{"id":725518,"date":"2026-02-03T05:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/725518\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T05:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:35:16","slug":"hc-sean-mcvay-explains-how-rams-will-approach-new-oc-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/725518\/","title":{"rendered":"HC Sean McVay explains how Rams will approach new OC search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> will once again be replacing a top assistant in the offseason after offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/cardinals-plan-hire-rams-oc-195958482.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:became;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">became<\/a> the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. LaFleur was with the Rams for three seasons and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/updated-look-sean-mcvays-impressive-145438592.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the fourth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the fourth<\/a> former Sean McVay offensive coordinator to take a head coaching job.<\/p>\n<p>McVay didn&#8217;t give too many details on the Rams&#8217; search for their next offensive coordinator, but did tell reporters Monday that it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/news\/top-takeaways-from-sean-mcvay-s-end-of-2025-season-press-conference-filling-vacancies-on-coaching-staff-players-contemplating-futures-evaluating-cb-position-and-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;extensive.&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;extensive.&#8221;<\/a> McVay noted that there are a lot of potential internal hires as well who will be considered for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got great candidates in-house,&#8221; McVay said. &#8220;Based on the rules and I think what is the appropriate thing, are you going to do an extensive search to really just dive into what&#8217;s going to be the best way to bring in new people that help us continue to build and grow towards where we want to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Passing game coordinator Nathan Scheelhaase is <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/rams-incredibly-obvious-choice-next-215322319.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:likely the favorite;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">likely the favorite<\/a> to be the next Rams offensive coordinator, considering how many head coaching interviews he had this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>However, other current Rams assistants with experience leading a team or offense who could be promoted to include quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone and running backs coach Ron Gould. Ragone was the Atlanta Falcons&#8217; offensive coordinator from 2021 to 2023 and Gould has experience as an assistant head coach at Cal and as a head coach at UC Davis.<\/p>\n<p>There are some <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/4-candidates-replace-mike-lafleur-144723730.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:external hires;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">external hires<\/a> the Rams could look at, too, with connections to McVay. Coaches like Thomas Brown, Kliff Kingsbury and Keenan McCardell.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The search has just begun, but McVay likely has a long list of names he and the team will look at for the position.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/02\/02\/hc-sean-mcvay-explains-how-rams-will-approach-new-oc-search\/88482517007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:HC Sean McVay explains how Rams will approach new OC search;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">HC Sean McVay explains how Rams will approach new OC search<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams will once again be replacing a top assistant in the offseason after offensive coordinator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[390,254,50159,7,6496,1014,58,2444,2611,26287,97553,6,12611,424,3307],"class_list":{"0":"post-725518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-dave-ragone","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-head-coach","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-rams","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesrams","17":"tag-mike-lafleur","18":"tag-nathan-scheelhaase","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-offensive-coordinator","21":"tag-rams","22":"tag-sean-mcvay"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116005078552526401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725518","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=725518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}