The Jets have interviewed a ninth candidate for their defensive coordinator vacancy.
The team announced that they have completed a virtual interview with Brian Duker. Duker spent the last two seasons as the Dolphins’ secondary coach/defensive pass game coordinator.
Duker was a member of the Lions’ staff for the previous three seasons as a defensive backs coach, safeties coach, and defensive assistant. Jets head coach Aaron Glenn was the Lions’ defensive coordinator during those years.
The Jets have also announced interviews with Mathieu Araujo, Ephraim Banda, DeMarcus Covington, Daronte Jones, Jim Leonhard, Wink Martindale, Chris Harris and Jim O’Neil for the defensive coordinator position. Jones is going to be the Commanders’ defensive coordinator, so he is out of the running for the post.
Tuesday brought word that the Jets have also dismissed offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, so they’ll now have multiple searches underway for key spots on Glenn’s staff.
Former NFL defensive end Dion Jordan, the third overall pick in the 2013 draft, had become an assistant coach at the college level. He has now become the head coach of the program for which he had been working as assistant head coach.
With fellow former NFL player Randy Starks moving on to USF as assistant defensive line coach, Jordan becomes the head coach at Division III Eureka College in Illinois.
Last year, Jordan explained that he uses his own mistakes to help guide young players.
“Ain’t nobody else’s fault,” Jordan said at the time. “And look, I watch these kids now and I realize what I was messing up.”
Suspended multiple times for violation of the substance-abuse policy (which previously had far sharper teeth than it now does), Jordan ultimately played in 63 regular-season games through 2020, with five career starts. He finished his NFL career with 13.5 sacks.
Still only 35, Jordan has plenty more years to coach. And there’s plenty he can do to touch the lives of the young men who will be playing for him.
The Chargers have made it official: Mike McDaniel is their new offensive coordinator.
While McDaniel has been expected to become Los Angeles’ offensive coordinator since the middle of last week, the team had yet to confirm the news as McDaniel was still up for head coaching jobs.
But after withdrawing from consideration for Buffalo’s job, it became clear that McDaniel was going to put pen to paper with the Chargers.
McDaniel, 42, had been head coach of the Dolphins, accumulating a 35-33 regular-season record with an 0-2 postseason record before he was fired earlier this month.
While Miami finished at No. 1 in yards and No. 2 in points scored in 2023, the club fell to No. 26 and No. 25 in those same categories in 2025.
After working with the No. 5 overall pick of the 2020 draft in Tua Tagovailoa, McDaniel will now call plays for the No. 6 overall pick of that same draft, Justin Herbert.
The Falcons have hired a special teams coordinator.
Atlanta announced on Monday that Craig Aukerman has joined the franchise in the role.
Auckerman, 49, held the same role with the Dolphins in 2025. He was Tennessee’s special teams coordinator from 2018-2023 after working as the club’s assistant special teams coach in 2017.
Before that, he was the Chargers’ special teams coordinator in 2016.
The Falcons have now retained Jeff Ulbrich as defensive coordinator and added Tommy Rees as offensive coordinator for head coach Kevin Stefanski’s first staff with the club.
The Eagles have spoken to another candidate for their offensive coordinator vacancy.
According to a report from NFL Media, Philadelphia has interviewed Frank Smith for the position.
Smith, 44, spent the last four seasons with the Dolphins as their offensive coordinator. He did not call plays, with former head coach Mike McDaniel handling that responsibility.
Smith has also spent time with the Saints, Bears, Raiders, and Chargers in his time coaching in the league since 2010.
