{"id":662391,"date":"2026-01-07T23:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/662391\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:59:16","slug":"arizona-cardinals-head-coaching-search-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/662391\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals head coaching search update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Arizona Cardinals are hiring their fifth head coach since I took over the site in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After Jess left, I watched the Arizona Cardinals go from Super Bowl favorite back to the dregs of the NFL, it is always interesting to see how these things go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Think about this, the Arizona Cardinals went from Bruce Arians (who had a \u201chealth\u201d issue that led him to retire for a full year before getting back into coaching with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), to Steve Wilks, to Kliff Kingsbury, to Jonathan Gannon, to whoever is next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">All of those men had no previous head coaching experiences (sans Bruce Arians as an interim head coach with the Indianapolis Colts).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, the Cardinals are up to seven names for their head coaching position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The names we knew coming into today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Today, the team added two more:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So, now the team has seven names they are trying to pull from, four former head coaches in Saleh (20-36 as a head coach), Vance Joseph (11-21 as a head coach), Matt Nagy (34-31 as head coach), and Raheem Morris (37-56 as a head coach) and then three up and comers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The former head coaches are intriguing, but the best record wise is probably the one who fans would least want.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yet, would the young guys be able to pull decent coaches to help fill out the staff?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Those are questions we need answered and what we won\u2019t know until after it is too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals are hiring their fifth head coach since I took over the site in 2016. 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