{"id":714803,"date":"2026-01-29T20:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/714803\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:42:16","slug":"colts-jim-bob-cooter-reportedly-also-interviewing-with-giants-for-open-oc-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/714803\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts\u2019 Jim Bob Cooter reportedly also interviewing with Giants for open OC role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to ESPN\u2019s Peter Schrager, Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter is also interviewing for the New York Giants open offensive coordinator role, under their new head coach John Harbaugh:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As this coaching cycle wraps up, the 41-year-old Cooter has been one of the hot names still floating around for potential offensive coordinator gigs\u2014having also interviewed twice with the Philadelphia Eagles recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While he has the same job title with the Colts, Cooter would actually be able to call plays with either the Eagles or Giants (or elsewhere), whereas if he remains in Indianapolis, head coach Shane Steichen would still handle offensive play-calling duties. In that regard, being an offensive coordinator at another NFL stop, could serve as a bit of a promotion for Cooter coaching wise going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Having arrived along with Steichen, Cooter has been the Colts offensive coordinator since 2023. With his offensive coaching assistance, the Colts finished 8th in most average points per game last year (27.4 avg. ppg).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If he is ultimately hired by New York, one of the big opportunities and challenges for Cooter would be keeping promising 2025 Giants\u2019 first round pick and franchise quarterback hopeful Jaxson Dart healthy and productive, who definitely flashed as a rookie this past season during his 12 starts, but needs to learn to play a bit more carefully out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to ESPN\u2019s Peter Schrager, Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter is also interviewing for the New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,3562,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-714803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-indianapolis","11":"tag-indianapolis-colts","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts-news","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115980333444511321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714803","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=714803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}