Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio are bringing some acquainted staffers to Philadelphia. A type of shall be Doug Nussmeier, who has labored with Moore in Dallas and Los Angeles.
Nussmeier will be part of the Eagles as quarterbacks coach, according to ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler. Moreover, the Eagles are anticipated to rent Christian Parker from the Broncos’ employees, ESPN.com’s Dan Graziano tweets. Parker loomed as a DC candidate throughout this yr’s cycle. The younger assistant will rejoin Fangio, who employed him in Denver.
Moore and Nussmeier coached collectively in Dallas from 2018-22, with the latter shifting from tight ends coach to QBs coach throughout that span. Moore introduced Nussmeier with him to Los Angeles when he took over as Chargers OC final yr. That stint didn’t go particularly nicely, however the Eagles will give Moore leeway to deliver his longtime coworker with him to educate Jalen Hurts.
Seeing as each staffers had been tied to the Cowboys for years, the Eagles actually have a level of familiarity with Moore and Nussmeier. The latter additionally served as an offensive coordinator for 5 faculty packages — together with Alabama, Michigan and Florida — from 2008-17. This would be the second former Gators OC the Eagles could have employed as QBs coach below Nick Sirianni. The Eagles introduced Brian Johnson from Gainesville to educate Hurts, whom the assistant had identified for years, in 2021. The Eagles have since fired Johnson after one season as OC; no group has employed the younger staffer but.
Johnson and Nussmeier didn’t coach collectively at Florida; the latter was in Dallas by the point Johnson bought to Gainesville. The Ravens interviewed Nussmeier, 53, for their OC job in 2023 however employed Todd Monken. Philly will now entrust further Hurts improvement to 2 former Cowboys staffers. With Jim Harbaugh now operating the Chargers, Nussmeier wanted to make new plans.
Parker, 32, interviewed for the Patriots and Packers’ DC jobs this offseason. He has been valued in Denver, working because the group’s DBs coach below Fangio, Nathaniel Hackett and Sean Payton. Residing because the final Fangio assistant coach left this previous season, Parker has overseen the likes of Justin Simmons and Patrick Surtain. Parker has coached the latter, now a two-time Professional Bowler, all through his profession. He additionally mentored rookie UDFA slot cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian in 2023.
Moreover, the Eagles are hiring Dolphins assistant Joe Kasper to be their safeties coach, NFL.com’s Cameron Wolfe tweets. Fangio focused Kasper, per Wolfe, and the Eagles despatched him an interview slip final week. Regardless of Fangio’s Dolphins fit not proving ideal, the veteran defensive coach’s time in Miami will lead not less than one staffer to observe him. This can be a return journey for Kasper, who was a high quality management assistant with the Eagles from 2021-22. Fangio’s consulting season helped lead Kasper to Miami, the place he served as safeties coach.
One of many staffers who labored below Jonathan Gannon and Sean Desai in Philly, DBs coach D.Okay. McDonald, is departing to turn into the co-defensive coordinator at Kansas, according to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman. This proves fascinating on account of he and Fangio overlapping in 2022; McDonald was on Sirianni’s employees from 2021-23. The ex-Gannon assistant started his Philly tenure as assistant DBs coach, shifting as much as secondary coach in 2023.
