Feb. 21, 2026, 8:00 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
The NFL had 10 head coach openings<\/a> this offseason, but none of them went to Denver Broncos<\/a> defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. So the 53-year-old coach will remain in Denver for at least one more season.<\/p>\n Broncos<\/a> defenders certainly aren’t complaining<\/a> about that development.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s one of the smartest coaches I\u2019ve ever had,” Denver linebacker Dre Greenlaw said after the 2025 season. “He knows the game in and out. I\u2019ve never seen so many personnels in my life. It\u2019s cause he knows what the offense is going to do, and he knows what the best defense is to be in for that particular situation.<\/p>\n “Just along the season, I started trusting him more and more just with his feel for the game. He\u2019s one of those coaches that, of course, everyone wants to be their head coach. He can change a program around with his mindset and the way he knows ball. It\u2019s been an honor for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n Fortunately for Greenlaw and Co., Joseph’s not leaving in 2026. He undoubtedly deserves another opportunity as a head coach int he NFL, but Joseph will coach the Broncos’ defense for at least one more year. If the unit has yet another impressive campaign this fall, Joseph will be hard to ignore as a head coach candidate in 2027.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 21, 2026, 8:00 a.m. MT The NFL had 10 head coach openings this offseason, but none of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,95886,97238,95893,95896,95888,95895,95906,95884,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-768486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","19":"tag-tagdre-greenlaw","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtwitter","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116113287836207637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768486","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=768486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}