Friday's NFL coaching roundup
Plenty of NFL teams are searching for new head coaches, coordinators, and front-office staff. Follow here for the updates on the league's hiring carousel from Jan. 5.
It was a busy day for New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. The 41-year-old interviewed with the New York Giants and Chicago Bears for their head coaching gigs on Friday. He met with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday.
The Giants also interviewed Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia on Friday.
The Indianapolis Colts will interview Houston Texans defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel for their coaching vacancy on Saturday, according to Albert Breer of The MMQB.
Related: Raiders giving Gruden 10-year deal worth about $100M
#Raiders coach Jon Gruden has 3 key hires already in place: #Rams QB coach Greg Olson as OC, #Bengals DC Paul Guenther as DC, #Cowboys special teams coach Rich Bisaccia as ST.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 5, 2018
The Texans have interest in Philadelphia Eagles VP of player personnel Joe Douglas and Dallas Cowboys VP of player personnel Will McClay for their vacant general manager position, according to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle.
The #Panthers have granted permission to the #AZCardinals to interview defensive coordinator Steve Wilks. Carolina is playing this weekend, so the interview hasn't been schedule yet.
— Mike Jurecki (@mikejurecki) January 5, 2018
The Arizona Cardinals are meeting with Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz on Friday for their head coaching job, sources told Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Baltimore Ravens also made official the hiring of James Urban as their quarterbacks coach and the promotion of Greg Roman from offensive assistant to assistant head coach.
Harbaugh's commentary on DC opening yesterday made it pretty clear of candidates: Chuck Pagano and current LB coach Don "Wink" Martindale head the list. Former Ravens assistants Steve Spagnuolo and Ted Monachino also getting consideration. https://t.co/1i5EpHkHcK
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiecsun) January 5, 2018
The Minnesota Vikings denied a request from the Green Bay Packers to interview assistant general manager George Paton for their general manager opening, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Sources told Pro Football Talk that the Packers have instead turned their attention to attempting an interview with Baltimore Ravens assistant general manager Eric DeCosta.
The Vikings weren't the only NFC North foe to block a prospect from the Packers. The Detroit Lions blocked defensive coordinator Teryl Austin from interviewing with Green Bay for the time being, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported.
Finally, after interviewing Eliot Wolf for their GM job Thursday, the Packers were to meet with vice president of football administration Russ Ball and director of player personnel Brian Gutekunst on Friday with former Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley to interview for the position on Saturday, according to Breer.
The Denver Broncos officially named Mike Sullivan their new quarterbacks coach, Curtis Modkins their new running backs coach, and Sean Kugler their new offensive line coach in charge of guards and centers. Sullivan was previously the offensive coordinator for the Giants, Modkins was running backs coach for the Chicago Bears, and Kugler was head coach at the University of Texas-El Paso.