Jan. 18, 2026, 11:12 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> are still engaged in their search for a new head coach, and things might have gotten a little bit better for them. Another team has named their new head coach, and it didn’t take away any of the Cardinals’ candidates.<\/p>\n The Atlanta Falcons named former Cleveland Browns<\/a> head coach Kevin Stefanski their new coach<\/a>, replacing Raheem Morris.<\/p>\n Stefanski was not one of the 13 known candidates the Cardinals have.<\/p>\n So now the Falcons and the New York Giants<\/a>, who have hired John Harbaugh, have their coaching jobs filled, leaving the Cardinals as one of seven teams still looking for a new coach. That list includes the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans<\/a>, Miami Dolphins<\/a>, Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> and Browns as well as the Cardinals.<\/p>\n Who are the Cardinals’ candidates?<\/p>\n The Cardinals have either interviewed or requested to interview 13 coaches. They spoke with Harbaugh on a phone call as well.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n These are the guys we know the Cardinals have interest in.<\/p>\n Denver Broncos<\/a> DC Vance JosephMiami Dolphins DC Anthony WeaverKansas City Chiefs OC Matt NagySan Francisco 49ers DC Robert SalehSeattle Seahawks OC Klint KubiakFormer Atlanta Falcons HC Raheem MorrisNew England Patriots passing game coordinator\/tight ends coach Thomas BrownGreen Bay Packers<\/a> DC Jeff HafleyLos Angeles Rams<\/a> OC Mike LaFleurLos Angeles Rams DC Chris ShulaHouston Texans DC Matt BurkeLos Angeles Chargers DC Jesse MinterPittsburgh Steelers OC Arthur Smith<\/p>\n Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 18, 2026, 11:12 a.m. MT The Arizona Cardinals are still engaged in their search for a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,95898,95957,95886,95976,95885,95924,95951,95891,95895,95899,96008,95884,95883,95889,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-687684","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-sstssportsnflcardinals","16":"tag-sstsncardinals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","20":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","21":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","22":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","23":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","24":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","25":"tag-tagmiami-dolphins","26":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","27":"tag-tagnfl-hub","28":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","29":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","30":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","31":"tag-tagsports-news","32":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","33":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687684","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=687684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}