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With John Harbaugh fired after 18 seasons in Baltimore, the Ravens are in the market for a head coach.
There should be no shortage of interesting candidates.
In this space, The Banner will keep track of the movement of the team’s search, providing key information about each candidate and updating this list with each reported interview. Efficiency stats reflect the regular-season, opponent-adjusted rankings on FTN.
Coordinator Vance Joseph’s defense set the Broncos’ franchise record with 68 sacks this season. (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
Vance Joseph
Position: Denver Broncos defensive coordinator
Age: 53
Interest level: The Ravens are reportedly scheduled to interview Joseph on Thursday.
Upside: In 2023, Joseph’s first year as the Broncos’ coordinator, Denver finished 30th in efficiency and had a below-average pass rush. In 2024, the Broncos finished fourth in efficiency and led the NFL with 63 sacks. This year, they finished fifth in efficiency and broke their franchise record with a league-high 68 sacks. Even more impressive, none of Denver’s top pass rushers — outside linebackers Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper and defensive linemen John Franklin-Myers and Zach Allen — were top-60 draft picks, and only two (Bonitto and Allen) were Day 2 selections. With star cornerback Pat Surtain II anchoring the secondary, the Broncos have leaned into one of the NFL’s highest rates of man coverage. They’ve also excelled in the red zone and on third down. Former NFL head coach Gary Kubiak told Sports Illustrated that Joseph is “just a really, really good communicator.”
Downside: Joseph went just 11-21 in 2017 and 2018 as Denver’s head coach, when his best options at quarterback were Trevor Siemian, Brock Osweiler and Case Keenum. His Broncos defenses ranked in the top 10 in efficiency both years, but defenses tend to be more variable from year to year than offenses. As a defensive coordinator who struggled as a first-time head coach, Joseph will need a compelling plan for how to lift the Ravens’ offense.
NFL interest: As of Wednesday, the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals were scheduled to interview Joseph this week.
Klint Kubiak
Seahawks coordinator Klint Kubiak, center, helped turn around the offense in his first year on former Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald’s coaching staff. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP)
Position: Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator
Age: 38
Interest level: The Ravens have reportedly requested an interview with Kubiak.
Upside: Kubiak has helped turn around the Seahawks’ offense in his first year on former Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald’s coaching staff. Seattle improved from 18th to 10th in efficiency despite shaky offensive line play. Quarterback Sam Darnold earned Pro Bowl honors in his first season with Kubiak, while receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the NFL with 1,793 receiving yards. Kubiak, the son of former Ravens offensive coordinator and NFL head coach Gary Kubiak, has attacked defenses with a mix of personnel packages and under-center and shotgun plays. He’s stressed the importance of balance in game-planning.
Downside: In Kubiak’s three stints as an offensive coordinator — with the Minnesota Vikings (2021), New Orleans Saints (2024) and Seahawks — he’s never had a great running attack. Seattle ranked 14th in rushing efficiency this year, the best mark of Kubiak’s career. His Saints and Seahawks offenses have also started hot, only to fall off over the course of the regular season. Injuries played a part in those regressions, especially in New Orleans, but his offense’s consistency has been lacking.
NFL interest: As of Wednesday, the New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals, Las Vegas Raiders and Atlanta Falcons had also reportedly requested interviews with Kubiak.
Anthony Weaver
Anthony Weaver, formerly the Ravens’ assistant head coach/defensive line coach, talks with linebacker Kyle Van Noy during the AFC divisional playoff game against the Texans in January 2024. (Kylie Cooper/The Banner)
Position: Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator
Age: 45
Interest level: The Ravens have reportedly requested an interview with Weaver.
Upside: Weaver is liked and respected in Baltimore, where he started his career in 2002 as a second-round defensive lineman. Weaver joined Harbaugh’s staff in 2021 as a defensive line coach and was quickly promoted to assistant head coach in 2022. Defensive linemen Nnamdi Madbubuike, Travis Jones and Broderick Washington developed quickly as young players under Weaver, whom the Dolphins hired as defensive coordinator in 2024. His Miami defenses feature elements of the schemes the Ravens have helped popularize, including a high rate of “creeper” pressures, in which an expected pass rusher drops into coverage while an expected coverage player attacks the pocket as part of a four-man pressure package.
Downside: Weaver might be better suited to leading a team than leading a defense, but his results as a play-caller have been disappointing. He lasted just one season as the Houston Texans’ defensive coordinator, ranking second to last in efficiency in 2020, and has had two below-average defenses in Miami. Neither job was conducive to success — Bill O’Brien was fired as Houston’s coach and general manager after an 0-4 start to the 2020 season, while injuries, a talent drain and a questionable culture have beset Miami — but Weaver has struggled to transcend his surroundings.
NFL interest: As of Wednesday, the Falcons and Cardinals had also reportedly requested interviews with Weaver.
This article has been updated.