{"id":752884,"date":"2026-02-15T01:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/752884\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:48:35","slug":"tennessee-titans-expected-to-hire-dave-borgonzi-as-linebackers-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/752884\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Titans expected to hire Dave Borgonzi as linebackers coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Titans expected to hire Dave Borgonzi as linebackers coach<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feb. 13, 2026, 6:59 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dave Borgonzi is headed for Tennessee to join <a href=\"http:\/\/Titanswire.usatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">the Titans\u2019<\/a> coaching ranks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Borgonzi began his NFL coaching career as a defensive assistant for the Dallas Cowboys from 2011-2012. The 43-year-old was named offensive assistant in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Borgonzi was the defensive quality control and assistant linebackers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014-2017. He continued coaching linebackers from 2018-2021 as linebackers coach for the Indianapolis Colts, and served as the Chicago Bears\u2019 linebackers coach from 2022-2024 before returning to the Cowboys as linebackers coach in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero reports that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Titans<\/a> are nearing an agreement with Borgonzi to join their staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Borgonzi is the latest hire for Titans&#8217; new head coach Robert Saleh\u2019s staff.<\/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>\u00a9 2026 titanswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennessee Titans expected to hire Dave Borgonzi as linebackers coach Feb. 13, 2026, 6:59 a.m. ET Dave Borgonzi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,96009,96010,95882,95896,95888,95895,95899,96177,95884,95883,95889,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-752884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnfltitans","12":"tag-sstsntitans","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagnational-sports","15":"tag-tagnfl","16":"tag-tagnfl-hub","17":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","18":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","19":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","22":"tag-tennessee","23":"tag-tennessee-titans","24":"tag-tennesseetitans","25":"tag-titans","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116072133767771183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752884","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=752884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}