The Browns are moving into their second round of interviews with head coaching candidates and the list is up to six names.
According to multiple reports, the Browns are set to interview former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, Rams passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase, and Jaguars offensive coordinator Grant Udinski a second time. Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken are also on the list.
Scheelhaase’s second interview will have to wait at least a week if the Rams beat the Bears on Sunday as coaches for teams in the conference title game are not eligible to interview until after that game has been played. He interviewed with several teams this weekend.
McDaniel is set to interview with the Raiders on Monday and he’s also in the mix for offensive coordinator opportunities. Minter has interviewed with most of the teams that made head coaching changes while Udinski’s only interview thus far has been with Cleveland.
Brian Daboll could be headed to Southern California for his next job.
Per a report from NFL Media, Daboll is set to interview with the Chargers for their offensive coordinator vacancy.
Daboll is in the mix for a few offensive coordinator openings, but he also interviewed with the Titans for their head coaching job earlier this week.
Daboll, 50, was 20-40-1 in the regular season and 1-1 in the postseason as Giants head coach from 2022-2025. New York fired Daboll in November.
But he had plenty of success as Buffalo’s offensive coordinator from 2018-2021, helping develop quarterback Josh Allen. The Bills finished No. 3 in points and No. 5 in yards in 2021 and No. 2 in both total yards and points in 2020.
The Chargers fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman after last weekend’s 16-3 loss to the Patriots in the wild card round.
Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is considering former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel as the Chargers’ next offensive coordinator.
The Chargers will interview McDaniel for the offensive coordinator job next week, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
Since being fired by the Dolphins last week, McDaniel has had several interviews, both for head-coaching and offensive coordinator vacancies.
The 42-year-old McDaniel spent the last four years as head coach of the Dolphins and was the 49ers’ offensive coordinator before the Dolphins hired him. McDaniel was once regarded as one of the league’s brightest young offensive minds, but the failure of Tua Tagovailoa to develop within the Dolphins’ offense took some of the shine off McDaniel’s reputation.
Now Harbaugh will consider whether McDaniel is the right man to build an offense around Justin Herbert, as the Chargers attempt to do something they haven’t done since Herbert arrived: win a playoff game.
The Chargers announced another offensive coordinator interview on Friday.
They have completed an interview with former Titans head coach Brian Callahan. The Chargers fired Greg Roman earlier this week and they interviewed their own passing game coordinator Marcus Brady on Thursday.
Callahan was fired by the Titans after a 1-5 start to this season and he was 4-19 over his entire time with the team. He was the Bengals’ offensive coordinator before getting the job in Tennessee and has also interviewed with the Buccaneers for their coordinator vacancy.
The Chargers will be adding other names to a search that head coach Jim Harbaugh said is designed to provide “a fresh start to stimulate a new direction” after the offense flamed out against the Patriots last weekend.
The Browns are the latest team to interview Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter for their head coaching vacancy.
Minter is meeting with the team on Friday. The Browns also confirmed that they are interviewing Rams passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase to close out the week.
Minter has been popular on the circuit this week. He’s interviewed with the Cardinals, Falcons, Ravens, Raiders, Dolphins, and Titans since the Chargers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Patriots. The Giants also requested an interview with him before moving to hire John Harbaugh.
The Browns appear to be moving on to a second round of interviews after the meetings with Minter and Scheelhaase. Word on Friday is that their defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz will have another interview for the top job on Sunday.
