$56.7 Million College Football Coach Linked To Nfl Team's Head Coach Opening

The NFL coaching carousel is successful afloat plaything successful nan weeks pursuing nan extremity of nan 2025 regular season.

The Tennessee Titans and New York Giants did not hold until nan season's extremity to make their decisions, firing their coaches connected Oct. 13 and Nov. 10, respectively. In nan week aft nan regular season, nan Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals each decided to move connected from their sitting caput coaches.

The coaching changes successful nan 2026 NFL offseason will not beryllium constricted to teams that missed nan playoffs. Following NFL Wild-Card Weekend, Mike Tomlin announced he was stepping down from his station arsenic nan caput coach of nan Pittsburgh Steelers.

Coaching changes are regular occurrences passim nan NFL, but they are fewer and acold betwixt pinch nan Steelers. Tomlin had held nan position since nan 2007 season, succeeding nan 15-year tenure of Bill Cowher. The Steelers' coach earlier Cowher's presence was Chuck Noll, who held nan position from 1969 to 1991.

The coaches viewed arsenic nan champion candidates successful nan 2026 NFL coaching carousel are those who person been successful successful erstwhile NFL caput coaching jobs, specified arsenic Kevin Stefanski and John Harbaugh. There are not galore coordinators looking to make nan jump to caput coach successful this cycle.

College coaches are ever an action for NFL teams looking for caller leadership. Notre Dame caput Marcus Freeman's sanction has been mentioned successful some nan Giants and Steelers searches, but he is remaining pinch nan Fighting Irish.

Another assemblage caput coaching sanction that has been thrown astir for nan Steelers vacancy is Indiana caput coach Curt Cignetti. Former NFL protect lineman and ESPN expert Marcus Spears made nan lawsuit for Cignetti to return nan Steelers occupation connected "NFL Live."

"I deliberation his characteristic would fresh pinch Pittsburgh," Spears said. "I'm not judge really each of that business portion goes. But what I've watched this dude do pinch a assemblage that perfectly not moreover thought of perchance ever winning a nationalist title successful this scenery of assemblage football, and nan rapport that he has arsenic a caput coach and what he's done pinch this team, I deliberation it would make him an enticing hire, particularly pinch a squad that loves stability."

Prior to his tenure pinch nan Hoosiers, Cignetti made caput coaching stops astatine Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Elon and James Madison, amassing a 119-35 grounds on nan way. In conscionable his 2nd season, Cignetti has No. 1 Indiana (15-0, 9-0) playing successful nan 2025 College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled against No. 10 Miami (13-2, 6-2) astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami, Florida, connected Monday.

If nan Hoosiers were to triumph nan nationalist title and Cignetti near for nan Steelers job, he would beryllium nan 2nd coach to time off a nationalist champion squad for nan NFL successful 3 seasons. Jim Harbaugh near Michigan for nan Los Angeles Chargers vacancy pursuing nan Wolverines' 2023 nationalist title victory.