Cardinals’ coaching staff hard at work with no offseason turnover

INDIANAPOLIS — It is like clockwork every year in the NFL when the regular season ends: head coaches are fired and new coaches hired while a horde of assistant coaches are once again arranging for moving vans.

This year, there were seven head-coaching changes:

Former Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris replaced Arthur Smith in Atlanta.

Former Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales replaced Frank Reich (fired during the season) in Carolina.

Antonio Pierce, previously the interim head coach replacing Josh McDaniels, was hired as the Raiders head coach.

Former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh replaced Brandon Staley (fired during the season) with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Jerod Mayo, previously the inside linebackers coach for the Patriots, was promoted to replace Bill Belichick in New England.

Former Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald replaced Pete Carroll in Seattle.

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn replaced Ron Rivera in Washington.

The coaching carousel spins wildly for nearly two months every year and most teams end up being affected. This year, however, all was quiet in Tempe a year after numerous new faces arrived, many with little NFL experience.

No assistant coaches on Arizona’s staff departed, and head coach Jonathan Gannon is glad.

“It’s awesome,” Gannon said this week speaking to reporters at the NFL combine. “Continuity is a big thing that gets lost in translation at times with staff dynamics and what we want to improve on and what we want to carry over and what we’re studying and what we’re improving on individually, collectively, ultimately to help improve the players.

“I’m appreciative of that. That’s the business, so you have to deal with it and you have to be prepared for it. But I’ glad we’ve got everybody back.”

General manager Monti…

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Publish date : 2024-03-01 19:49:42

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