{"id":747114,"date":"2026-02-12T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747114\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:53:12","slug":"robert-saleh-hires-his-cousin-titans-officially-lose-lb-coach-frank-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747114\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Saleh hires his cousin; Titans officially lose LB coach Frank Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans<\/a> head coach Robert Saleh continues to fill out his coaching staff. Most major positions have been filled, with Brian Daboll and Gus Bradley being the offensive and defensive coordinators. A few entry-level positions have yet to be announced. Most notably, the Titans don\u2019t have a position coach for the linebackers and nickel corner spots yet.<\/p>\n

One of the true entry-level jobs was recently filled. The Titans are hiring Wayne State linebackers coach\/special teams coordinator Ahmed Saleh, CBS Sports reported. You might recognize the last name. He is head coach Robert Saleh\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n

Paul Kuharsky has since confirmed<\/a> that Ahmed Saleh will be a defensive quality control coach. It\u2019s a true low-level role, but it\u2019s hard to dispute that being Robert Saleh\u2019s cousin was probably his pathway to this job. Wayne State isn\u2019t exactly a factory when it comes to producing NFL talent. It\u2019s a nepotism hire, and it\u2019s okay to acknowledge that, because that\u2019s how the NFL works.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Titans officially lost linebackers coach Frank Bush. He is joining John Harbaugh\u2019s staff with the New York Giants<\/a>, according to reports<\/a>. What a development. Bush becomes the third former 2025 Titans coaching staff member to join the Giants, alongside Brian Callahan<\/a> and Dennard Wilson.<\/p>\n

Also, almost-Titans HC Matt Nagy is the Giants\u2019 offensive coordinator. Daboll, the former Giants head coach, is now coordinating Cam Ward and the Titans offense. The parallels are endless.<\/p>\n

Bush was a good linebackers coach. He helped sophomore linebacker Cedric Gray break out in 2025. Gray set the Titans\u2019 single-season franchise record for tackles with 164. Coach Saleh ultimately decided against retaining Bush.<\/p>\n

As noted, the Titans are still filling out the linebacker position coach spot. Saleh\u2019s linebackers coach with the New York Jets<\/a> was Mike Rutenberg. Saleh interviewed Rutenberg for the defensive coordinator job that ultimately went to Gus Bradley. The Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, Rutenberg\u2019s current employer, are unlikely to let him make a lateral move to Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennessee Titans head coach Robert Saleh continues to fill out his coaching staff. Most major positions have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,88576,87013,2413,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-747114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-tennessee","11":"tag-tennessee-titans","12":"tag-tennessee-titans-analysis","13":"tag-tennessee-titans-coaching-staff","14":"tag-tennessee-titans-news","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116057998166784092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747114","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=747114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}