{"id":708457,"date":"2026-01-27T08:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708457\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:15:12","slug":"la-adds-two-more-candidates-to-interview-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708457\/","title":{"rendered":"LA adds two more candidates to interview list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 26, 2026, 10:19 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a> pushed their list of interviews for their defensive coordinator vacancy to six on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The team met with safeties coach Adam Fuller and defensive backs coach Steve Clinkscale, the team confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fulled joined Los Angeles&#8217; coaching staff this past season and was integral in the play of Derwin James Jr. en route to All-Pro honors, Elijah Molden and Tony Jefferson, and the development of R.J. Mickens in his first season as a pro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before his move to the NFL, Fuller served as the defensive coordinator at Florida State (2020\u20132024) and Memphis (2019), and held various roles, including assistant head coach at Marshall (2013-2018).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hired in 2024, Clinkscale has been key in aiding a secondary that has been among the best the past two seasons. During his time at Michigan (2021-2023), he served as the defensive backs coach and later co-defensive coordinator. Clinkscale was the secondary coach for Kentucky (2016-2020).<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Clinkscale&#8217;s coaching career also includes stops at Cincinnati, Illinois, Toledo, Western Carolina, and Ashland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 26, 2026, 10:19 p.m. PT The Chargers pushed their list of interviews for their defensive coordinator vacancy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,97083,97084,95882,97519,102884,97085,95896,95888,95895,95906,95884,95883,96012,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-708457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflchargers","17":"tag-sstsnchargers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagderwin-james-jr","20":"tag-tagelijah-molden","21":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagnfl-hub","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115966071459896851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708457","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=708457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}