{"id":246151,"date":"2025-07-29T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/246151\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:00:19","slug":"texans-interview-thad-lewis-for-oc-job-to-meet-with-nick-caley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/246151\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans Interview Thad Lewis For OC Job, To Meet With Nick Caley"},"content":{"rendered":"

After moving on from Bobby Slowik last week<\/a>, the Texans have added two more names to their list of offensive coordinator candidates.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis already interviewed for the job, per NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport<\/a>, and\u00a0and Rams pass-game coordinator and tight ends coach Nick Caley will interview on Thursday, according to Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is Lewis\u2019 first connection to an OC vacancy after a short but successful coaching career in Tampa Bay. The 39-year-old, a former NFL quarterback himself, coached Baker Mayfield<\/a> to the two best seasons of his career in 2023 and 2024, the latter of which featured top-three finishes in passing yards, passing touchdowns, completion percentage, and success rate. Mayfield\u2019s 106.8 passer rating in 2024 was 106.8, 10 points higher than his previous record, a remarkable turnaround for the former No. 1 overall pick. That reflects well on Lewis and will likely keep him in OC conversations in future offseasons if he doesn\u2019t get the job in Houston.<\/p>\n

Caley was a longtime Patriots assistant under Bill Belichick before joining the Rams in 2023 as tight ends coach. He added pass-game coordinator to his title in 2024, helping Los Angeles manage injuries to Cooper Kupp<\/a> and Puka Nacua<\/a> on their way to the playoffs. While the Rams\u2019 tight ends haven\u2019t put up flashy statistics under Caley, they have been a crucial part of the offense as blockers. The 39-year-old coach has already interviewed for the Buccaneers\u2019 OC job<\/a> and has been mentioned as a frontrunner for the same gig with the Jets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Lewis has not worked directly under McVay, he will still be a branch on McVay\u2019s coaching tree after working under Liam Coen in Tampa Bay. Coen began his NFL coaching career as an offensive assistant in Los Angeles in 2018 and later served as offensive coordinator in 2022.<\/p>\n

Lewis and Caley are the third and fourth official candidates on Texans\u2019 OC list, though a few additional coaches have been connected with the position. Here\u2019s an overview of their search so far:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After moving on from Bobby Slowik last week, the Texans have added two more names to their list…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,221,253,2368,58,6,15986,250,222,20502],"class_list":{"0":"post-246151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-texans","11":"tag-houstontexans","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nick-caley","15":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","16":"tag-texans","17":"tag-thad-lewis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114938303586349289","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}