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Rams hiring Broncos OLB coach Brandon Staley as DCBy Jeremy Bergman
Around The NFL Writer
Published: Jan. 10, 2020 at 09:00 p.m.Updated: Jan. 10, 2020 at 09:08 p.m.
Three years ago, Sean McVay poached Wade Phillips from the Denver Broncos to be his first defensive coordinator. With Phillips out the door, McVay is tapping the Broncos' coaching staff yet again for his next DC.
The Rams are hiring Broncos outside linebackers coach Brandon Staley as their new defensive coordinator, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday night, per a source.
Los Angeles parted ways with Phillips this week after three seasons. Staley will be McVay's second defensive coordinator as Rams coach.
Staley flew to Los Angeles on Thursday and spent the day with McVay, Rapoport added. The deal still needs to be worked out, but Staley will be the Rams' next defensive coordinator.
Staley, 37, has spent three seasons coaching outside linebackers in the NFL, all under Vic Fangio, who hired him with the Chicago Bears and then brought him along to Denver when Fangio became Broncos coach.
A former quarterback at the University of Dayton, Staley has 15 years of coaching experience, rising from Hutchinson Community College in 2011 to James Madison in 2014 to Division III college John Carroll in 2013 and 2015 to the Bears in 2017.
Going from a 72-year-old veteran defensive coordinator to a 37-year-old first-timer will be quite an adjustment for McVay, 33, and the Rams, but one they're used to.
