Here’s our 2026 NFL Head Coach & GM Tracker. We’ll be updating this tracker to include interviews and candidates linked to the open coaching and GM jobs over the next month or so. 

NFL teams are allowed to begin interviewing candidates for head coach vacancies as soon as Week 18 after the league made changes to the process a few years ago. 

We’ll add more jobs and candidates to the list as the news is available so be sure to check back for the latest updates!

 

2026 NFL Head Coach & GM Tracker

Head Coach Jobs:

Bills

Candidates:

• Bills OC Joe Brady (Interviewed)
• Former Giants HC Brian Daboll (Interviewed)
• Commanders run game coordinator Anthony Lynn (Requested)
• Jaguars OC Grant Udinski (Scheduled)
• Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver (Requested)
• Colts DC Lou Anarumo (Scheduled)

Browns

Finalists:

• Packers DC Jeff Hafley (Dolphins)
• Ravens OC Todd Monken (Interviewed)
• Browns DC Jim Schwartz (Interviewed)
• Jaguars OC Grant Udinski (Scheduled)
• Former Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel (Withdrawn)
• Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (Scheduled)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Withdrawn)

Candidates:

• Browns OC Tommy Rees (Interviewed)
• Seahawks DC Aden Durde (Requested)
• Bengals OC Dan Pitcher (Scheduled)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Requested)

Cardinals

Finalists:

• Jaguars DC Anthony Campanile (Scheduled)

Candidates:

• Bills OC Joe Brady (Interviewed)
• Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver (Scheduled)
• 49ers DC Robert Saleh (Titans)
• Broncos DC Vance Joseph (Requested)
• Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak (Scheduled)
• Patriots passing game coordinator Thomas Brown (Requested)
• Chiefs OC Matt Nagy (Interviewed)
• Former Falcons HC Raheem Morris (Scheduled)
• Rams OC Mike LaFleur (Requested)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Requested)
• Steelers OC Arthur Smith (Requested)
• Texans DC Matt Burke (Requested)

Dolphins

Hired:

• Packers DC Jeff Hafley

Finalists:

• Packers DC Jeff Hafley (Scheduled)
• Lions DC Kelvin Sheppard (Interviewed)

Candidates:

• Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak (Interviewed)
• 49ers DC Robert Saleh (Titans)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Requested)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Interviewed)
• Raiders DC Patrick Graham (Interviewed)
• Jaguars DC Anthony Campanile (Requested)

Falcons

Hired:

• Former Browns HC Kevin Stefanski

Candidates:

• Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver (Interviewed)
• Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak (Interviewed)
• Broncos DC Vance Joseph (Requested)
• 49ers DC Robert Saleh (Requested)
• Seahawks DC Aden Durde (Interviewed)
• Panthers DC Ejiro Evero (Interviewed)
• Packers DC Jeff Hafley (Interviewed)
• Former Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel (Interviewed)
• Former Raiders HC Antonio Pierce (Scheduled)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Interviewed)

Giants

Hired:

• Former Ravens HC John Harbaugh

Candidates:

• Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy (Scheduled)
• Broncos DC Vance Joseph (Interviewed)
• Colts DC Lou Anarumo (Scheduled)
• Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak (Scheduled)
• Former Falcons HC Raheem Morris (Interviewed)
• Giants interim HC/OC Mike Kafka (Interviewed)
• Former Raiders interim HC Antonio Pierce (Interviewed)
• Broncos assistant HC/ST coordinator Darren Rizzi (Requested)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Requested)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter
• Packers DC Jeff Hafley
• Texans DC Matt Burke
• Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury
• Panthers DC Ejiro Evero
• Vikings QB coach Josh McCown
• Jaguars OC Grant Udinski 

Raiders

Finalists:

• Former Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel (Chargers)
• Panthers DC Ejiro Evero (Interviewed)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Interviewed)
• Packers DC Jeff Hafley (Dolphins)

Candidates:

• Broncos DC Vance Joseph (Interviewed)
• Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak (Interviewed)
• Chiefs OC Matt Nagy (Interviewed)
• Broncos QBs coach Davis Webb (Requested)
• Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (Scheduled)
• Rams OC Mike LaFleur (Requested)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Requested)
• Vikings DC Brian Flores

Ravens

Hired:

• Chargers DC Jesse Minter

Finalists:

• Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver (Scheduled)
• Bills OC Joe Brady (Interviewed)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Interviewed)

Candidates:

• Chiefs OC Matt Nagy (Interviewed)
• Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak (Interviewed)
• Broncos QB coach Davis Webb (Interviewed)
• Broncos DC Vance Joseph (Interviewed)
• Former Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury (Interviewed)
• Vikings DC Brian Flores (Interviewed)
• Browns DC Jim Schwartz (Interviewed)
• 49ers DC Robert Saleh (Interviewed)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Interviewed)
• Former Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel (Scheduled)
• Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (Interviewed)
• Jaguars DC Anthony Campanile (Interviewed)
• Broncos assistant HC/ST coordinator Darren Rizzi (Expected)

Steelers

Finalists:

• Packers DC Jeff Hafley (Dolphins)
• Vikings DC Brian Flores (Interviewed)
• Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver (Expected)
• Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy (Interviewed)

Candidates:

• Vikings DC Brian Flores (Interviewed)
• Dolphins DC Anthony Weaver (Expected)
• Rams pass game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase (Interviewed)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Interviewed)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Interviewed)
• Panthers DC Ejiro Evero (Interviewed)
• Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy (Interviewed)

Titans

Hired:

• 49ers DC Robert Saleh

Finalists:

• Chiefs OC Matt Nagy (Scheduled)
• Packers DC Jeff Hafley (Scheduled)
• 49ers DC Robert Saleh (Scheduled)
• Former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy (Interviewed)

Candidates:

• Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo (Interviewed)
• Colts DC Lou Anarumo (Interviewed)
• Broncos DC Vance Joseph (Interviewed)
• Former Falcons HC Raheem Morris (Interviewed)
• Former Cowboys HC Jason Garrett (Interviewed)
• Steelers OC Arthur Smith (Interviewed)
• Former Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel (Interviewed)
• Interim HC Mike McCoy (Interviewed)
• Former Cardinals HC Jonathan Gannon (Scheduled)
• Former Giants HC Brian Daboll (Scheduled)
• Former Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury (Requested)
• Rams DC Chris Shula (Requested)
• Chargers DC Jesse Minter (Requested)

GM Jobs:

Dolphins

Hired:

• Packers VP of Player Personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan

Finalists:

• Packers VP of Player Personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan
• Dolphins interim GM Champ Kelly
• 49ers director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams
• Chargers assistant GM Chad Alexander

Candidates:

• Packers VP of Player Personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan (Requested)
• Eagles assistant GM Alec Halaby (Requested)
• 49ers VP of Player Personnel GM Tariq Ahmad (Requested)
• 49ers director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams (Requested)
• Rams assistant GM John McKay (Requested)
• 49ers assistant GM RJ Gillen (Requested)
• Chargers assistant GM Chad Alexander (Requested)
• Dolphins interim GM Champ Kelly

Falcons

Candidates:

• Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham (Requested)
• 49ers director of scouting and football operations Josh Williams (Requested)
• Steelers assistant GM Andy Weidl (Requested)
• Texans assistant GM James Liipfert (Interviewed)
• Chiefs assistant GM Mike Bradway (Requested)
• Eagles senior personnel director Joe Douglas (Requested)