Friday, January 16, 2026

NFL Head Coach And General Manager Churn

This week, the Pittsburgh Steelers joined eight teams looking for a new head coach. Mike Tomlin stepped away after 19 years of sustained winning. He started that long run with a bang as he won a Super Bowl title in his second year as head coach. After that, the Steelers were a playoff staple for 17 years. Now, nine teams are looking for a head coach. 

Head Coach Vacancies

New York Giants
Fired: Brian Dabol

Tennessee Titans
Fired: Brian Callahan

Arizona Cardinals
Fired: Jonathan Gannon

Atlanta Falcons 
Fired: Raheem Morris

Baltimore Ravens
Fired: John Harbaugh

Cleveland Browns
Fired: Kevin Stefanski

Las Vegas Raiders
Fired: Pete Carroll

Miami Dolphins
Fired: Mike McDaniel

Pittsburgh Steelers 
Stepped Away: Mike Tomlin

Unless something wild happens, there’s really only eight head coach vacancies. Numerous reports from numerous sources have John Harbaugh and the New York Giants uniting. It’s surprising that there hasn’t been an “official” announcement as those reports have been flowing freely for over 24 hours. 

The cycle is fairly light when it comes to the annual general manager churn. When the season ended, only two teams were looking for a new general manager.

General Manager Vacancies

Atlanta Falcons
Fired: Terry Fontenot

Miami Dolphins
Fired: Chris Grier

The Miami Dolphins acted fast as they hired Green Packers Vice President of Player Personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan before the first week of the offseason was complete. 

The Atlanta Falcons were perhaps lagging behind the pace of the Dolphins in their pursuit of a new general manager because of other front office business. Last week, the Falcons hired former quarterback Matt Ryan as their new President of Football. Who knows what responsibilities of that job will be? One thing that’s certain is that he’ll have a role in selecting a new general manager and head coach. 

Current Interview Requests:

Head Coach

New York Giants
Hired: John Harbaugh

I hesitate putting this one as finalized as it hasn’t been finalized. I remember a day when Josh McDaniels walked away from a supposedly done deal with the Indianapolis Colts. It was such a done deal that he’d even hired an assistant coach. Despite that, I can’t see Harbaugh pulling a McDaniels. 

Tennessee Titans
Matt Nagy - Chiefs OC
Vance Joseph - Broncos DC
Steve Spagnuoulo - Chiefs DC
Lou Anarumo - Colts DC
Raheem Morris - former Falcons head coach
Kevin Stefanski - former Browns head coach
Jason Garrett - former Cowboys head coach
Jeff Hafley - Packers DC
Arthur Smith - Steelers OC
Robert Saleh - 49ers DC
Kliff Kingsbury - former Commanders OC
Mike McCarthy - former Cowboys head coach
Mike McCoy - Titans interim head coach
Mike McDaniel - former Dolphins head coach
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC
Chris Shula - Rams DC
Brian Daboll - former Giants head coach
Jonathan Gannon - former Cardinals head coach
John Harbaugh - former Ravens head coach

Arizona Cardinals
Vance Joseph - Broncos DC
Robert Saleh - 49ers DC
Anthony Weaver - Dolphins DC
Klint Kubiak - Seahawks OC
Thomas Brown - Patriots passing game coordinator 
Matt Nagy - Chiefs OC
Raheem Morris - former Falcons head coach
Jeff Hafley - Packers DC
Thomas Brown - Patriots passing game coordinator

Atlanta Falcons
Klint Kubiak - Seahawks OC
Anthony Weaver - Dolphins DC
Vance Joseph - Broncos DC
Kevin Stefanski - former Browns head coach
Jeff Hafley - Packers DC
Robert Saleh - 49ers DC
Aden Durde - Seahawks DC
Ejiro Evero - Falcons DC
John Harbaugh - former Ravens head coach
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC

Baltimore Ravens
Vance Joseph - Broncos DC
Davis Webb - Broncos QB coach
Anthony Weaver - Dolphins DC
Klint Kubiak - Seahawks OC
Brian Flores - Vikings DC
Matt Nagy - Chiefs OC
Kliff Kingsbury - former Commanders OC
Robert Saleh - 49ers DC
Joe Brady - Bills OC
Kevin Stefanski - former Browns head coach
Mike McDaniel - former Dolphins head coach
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC
Jim Schwartz - Browns DC

Cleveland Browns 
Todd Monken - Ravens OC
Aden Durde - Seahawks DC
Dan Pitcher - Bengals OC
Tommy Rees - Browns OC
Jim Schwartz - Browns DC
Mike McDaniel - former Dolphins head coach
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC
Nate Scheelhasse - Rams passing game coordinator
Grant Udinski - Jaguars OC

Las Vegas Raiders
Vance Joseph - Broncos DC
Klint Kubiak - Seahawks OC
Davis Webb - Broncos QB coach
Matt Nagy - Chiefs OC
Jeff Hafley - Packers DC
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC
Nate Scheelhasse - Rams passing game coordinator

Miami Dolphins
Klint Kubiak - Seahawks OC
Robert Saleh - 49ers DC
Chris Shula - Rams DC
Anthony Campanile - Jaguars DC
Patrick Graham - Raiders DC
Jeff Hafley - Packers DC
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC
Kelvin Sheppard - Lions DC
Kevin Stefanski - former Browns head coach

For merely sentimental reasons, it’d be pretty cool to see Don Shula’s grandson coaching the Dolphins. 

Pittsburgh Steelers
Ejiro Evero - Panthers DC
Brian Flores - Vikings DC
Jeff Hafley - Packers DC
Klay Kubiak - 49ers OC
Jesse Minter - Chargers DC
Nate Scheelhaase - Rams passing game coordinator 
Chris Shula - Rams DC
Anthony Weaver - Dolphins DC

General Manager

Atlanta Falcons
Ian Cunningham - Bears assistant GM
Josh Williams - 49ers director of scouting football

Miami Dolphins
Hired: Jon-Eric Sullivan - Packers VP of Player Personnel


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