The Steelers are starting to set up a second round of interviews for their head coaching job.
Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that they will have an in-person interview with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores. He spent the 2022 season as a defensive assistant on Mike Tomlin’s staff.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver is also expected to have an in-person interview with the team. All interviews with coaches currently employed by an NFL team have to be held virtually until after the divisional round of the playoffs.
There was also word this weekend that the Steelers are going to meet with former Cowboys and Packers head coach Mike McCarthy. They have also met with Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula, Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase, Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, and 49ers offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak.
Shula and Scheelhaase will not be available for second interviews until after the NFC Championship Game.
Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady spent some time with another AFC East team a day after Buffalo’s season came to an end.
The Dolphins announced the completion of an interview with Brady for their head coaching vacancy on Sunday. The Ravens also interviewed Brady on Sunday.
Brady took over as the offensive coordinator in Buffalo when Ken Dorsey was fired during the 2023 season. The Bills finished sixth in points scored that season and posted second- and fourth-place finishes the last two years.
The Dolphins have also interviewed Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula, Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile, 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, and Kevin Stefanski. Stefanski has been hired by the Falcons while Hafley is set for a second interview with the team this week.
The Eagles have requested to interview Dolphins senior passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik for their offensive coordinator position, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Slowik was in Miami only one season before the Dolphins fired head coach Mike McDaniel.
He spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Texans. Houston ranked seventh in yards per game in C.J. Stroud’s rookie season of 2023. Stroud regressed in 2024, and the offense took a step back, costing Slowik his job.
Slowik, 38, has 13 years of experience in the NFL. He spent six seasons with the 49ers, rising from a defensive quality control coach (2017-18) to offensive assistant (2019-20) to offensive pass game specialist (2021) to offensive passing game coordinator (2022).
He began his NFL career with Washington, serving as a defensive assistant 2011-13.
Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter and former Giants head coach Brian Daboll also are on the Eagles’ interview list.
The Dolphins aren’t the only team planning a second interview with Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley.
Albert Breer of SI.com reports that the Titans have scheduled a second meeting with Hafley on Tuesday. It was previously reported that Hafley will be meeting with the Dolphins.
Should all go well in that interview with Miami, Hafley could wind up with the Dolphins job before he moves on to Tennessee. The interest from both teams suggests that there’s a good chance Hafley will wind up being a head coach somewhere before this year’s coaching carousel stops spinning.
With the Giants hiring John Harbaugh and the Falcons hiring Kevin Stefanski, there are currently seven head coaching vacancies around the league.
Curt Cignetti has engineered a remarkable turnaround as head coach of Indiana, with the program set to play for the CFP national championship on Monday night.
But don’t expect Cignetti to potentially do something similar in the pros.
Asked if he would consider an NFL job on Saturday, Cignetti dismissed the idea.
“I’m not an NFL guy,” Cignetti said, via Brett McMurphy of On3.com. “I made that decision a long time ago. I’ve always been a college football guy.”
Cignetti has been a coach at the college level for decades and he’s won everywhere he’s been, most notably at James Madison from 2019-2023 and now at Indiana over the last two years.
While money can talk, it doesn’t seem like Cignetti has any interest in trying to translate his success to the pros.
