{"id":735425,"date":"2026-02-07T10:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735425\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:26:42","slug":"rams-hire-kliff-kingsbury-sean-mcvay-adds-experience-to-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735425\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams Hire Kliff Kingsbury: Sean McVay Adds Experience to coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Los Angeles Rams are hiring former Arizona Cardinals head coach and Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury to their coaching staff. According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, Kingsbury is set to join Sean Mcvay\u2019s coaching staff. Schefter doesn\u2019t specify whether or not this is for the team\u2019s open offensive coordinator position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kingsbury will bring some familiarity with the NFC West as he coached the Cardinals from 2019 to 2022. In 2021, Kingsbury had the Cardinals atop the division until a late-season collapse and eventual playoff loss to the Rams during their Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After spending time away from the NFC, Kingsbury joined the Commanders in 2024. Kingsbury coached Jayden Daniels to an Offensive Rookie of the Year campaign. It was the second time that Kingsbury had done so, coaching Kyler Murray to Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Even if Kingsbury doesn\u2019t join as the team\u2019s offensive coordinator, if the Rams promote Nate Scheelhaase, he could take the position of Passing Game Coordinator. In the case that Aubrey Pleasant joins Mike LaFleur\u2019s staff, Kingsbury could also potentially take the role of assistant head coach. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PSchrags\/status\/2019877465410441222?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Peter Schrager added<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cKingsbury and McVay have been speaking over the last two weeks and there\u2019s mutual excitement to finally get to work together. When the Giants opted to hire Matt Nagy as OC, the path was cleared for Kingsbury to the Rams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">An interesting aspect of the Kingsbury hire is his success with young quarterbacks. As mentioned, he\u2019s had success with both Murray and Daniels. With the Rams having two first-round picks and the ability to draft a young quarterback in 2026 or 2027, it will certainly be something to watch. This could be a hire with that in mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kingsbury seems to have a ceiling in the NFL. While he had strong starts with both the Cardinals and Commanders, the end of both tenures was rocky. Murray and Daniels both saw drop-offs after exciting starts. Still, adding an offensive mind like Kingsbury to McVay\u2019s staff is an exciting thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams are hiring former Arizona Cardinals head coach and Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-735425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-news","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116028871973270440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735425","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=735425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}