{"id":749038,"date":"2026-02-13T10:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749038\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:41:24","slug":"5-takeaways-from-jesse-minters-new-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749038\/","title":{"rendered":"5 takeaways from Jesse Minter&#8217;s new coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Feb. 12, 2026, 2:25 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Ravens have officially announced the full 25-person coaching staff under new head coach Jesse Minter.Only four coaches from the previous staff remain, including the newly promoted Special Teams Coordinator Anthony Levine Sr.The new staff features a youth movement, with several key coaches under the age of 40.Head coach Jesse Minter hired his father, former University of Cincinnati head coach Rick Minter, as a football analyst.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The new era is official, as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ravens<\/a> head coach Jesse Minter has assembled his full staff for the 2026 season. The <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/02\/12\/baltimore-ravens-announce-jesse-minters-full-coaching-staff\/88645987007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravens released the full list of 25 coaches<\/a> on their staff on Thursday afternoon as the team prepares to depart for the NFL Scouting Combine and the start of the new league year on March 9.<\/p>\n<p>Offensive coaching staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Declan Doyle \u2013 Offensive Coordinator<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Marcus Brady \u2013 Pass Game Coordinator<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dwayne Ledford \u2013 Offensive Line Coach &amp; Run Game Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Joe Lombardi \u2013 Senior Offensive Assistant Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Israel Woolfork \u2013 QB Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Eddie Faulkner \u2013 Running Backs Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Keary Colbert \u2013 WR Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prentice Gill \u2013 Assistant WR Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Shawn Flaherty \u2013 Assistant OL Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Zack Grossi \u2013 Tight Ends Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Patrick Kramer \u2013 Off. Quality Control Coach<\/p>\n<p>Defensive coaching staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Anthony Weaver \u2013 Defensive Coordinator<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mike Mickens \u2013 Pass Game Coordinator &amp; Secondary<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lou Esposito \u2013 Defensive Line Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tyler Santucci \u2013 Inside Linebackers Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Harland Bower \u2013 Outside Linebackers Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">P.J. Volker \u2013 Safeties Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Miles Taylor \u2013 Assistant Defensive Backs Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Charlie Gelman \u2013 Game Management Coordinator\/Defensive Assistant<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Andrew Rogan \u2013 Defensive Quality Control Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rick Minter \u2013 Football Analyst<\/p>\n<p>Special teams coaching staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Anthony Levine Sr. \u2013 Special Teams Coordinator<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Randy Brown \u2013 Senior Special Teams Coach<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ben Kotwica \u2013 Senior Assistant Special Teams Coach<\/p>\n<p>Ravens holdovers<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The only holdovers from John Harbaugh&#8217;s staff are Anthony Levine (promotion), Randy Brown, Prentice Gill, and Tyler Santucci. Zach Orr, Chuck Smith, Tee Martin, and Travelle Wharton, who haven&#8217;t been announced as hires elsewhere, are not part of Jesse Minter&#8217;s new staff.<\/p>\n<p>Youth Movement<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Offensive coordinator Declan Doyle is 29, the same age as MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson. Mickens (38), Bower (37), and Taylor (30) have yet to turn 40. Minter is 42, and his defensive coordinator, Anthony Weaver, is 45.<\/p>\n<p>College coaches making the jump<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mike Mickens (Notre Dame), defensive line coach Lou Esposito (Michigan), outside linebackers coach Harland Bower (Duke), safeties coach P.J. Volker, and assistant defensive backs coach Miles Taylor (Nebraska) all departed really good college jobs to join Minter&#8217;s staff.<\/p>\n<p>Football is a family business<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Minter hired his dad, Rick, 71, as a senior analyst. A former head coach at the University of Cincinnati, the elder Minter led the Bearcats to three consecutive bowl games from 2000 to 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Ravens have big names<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Baltimore added some big names and plenty of coaching experience. Weaver previously worked as the defensive line coach in Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston, and Baltimore, and served as the defensive coordinator in Miami for the past two seasons after departing the Ravens the same year Mike Macdonald joined the Seahawks. The Ravens added former Steelers running backs coach Eddie Faulkner and senior assistant Joe Lombardi, who was the Denver Broncos&#8217; offensive coordinator against New England in the AFC Championship Game. Dwayne Ledford, the former running game coordinator and offensive line coach in Atlanta, joins the Raens fresh off turning Bijan Robinson into a star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 12, 2026, 2:25 p.m. ET The Baltimore Ravens have officially announced the full 25-person coaching staff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[95878,184,117,2282,7,6,169,96963,96964,95882,95898,96705,95895,96684,95906,95884,95883,96012,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-749038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-baltimoreravens","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-sstssportsnflravens","16":"tag-sstsnravens","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","19":"tag-taglamar-jackson","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116062905110385569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749038","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=749038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}