Feb. 3, 2026, 4:05 a.m. ET

The Tennessee Titans coaching news coming out of Nashville has been moving at a fevered pace on Monday. Hours after word broke that the Titans had outmaneuvered the Arizona Cardinals and were able to land San Francisco 49ers assistant head coach Gus Bradley as their next defensive coordinator, word broke on another defensive hire. 

NFL Insider Albert Breer reports that the Titans are finalizing a deal to bring Marquand Manuel to join Tony Oden in the secondary as safeties coach. 

After a successful eight-year NFL career with six different franchises, Manuel got his start in coaching with the Seattle Seahawks in 2012 as an assistant special teams coach, before moving to defensive assistant and assistant secondary coach in 2014. Following that, he spent the past 10 seasons as a defensive backs coach with the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants. His NFL coaching stops have given him familiarity with Robert Saleh, Bradley, and new Titans offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. 

With Manuel in place, the Titans have primary openings at linebacker coach and nickel back coach on Saleh’s initial staff. Stay tuned, those hires should be happening in the coming days.

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