John DeFilippo Expected To Remain With Eagles, Despite Interest From Vikings

Sources have told Ben Goessling of the Star-Tribune that they believe Eagles QBs coach John DeFilippo will stay in Philadelphia, despite interest from the Vikings regarding their offensive coordinator job.

Goessling’s sense is that Vikings QBs coach Kevin Stefanski remains a “strong candidate” for Minnesota’s offensive coordinator vacancy.

The other candidates to take over for Shurmur as the Vikings’ coordinator include Darrell Bevell, Dan Campbell and Sean Ryan.

DeFilippo, 39, began his NFL coaching career with the Giants back in 2005. He spent two years with the Giants before the Raiders hired him as their quarterbacks coach in 2007.

After a brief stint with the Jets, DeFilippo returned to the Raiders and was later hired by the Browns as their offensive coordinator in 2015. Unfortunately, the Browns fired their coaching staff after one season and he later agreed to coach the Eagles quarterbacks last year.

In 2016, the Jets ranked No. 26 in total yards, No. 12 in rushing yards, No. 27 in passing yards and No. 29 in points scored this year.

Stefanski, 35, began his NFL coaching career as an operations intern with the Eagles back in 2005. He was later hired by the Vikings as an assistant to head coach a year later.

Stefanski had held a number of positions with the Vikings including TEs coach and RBs coach before he was promoted to QBs coach last year.

We’ll have more regarding the Vikings’ offensive coordinator job as the news is available.