{"id":670892,"date":"2026-01-12T07:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/670892\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:53:11","slug":"rams-mike-lafleur-to-interview-for-cardinals-raiders-head-coach-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/670892\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams’ Mike LaFleur to interview for Cardinals, Raiders head coach jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 11, 2026, 12:34 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Mike LaFleur is joining Chris Shula and Nate Scheelhaase as Los Angeles Rams<\/a> assistants who are garnering interest as head coaching candidates. The Rams offensive coordinator will interview with the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> and Arizona Cardinals<\/a> this week for their head coaching jobs, according to Peter Schrager of ESPN.<\/p>\n

Shula has three head coaching interviews<\/a> lined up and Scheelhaase has one<\/a>, as well, so the Rams’ top assistants are gaining steam as top candidates this hiring cycle.<\/p>\n

LaFleur has been the Rams’ offensive coordinator for the last three seasons, joining Sean McVay’s staff in 2023 after a stint with the Jets. He called plays in New York but hasn’t held that responsibility with the Rams, given McVay’s role as the play caller.<\/p>\n

The Rams kept all of their coordinators last offseason, with LaFleur, Shula and Chase Blackburn returning. But there’s a chance at least one of Shula and LaFleur will leave this year.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 11, 2026, 12:34 p.m. PT Mike LaFleur is joining Chris Shula and Nate Scheelhaase as Los Angeles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95922,95923,95882,95890,95946,95892,95885,95924,95895,95899,95925,96177,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-670892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","16":"tag-sstsnrams","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","20":"tag-tagespn-inc","21":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","22":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsean-mcvay","26":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","27":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115881050470645905","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670892","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=670892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}