{"id":665985,"date":"2026-01-10T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/665985\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:34:23","slug":"commanders-promote-david-blough-to-replace-kliff-kingsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/665985\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders promote David Blough to replace Kliff Kingsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Commanders have promoted David Blough to offensive coordinator after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/sports\/kliff-kingsbury-leaves-commanders-in-staff-shakeup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parting ways with Kliff Kingsbury<\/a>, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Washington made the move following a 5-12 season that marked a decline from its deep playoff run that reached the NFC title game in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blough\u2019s promotion comes as head coach Dan Quinn reshapes the coaching staff for the 2026 season in the post-Kingsbury era.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38145531\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-1646607579.jpg\" alt=\"David Blough played for several teams before joining the coaching ranks in Washington, including the Arizona Cardinals, with whom he competed in 2023. \" class=\"wp-image-38145531\"  \/>David Blough played for several teams before joining the coaching ranks in Washington, including the Arizona Cardinals, with whom he competed in 2023.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Blough, 30, ascends from a coaching role he began after retiring from his playing career.<\/p>\n<p>A former Purdue standout quarterback, Blough went undrafted in 2019 and had stints with the Browns, Lions, Vikings and Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in nine games, starting seven, with 1,435 passing yards, six touchdowns and nine interceptions with a 67.1 passer rating.<\/p>\n<p>Blough, following his retirement from playing, was hired by Washington as an assistant quarterbacks coach in February 2024 under Kingsbury.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38145530\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253511374.jpg\" alt=\"Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury was dismissed following the 2025 season, in which Washington finished 5-12. \" class=\"wp-image-38145530\"  \/>Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury was dismissed following the 2025 season, in which Washington finished 5-12.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He later stepped in as interim quarterbacks coach late in the 2025 season when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/28\/sports\/stanford-hires-former-andrew-luck-teammate-as-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tavita Pritchard departed<\/a> for Stanford.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion makes this Blough\u2019s first full offensive coordinator role.<\/p>\n<p>Kingsbury and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. were both dismissed after Washington\u2019s tough finish.<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2019s collapse in 2025 was driven by a series of unfortunate injuries to key players, most notably to rising star quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/02\/sports\/commanders-jayden-daniels-suffers-horrific-arm-injury-in-chilling-scene\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Daniels, who dealt with a dislocated elbow<\/a> and other setbacks that limited his availability.<\/p>\n<p>The team also regressed in other areas, including defense, leading Quinn to assume play-calling duties in the final half of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Commanders have promoted David Blough to offensive coordinator after parting ways with Kliff Kingsbury, according to multiple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,7,10308,6,9,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-665985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kliff-kingsbury","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-washington","14":"tag-washington-commanders","15":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115870595272539194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665985","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=665985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}