{"id":730744,"date":"2026-02-05T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730744\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:21:15","slug":"israel-woolfork-former-cardinals-coach-joins-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730744\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Woolfork, former Cardinals coach, joins Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 4, 2026, 10:49 p.m. MT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Another of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>&#8216; coaching staff from 2025 has found work with another team. The latest is quarterbacks coach Israel Woolfork. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2019213699098292549\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter<\/a>, he is joining Jesse Minter&#8217;s offensive staff with the Baltimore Ravens as quarterbacks coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He will get to work with Lamar Jackson after working with Kyler Murray for the last three seasons and Jacoby Brissett last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Per Schefter, he was blocked from other opportunities previously. He interviewed for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" data-autotag=\"0975654b-7314-4c6a-8b1d-0052f65c0335\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>&#8216; offesnsive coordinator job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before joining the Cardinals in 2023, he was on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" data-autotag=\"9cb205d1-d46a-4c2c-a80a-90061986bc20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>&#8216; offensive staff through the Bill Walsh coaching fellowship. He spent nine seasons at Miami of Ohio from 2013-2021 as a graduate assistant, running backs coach and wide receivers coach. He now joins Minter and new offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Woolfork is one of several former Cardinals coaches to land elsewhere in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Former head coach Jonathan Gannon is now the defensive coordinator for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/green-bay-packers\/335\" data-autotag=\"2b76aec5-0d77-4545-9a2a-f864de5488eb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>.Former linebackers coach Sam Siefkes is linebackers coach for the Packers with GannonFormer offensive coordinator Drew Petzing is now the offensive coordinator for the Detroit LionsFormer wide receivers coach\/pass game coordinator Drew Terrell is now a receivers coach for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/buffalo-bills\/324\" data-autotag=\"1082767b-7fb4-4f44-b217-cdba2c3895e9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>Former assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers is the special teams coordinator for the Bills.Ryan Smith, previously the Cardinals&#8217; cornerbacks coach, will coach the secondary for the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Get more <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cards<\/a> Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-rise-up-see-red-podcast%2Fid670822447%3Fmt%3D2&amp;xcust=SC1-SCAR&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fcardswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fcardinals%2F2026%2F02%2F04%2Fformer-cardinals-qb-coach-israel-woolfork-joining-baltimore-ravens%2F88522401007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 4, 2026, 10:49 p.m. MT Another of the Arizona Cardinals&#8216; coaching staff from 2025 has found work&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,96033,95957,95892,95976,96064,96065,96705,95896,95888,95895,95899,96071,95884,95883,96239,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-730744","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-tagbuffalo-bills","20":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","21":"tag-tagespn-inc","22":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","23":"tag-tagjacoby-brissett","24":"tag-tagkyler-murray","25":"tag-taglamar-jackson","26":"tag-tagnational-sports","27":"tag-tagnfl","28":"tag-tagnfl-hub","29":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","30":"tag-tagsmg-timely","31":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","32":"tag-tagsports-news","33":"tag-tagtampa-bay-buccaneers","34":"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\/730744","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=730744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}