The Titans replaced Mike Vrabel with one of the AFC's top offenses in recent seasons.
According to multiple reports, the University of Tennessee has concluded the search that began with his sudden firing (which included two interviews with Callahan, including the second on Monday) and named Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan as the next. He is expected to be hired as a head coach.
Callahan has been on the NFL staff since 2010 and has been with the Bengals since 2019, helping the Bengals advance to Super Bowl LVI, where they lost to the Rams, and helping Joe Burrow develop into one of the league's top quarterbacks. Contributed.
He also scheduled interviews for head coaching vacancies with the Panthers and Falcons. According to NFL Network.
The Bengals averaged the seventh-most points per game in 2022, the seventh-most points per game in 2021, Joe Burrow's first full NFL season, and led all quarterbacks in success rate. Ta.
Callahan's father, Bill, coached the Raiders for two seasons in 2002 and 2003 and also served as Washington's interim head coach after Jay Gruden was fired in 2019.
When Callahan started coaching, his first job came with the Broncos as a coaching assistant in 2010.
He spent two more seasons in Denver as the offensive quality control coach and then served as an offensive assistant until 2015 before taking the quarterback job with the Lions and Raiders.
His first coordinator title followed in 2019, when Zac Taylor hired him as part of the Bengals' new staff.
Callahan has never been a head coach before, but he will be tasked with helping Will Levis, whom the Titans drafted in 2023, develop as the franchise's next signal-caller.
The second-round pick, who made nine starts as a rookie, plummeted down draft boards and was a far cry from his expectations, completing 58.4 percent of his passes with eight touchdowns and an interception. He recorded 4 times.
But this year, the Titans have four-time Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry as their centerpiece.
He had another 1,000-yard season and 12 touchdowns, but will be a free agent and could sign with another team.
If that happens, Callahan will face his first immediate challenge.
He is the second straight year the Titans have hired a first-time head coach, and Vrabel will also be his first head coach with the Titans following the 2017 season.
Vrabel turned that opportunity into three postseason appearances, appearing in the AFC Championship Game in 2019 and then posting back-to-back double-digit win seasons and back-to-back early postseason losses in the Wild Card and Divisional rounds. However, he failed to participate in the tournament one after another. bed.
The Titans may have a quarterback who can make it back to the playoffs.
It's up to Callahan to piece everything together.
