The 2024 season is over and the 18 teams that failed to qualify for the playoffs have started to look ahead to next season.
For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6. The Jets are the only team that has dismissed their G.M. at this point, but any future changes will be added to the tracker of all firings, interviews and hirings below.
Chicago Bears: Fired head coach Matt Eberflus on November 29. Requested interviews with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, and Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver. Requested interview with Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing. Requested interviews with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Requested an interview with Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. Requested interview with Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken. Requested interview with Giants assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. Set to interview Glenn between January 9-12. Set to interview former Titans head coach Mike Vrabel on January 8. Set to interview former Jets, Patriots, and Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on January 9. Set to interview Kafka on January 9. Set to interview Petzing on January 8. Interviewed Vrabel on January 8. Requested interview with Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell. Requested interview with Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury. Announced completed interview with Petzing on January 9. Interviewed Johnson on January 11. Interviewed Glenn on January 11. Set to interview former Panthers and Commanders head coach Ron Rivera on January 12.
Jacksonville Jaguars: Fired head coach Doug Pederson on January 6. Set to interview Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn between January 9-12. Requested interview with Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen. Requested interview with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. Requested interviews with former Jets head coach Robert Saleh, Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady, Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken. Set to interview Robert Saleh on January 14. Requested interview with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores. Requested interview with Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Set to interview Johnson on January 11. Announced completed interview with Johnson on January 11. Interviewed Spagnuolo on January 10. Interviewed Glenn on January 11.
Las Vegas Raiders: Fired head coach Antonio Pierce on January 7. Requested interviews with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. Requested an interview with Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken. Requested interview with Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Will interview former Jets coach Robert Saleh. Fired General Manager Tom Telesco on January 9. Scheduled interview with former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for January 14. Set to interview Johnson on January 10.
New England Patriots: Fired head coach Jerod Mayo on January 5. Requested interview with Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. Interviewed former Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton on January 7. Interviewed former Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich on January 7. Set to interview former Titans head coach and Patriots Hall of Famer Mike Vrabel on January 8. Set to interview Johnson on January 9. Requested interview with Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. Interviewed Johnson on January 10. Reportedly in negotiations to make Vrabel their new head coach. Hired Mike Vrabel on January 12.
New Orleans Saints: Fired head coach Dennis Allen on November 4. Requested interview with Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore. Requested interviews with Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady, Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver. Requested interview with Giants assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. Set to interview Glenn between January 9-12. Interviewed Weaver on January 8. Set to interview Kafka on January 9. Requested interview with Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury. Interviewed Kafka on January 9. Interviewed Glenn on January 10.
New York Jets: Fired head coach Robert Saleh on October 8. Fired G.M. Joe Douglas on November 9. Interviewed former Falcons G.M. Thomas Dimitroff on December 16. Interviewed Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy on December 19. Interviewed former Titans G.M. Jon Robinson and ESPN analyst Louis Riddick. Interviewed former Panthers and Commanders head coach Ron Rivera on January 2. Interviewed former Titans head coach Mike Vrabel on January 3. Set to interview former Jets and Bills head coach Rex Ryan on January 7. Set to interview interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich. Requested interview with Chiefs assistant G.M. Mike Borgonzi. Requested interview with Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Requested interview with Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. Requested interviews with Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady, Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. Set to interview Eagles assistant G.M. Alec Halaby on January 8. Requested interviews with Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, 49ers QBs coach Brian Griese. Requested interview with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores. Requested interview with Vikings QBs coach Josh McCown. Requested interviews with Vikings senior vice president of player personnel Ryan Grigson and Bengals senior personnel executive Trey Brown. Set to interview Borgonzi on January 8. Set to interview Glenn between January 9-12. Set to interview Nagy on January 8. Requested interview with Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi. Requested interview with Buccaneers assistant G.M. Mike Greenberg. Interviewed Halaby on January 8. Interviewed Nagy on January 8. Will interview Lions executive Chris Spielman for G.M. position. Interviewed Borgonzi on January 8. Requested interview with Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Interviewed Glenn and former Browns G.M. Ray Farmer on January 9. Announced they completed the interview with Glenn. Interviewed Maryland head coach Mike Locksley on January 10. Interviewed Broncos assistant G.M. Darren Mougey on January 11. Interviewed Grigson and Spielman on January 11. Interviewed Rizzi on January 11. Interviewed Brown and Commanders assistant G.M. Lance Newmark on January 11.
Tennessee Titans: Fired General Manager Ran Carthon on January 7. Expected to interview Bills director of player personnel Terrance Gray. Requested interviews with Dolphins senior personnel executive Reggie McKenzie, Colts assistant G.M. Ed Dodds, Chiefs assistant G.M. Mike Borgonzi, and Browns assistant G.M./vice president of football operations Catherine Hickman. Requested interview with Buccaneers assistant G.M. John Spytek. Will interview former Falcons G.M. Thomas Dimitroff. Interviewed McKenzie, Spytek and Dimitroff on January 10. Interviewed Dodds, Hickman, Gray, and Seahawks senior director of player personnel Matt Berry on January 11. Set to interview Borgonzi on January 12. Interviewed Bears assistant G.M. Ian Cunningham on January 12.
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