2024 NFL coaching cycle’s biggest takeaway might be about the candidates who didn’t get hired

Finally, the 2024 head coaching merry-go-round has come to a halt. Dan Quinn is set to become the new head coach of the Washington Commanders and we’ve learned three things about this hiring cycle.

First, it was one of the most diverse cross-sections of new head coaches that the league has ever seen, with four of the eight openings filled by persons of color: Those include the Atlanta Falcons’ Raheem Morris, the New England Patriots’ Jerod Mayo, the Las Vegas Raiders’ Antonio Pierce and the Carolina Panthers’ Dave Canales. In a league that has had significant diversity issues across the top of head coaching trees, that’s not small thing.

Second, the places teams went to get their coaches was not unusual. Two hires were internal candidates (Pierce and Mayo). Three were “retread” former NFL head coaches (Morris, Quinn and Los Angeles Chargers Jim Harbaugh) — although we should also note that Harbaugh doubles as the “star” hire of this cycle. And three hires were “hot” coordinators, including Canales, the Seattle Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald, and the Tennessee Titans’ Brian Callahan.

But the third thing we learned from this rotation might actually be the most important reality heading into 2025. That head coaching cycle is going to be arguably the most loaded and experienced the league has ever seen. It’ll be a full spectrum of aged experience or rising-star upside that will include previously successful program leaders and builders in Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, Mike Vrabel and Brian Flores, matched with two coveted offensive coordinators (the Detroit Lions’ Ben Johnson and Houston Texans’ Bobby Slowik) who might have their pick of multiple jobs before it’s all over.

That fact should have plenty of individuals looking over their shoulders throughout the 2024 season. Consider these franchise groupings as being under watch:

The Pressure Cookers:

Dallas Cowboys: Wildly unlikely to stick with Mike McCarthy in the event of either a rollback…

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Publish date : 2024-02-01 20:58:23

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