Coaching changes in the National Football League - Part 3
This is the third part in a four part series of articles discussing recent coaching staff changes in the NFL.
Munchak has already fired three people on his staff since taking over, one of which was offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger. He hired former team-mate and friend Bruce Matthews to be offensive line coach.
Munchak had wanted to acquire New York Jets’ Bill Callahan as his offensive coordinator, but he was denied an interview.
Last in the AFC South is the Jacksonville Jaguars team. Todd Monken, quarter-backs coach, has left the team to be offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State University. He had been promoted to the position and becomes the second quarter-back coach to leave
after Mike Shula’s contract expired and he joined the Carolina Panthers under Ron Rivera.
A source said that Monken received a long contract and pay raise from the University and Monken said that it was a difficult decision for him to leave the team, but he is anxious to work with his friend Mike Gundy, the coach for Oklahoma State, and be a
coordinator again.
"Todd is a really good fit for what we need," Gundy said in a statement. "He’s been in the Big 12 and SEC, and he’s coached at places that have won at a high level. He’s an experienced, intelligent coach who will be able to come in and help us pick up where
we left off."
Let’s move to the AFC North to see the Cleveland Browns. New head coach Pat Shurmur says that he will not be hiring an offensive coordinator, assuming both posts himself. Only New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick did the same thing in the 2010
season. The Arizona Cardinals had their passing coordinators and running coordinators work together for the coaching job.
"I feel like we've hired a terrific staff and everybody on this staff has roles and issues of the day," Shurmur said. "I feel really good about how we've structured things and I think it's going to work well."
He also told a local newspaper that he would be keeping Colt McCoy as his starter, saying “it would be a logical assumption.”
Shurmur replaced Eric Mangini in January after spending two years as offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams. He had already said that he would be taking the post of offensive coordinator when he was introduced, but made it official on Thursday.
Shurmur has also hired Mark Whipple from the University of Miami to be the quarter-back coach after being an offensive coordinator in Miami. He told the newspaper that his assistants will also help out with the offense.
"I think that's the key piece," Shurmur said. "As you go through the week, you put the plan together and everybody in the room has input."
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