used an injury activation on Weston — a 2025 UDFA — last season but later waived him. The rookie linebacker did not see any action with the Seahawks but will continue to develop in the Pacific Northwest.

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Cardinals Interviewed Seahawks DBs Coach Karl Scott For DC Job

By | at February 12, 2026 3:20 pm

The Cardinals are continuing to interview potential defensive coordinators to serve under new head coach Mike LaFleur.

The latest addition to the list is Seahawk defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator Karl Scott, who has already completed an interview for the job, per CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

Scott, 40, is a longtime defensive backs coach who came up with a number fo college programs. After stints as the defensive backs coach at Texas Tech and Alabama – the latter of which included time with Xavier McKinney, Trevon Diggs, and Patrick Surtain – Scott moved to the NFL in 2021. He spent a year as the Vikings’ defensive backs coach but was not retained on Kevin O’Connell‘s new staff the following year.

Scott then moved to Seattle, where he has served as the defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator for the last four seasons. He has found success with a long list of defensive backs: cornerbacks Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen, and Josh Jobe and safeties Julian Love, Nick Emmanwori, Coby Bryant, and Ty Okada.

Those results have earned Scott interest from multiple teams for DC jobs in recent offseasons. Spending two years under Mike Macdonald has only boosted his resume for this year’s hiring cycle. He is a rumored candidate to follow Klint Kubiak to Las Vegas to become the Raiders’ DC and interviewed for the Commanders’ job last month.

In Arizona, Scott would be tasked with reviving a Cardinals defense that struggled under Jonathan Gannon despite his background on that side of the ball. They have a young cornerback corps with plenty of potential with safety Budda Baker serving as the unit’s anchor for the last several years. Scott’s expertise in secondary play makes him a strong candidate to get the most out of that group, which may allow the team to invest more resources in other areas of need.

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Raiders To Interview Seahawks WRs Coach Frisman Jackson For OC Job

By | at February 12, 2026 2:29 pm

Like many new head coaches, Klint Kubiak is looking to his former staff in Seattle to help fill his new one in Las Vegas.

The Raiders are expected to interview Seahawks wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson for their offensive coordinator vacancy, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. He is the first candidate to interview for the job, though Seahawks quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko is viewed as an early frontrunner.

Jackson, 46, has played or coached the wide receiver position since 1997. After five years in college –split between Northern Illinois and Western Illinois – Jackson caught on with the Browns as an undrafted rookie in 2002. He primarily served as a returner and managed to carve out a rotational role in 2004 and 2005, but he did not play in 2006 or 2007 and retired from playing the following year.

Jackson then began coaching wide receivers at the college level, starting at Western Illinois and continuing with four other programs, including his other alma mater. His first NFL job came with the Titans in 2017, and after returning to the college level for two years at Baylor, he made a permanent move back to the pros. He spent two years in Carolina and two in Pittsburgh before landing in Seattle, where he survived the team’s offensive coordinator change from Ryan Grubb in 2024 to Kubiak in 2025.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba took massive strides under Jackson, going from 63 receptions for 628 receiving yards in 2023 to 100 receptions for 1,130 receiving yards in 2024. In 2025, he jumped to 119 catches and a league-leading 1,793 yards and 10 touchdowns. The Raiders have a few young talents at receiver, but none anywhere near Smith-Njigba’s level, so Jackson would be tasked with raising the overall floor of the unit as the team looks for bigger upgrades in free agency and the draft.

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