{"id":713201,"date":"2026-01-29T05:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/713201\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:10:19","slug":"jets-interview-five-offensive-coordinator-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/713201\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets interview five offensive coordinator candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day after moving on from offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, the Jets did five interviews with potential replacements.<\/p>\n<p>The team announced that it conducted interviews with five candidates for the offensive coordinator opening \u2014 Frank Reich, Greg Roman, Darrell Bevell, Ronald Curry and Lunda Wells.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reich is seen as the favorite for the job. <\/p>\n<p>The former Colts and Panthers head coach has been talking to Jets coach Aaron Glenn about joining the staff for days. <\/p>\n<p>It was initially thought the Jets would hire a senior assistant to pair with Engstrand, but once Glenn decided to take play-calling duties from Engstrand, the two sides could not agree on a role for him and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/27\/sports\/jets-dump-offensive-coordinator-tanner-engstrand-in-major-upheaval\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decided to split<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bevell and Roman are both veteran coordinators. <\/p>\n<p>Bevell spent the past four years with the Dolphins as their quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator. <\/p>\n<p>He has been the offensive coordinator for the Jaguars, Lions, Seahawks and Vikings. He won a Super Bowl in Seattle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38320237\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP_Jets_Offensive_Coordinator_Football_16128-aa707-0.jpg\" alt=\"Stanford head coach Frank Reich watches during the first half of an NCAA college football game against North Carolina, Nov. 8, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. \" class=\"wp-image-38320237\"  \/>Stanford head coach Frank Reich watches during the first half of an NCAA college football game against North Carolina, Nov. 8, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Roman was the Chargers offensive coordinator in the last two seasons under Jim Harbaugh <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/13\/sports\/chargers-fire-offensive-coordinator-greg-roman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">but was fired after the team lost<\/a> to the Patriots in the playoffs. <\/p>\n<p>Before the Chargers, he was an offensive coordinator for the Raves, Bills and 49ers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Curry has been the Bills quarterbacks coach for the past two seasons. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38320238\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP_Jets_Offensive_Coordinator_Football_76250-bb8e8-0.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Roman looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jan. 1, 2023, in Baltimore.\" class=\"wp-image-38320238\"  \/>Greg Roman looks on during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jan. 1, 2023, in Baltimore. AP<\/p>\n<p>He and Glenn worked together with the Saints from 2016-20 when Curry was an offensive assistant and wide receivers coach.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wells has been the Cowboys tight ends coach for the past six seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One day after moving on from offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, the Jets did five interviews with potential replacements.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,7,6494,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-713201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-frank-reich","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115976670471322650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713201","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=713201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}