Broncos' coach search starts with a bang...Garrett mentioned
By Mike Klis
The Denver Post
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The search for Mike Shanahan's replacement will start in full swing this weekend.
The Broncos have confirmed they will meet with New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and Tampa Bay defensive backs coach Raheem Morris.
The interview road trip will take them to New York to talk with Spagnuolo on Saturday, then to the Boston area on Sunday to interview McDaniels. The team will then interview Morris on Monday.
The Broncos have also sought — but not yet been given — permission to interview offensive coordinator Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys.
Denver also reached out to University of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, to gauge his interest in the coaching
Raheem Morris. (Getty Images)job, according to two NFL sources.
Spagnuolo, 49, is considered the No. 1 head coaching candidate in the NFL. He was the only defensive coach who frustrated the previously undefeated New England Patriots in 2007, helping the Giants upset them in the Super Bowl.
Spagnuolo became the Giants' defensive coordinator in 2007 after eight years with the Philadelphia Eagles. After being courted by the Washington Redskins last year, the Giants rewarded him with a three-year contract for more than $2 million a year.
Morris, 32, has gradually risen through the coaching ranks after playing at Hofstra and working his way up from graduate assistant at the school in 1998. He broke in with the Tampa Bay Bucs in 2002 as a defensive quality control coach and also spent a season as defensive coordinator at Kansas State.
During his time at Tampa Bay, Morris worked with assistants Kyle Shanahan, now with the Houston Texans, and Jeremy Bates, now the Broncos quarterback coach.
McDaniels, 32, directed a Patriots offense that set an NFL record with 589 points in 2007 and finished fifth in the league this season in yards gained, despite losing all-pro quarterback Tom Brady in the first quarter of the first game to a season-ending knee injury.
Garrett, 42, was the league's hottest head-coaching candidate last year. But he turned down offers to lead the Baltimore Ravens and the Atlanta Falcons, who both made it to the playoffs this year. Garrett instead stayed with the Cowboys where he became the league's highest-paid coordinator at $3 million a year, with the understanding he would eventually replace Wade Phillips as head coach.
The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/popular/ci_11350685
The search for Mike Shanahan's replacement will start in full swing this weekend.
The Broncos have confirmed they will meet with New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and Tampa Bay defensive backs coach Raheem Morris.
The interview road trip will take them to New York to talk with Spagnuolo on Saturday, then to the Boston area on Sunday to interview McDaniels. The team will then interview Morris on Monday.
The Broncos have also sought — but not yet been given — permission to interview offensive coordinator Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys.
Denver also reached out to University of Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, to gauge his interest in the coaching
Raheem Morris. (Getty Images)job, according to two NFL sources.
Spagnuolo, 49, is considered the No. 1 head coaching candidate in the NFL. He was the only defensive coach who frustrated the previously undefeated New England Patriots in 2007, helping the Giants upset them in the Super Bowl.
Spagnuolo became the Giants' defensive coordinator in 2007 after eight years with the Philadelphia Eagles. After being courted by the Washington Redskins last year, the Giants rewarded him with a three-year contract for more than $2 million a year.
Morris, 32, has gradually risen through the coaching ranks after playing at Hofstra and working his way up from graduate assistant at the school in 1998. He broke in with the Tampa Bay Bucs in 2002 as a defensive quality control coach and also spent a season as defensive coordinator at Kansas State.
During his time at Tampa Bay, Morris worked with assistants Kyle Shanahan, now with the Houston Texans, and Jeremy Bates, now the Broncos quarterback coach.
McDaniels, 32, directed a Patriots offense that set an NFL record with 589 points in 2007 and finished fifth in the league this season in yards gained, despite losing all-pro quarterback Tom Brady in the first quarter of the first game to a season-ending knee injury.
Garrett, 42, was the league's hottest head-coaching candidate last year. But he turned down offers to lead the Baltimore Ravens and the Atlanta Falcons, who both made it to the playoffs this year. Garrett instead stayed with the Cowboys where he became the league's highest-paid coordinator at $3 million a year, with the understanding he would eventually replace Wade Phillips as head coach.
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