{"id":755712,"date":"2026-02-16T10:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755712\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:04:28","slug":"chargers-to-hire-former-nfl-lb-sean-spence-as-lbs-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755712\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers to hire former NFL LB Sean Spence as LBs coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chargers have finally found their replacement for NaVorro Bowman as their linebackers coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Bolts are hiring former Steelers, Titans, and Colts linebacker Sean Spence to fill the role following Bowman stepping away to spend more time with his family, including his son who is a top high-school basketball prospect. Spence spent the past three seasons with Western Michigan where he most recently coached their pass rushers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Spence will follow new Chargers defensive coordinator Chris O\u2019Leary to Los Angeles where the latter helped the former turn the Broncos defense into one of the best units in the country during the 2025 season. Spence personally coached Western Michigan pass rusher Nadame Tucker who ended the year with a nation-leading 14.5 sacks en route to earning First-Team All-MAC honors and being named the MAC Defensive Player of the Year. Tucker was also invited to participate in this year\u2019s Panini Senior Bowl where he competed with the nation\u2019s top senior talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chargers have finally found their replacement for NaVorro Bowman as their linebackers coach. Per NFL insider Jordan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2453,2444,2443,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-755712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116079746721566319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755712","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=755712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}