# NFL Coaching Carousel: 2024-2025 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [December 17, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735 "2024-12-17T00:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/121 "2025-01-16T18:19:21Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If nothing else, Sanders is driven by ego, and coaching in the NFL, for the Cowboys, would be an even bigger stage for him. Hmm… His kids no longer being on his team, his ego (Neon Deion), and maybe more money… Okay, that’s sounding more plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/122 "2025-01-16T18:22:13Z")
Not sure Jerry’s ego can handle having Deion around, at least as a coach. That would be one short honeymoon if it happened. I’ve seen Kellen Moore bandied about but he can’t be interviewed in person at the moment for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/123 "2025-01-16T18:25:39Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Not sure Jerry’s ego can handle having Deion around, at least as a coach. That would be one short honeymoon if it happened. Possibly so. On the other hand, it’s been 30 seasons since the Cowboys’ last Super Bowl win, and Jones is 82 years old – he may be willing to do the unexpected to try to get one more title. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/124 "2025-01-16T18:27:55Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Would he want it? If Dallas commits to trading up for Shedeur, probably. There’s nothing really tying him to Colorado anymore, especially if the alternative is an NFL head coaching gig for his former team. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/125 "2025-01-16T18:31:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > he may be willing to do the unexpected to try to get one more title. That’s an interesting question. Every owner says they want a Super Bowl title, but I’m not sure how serious some of them are about it. I’ve long suspected Jones wouldn’t mind one but only on his terms - no Jimmy Johnson or somebody else getting too much of the credit or glory for architecting a winning roster and team. Otherwise, just owning the Cowboys is plenty lucrative and he gets to play at bigshot owner/GM all the while. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/126 "2025-01-16T18:31:58Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > it’s been 30 seasons since the Cowboys’ last Super Bowl win Sanders was on that team. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/127 "2025-01-16T18:32:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > his ego (Neon Deion) Nit: Prime Time (or just Prime). The Neon Deion thing was invented by FSU’s marketing folks and Sanders hated/hates it. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/128 "2025-01-16T18:33:38Z")
Given his history, I would be pretty shocked if Jerry Jones hired a Black football coach, let alone one as outspoken as Deion. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/129 "2025-01-16T18:34:14Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > The Neon Deion thing was invented by FSU’s marketing folks and Sanders hated/hates it. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/130 "2025-01-16T18:46:22Z")
On the other hand, the NFL is not going to muzzle the press the way CU did. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/131 "2025-01-16T18:57:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > If Dallas commits to trading up for Shedeur, probably. There’s nothing really tying him to Colorado anymore, especially if the alternative is an NFL head coaching gig for his former team. Right. That’s what I was getting at. I think the chaos surrounding McCarthy’s departure has more to do with Jones trying to figure out how he is going to trade up to draft Shedeur. He might very well have been putting out feelers with Chicago to try to trade McCarthy to them for a first round draft pick. The next step would have been to bundle that pick with Dallas’s own first rounder and then offer Tennessee a 2 for 1 swap of first round picks. Of course if that was the plan, I’m sure McCarthy wanted none of that, and so he departed. Once trading up to draft Shedeur was / is squared away, getting Deion to sign on as the head coach will be the easy part. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/132 "2025-01-16T19:51:47Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > There’s nothing really tying him to Colorado anymore, especially if the alternative is an NFL head coaching gig for his former team. This. He’s been at Colorado for two seasons. His first season they were 4-8 after starting 3-0 and being nationally ranked. This season they finished 9-3 in the regular season, in a 4-way tie for the Big 12 conference lead, but didn’t make the playoffs due to tiebreakers. Then they got absolutely smoked by fellow conference member BYU in the Alamo Bowl. While there was notable improvement year-over-year, there’s obviously no guarantee that this success will continue next season. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/133 "2025-01-18T00:34:47Z")
My dream coaching hires would be Deion to the Cowboys and Kliff Kingsbury to the Bears. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/134 "2025-01-18T16:39:27Z")
Continuing the theme of “we are going to interview _everybody_,” there are reports that the Bears contacted the Steelers, about the possibility of trading for coach Mike Tomlin. They were told “go away.” > **[Sources: Bears' Tomlin call rebuffed by Steelers](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43457113/sources-bears-trade-request-mike-tomlin-rebuffed-steelers)** > > The Bears recently called the Steelers to see whether they would be allowed to talk to Mike Tomlin in an attempt to trade for him, only to have Pittsburgh rebuff their inquiry, sources told ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/135 "2025-01-19T02:30:00Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Kliff Kingsbury to the Bears. You dislike the Bears that much? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/136 "2025-01-20T21:46:36Z")
Looks like it’s actually Ben Johnson to the Bears. > **[Chicago Bears hire Ben Johnson as head coach, stealing away Lions offensive...](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/01/20/ben-johnson-bears-lions-offensive-coordinator/77793017007/)** > > Ben Johnson, Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, will be hired by Chicago Bears as head coach, adding further intrigue to NFC North. Too bad for Detroit, will they be able to be as dominant next year? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/137 "2025-01-20T21:54:58Z")
Wow wow wow. I haven’t been keeping an eye on NFL news today because I assumed at most we would hear is “Ben Johnson is scheduled to interview with so and so”. This was so unbelievably fast they had to have at least something in place after the zoom interview. Even if Johnson flames out, I’m excited for the Bears to actually do the obvious correct thing for once. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/138 "2025-01-20T22:02:53Z")
Head coaching is a very different beast, since you also have to do all the press and management stuff. But in terms of developing a QB, it’s definitely welcome news for Caleb Williams. However it works out, this should either get him the development he needs or at least determine how high (or low) his ceiling really is. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/139 "2025-01-20T23:10:37Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > This was so unbelievably fast they had to have at least something in place after the zoom interview. Guess I was right: > > > Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735/140 "2025-01-20T23:54:16Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Head coaching is a very different beast, since you also have to do all the press and management stuff. Yeah, there’s a lot more to bring a head coach than just coming up with good game strategies and developing players properly. But here’s hoping he does well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2024-2025-edition/1011735.md?page=8)