Doug Pederson will take over the Eagles. Photo Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
The Philadelphia Eagles officially announced the hiring of former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson as their new head coach on Monday.
The Eagles will introduce Pederson at a press conference on Tuesday.
The 47-year-old Pederson comes to the Eagles with a combined 19 years of NFL experience as both a coach and player, including the last three seasons as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator under head coach Andy Reid.
This will be his third stint with the Eagles as he previously served as the team’s quarterbacks coach (2011-12) and offensive quality control coach (2009-10), and played quarterback for the team in 1999.
The Eagles fired head coach Chip Kelly on Dec. 29 with one week to go in the regular season. Kelly was 26-21 in three seasons with the Eagles.
Before coaching, Pederson enjoyed a 12-year playing career in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Eagles and Cleveland Browns. As a backup quarterback for the Packers, he was part of a team that won Super Bowl XXXI.
—Tom Brady and Peyton Manning helped set up a 17th career meeting with wins in the AFC divisional playoffs and the New England Patriots visit the Denver Broncos on Sunday in what is the fourth conference championship between the two passers.
The home team has won the previous four playoff games pitting Brady and Manning. Denver also happens to boast the No. 1 defense in the NFL, and Manning said that group is the reason the Broncos are still alive in the postseason.
The Patriots are playing the AFC Championship for the fifth consecutive seasons, something accomplished only by the 1970s Oakland Raiders.
Meanwhile, Broncos safety Omar Bolden will miss the rest of the playoffs due to a knee injury suffered while covering a punt in Sunday’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
—New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is expected to remain in place for Ben McAdoo’s first season as head coach.
The Philadelphia Eagles are interested in hiring the 56-year-old Spagnuolo as the defensive coordinator on new head coach Doug Pederson’s staff, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.
Spagnuolo would need permission from the Giants to pursue the Eagles’ opening, but he is expected to remain with the Giants, ESPN reported.
Spagnuolo was one of six candidates the Giants interviewed for the head coaching job after Tom Coughlin stepped down following the 6-10 season.
—New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who permanently damaged his right hand as a result of a Fourth of July fireworks accident, was undergoing another surgery Monday.
Pierre-Paul, 27, posted a photo of himself on Instagram as he prepared to go into surgery.
Pierre-Paul had delayed the surgery in order to play this season. This procedure is intended to give Pierre-Paul more flexibility in his middle finger.
—Coach Mike Mularkey named Terry Robiskie offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans.
Mularkey became head coach Saturday following a second interview with Titans management, including new general manager Jon Robinson.
Robiskie, 61, served as wide receivers coach of the Atlanta Falcons the past eight seasons. He has not held the title of offensive coordinator since 2004 with the Cleveland Browns, when he also was interim head coach by the end of the season, replacing Butch Davis.
—Less than a week after being approved to move from St. Louis to Los Angeles, the Rams received their first deposit for season tickets from legendary Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson.
The Los Angeles Rams can’t begin selling tickets or suites to the new Inglewood, Calif., stadium scheduled to open in 2019 until they know if another NFL team will be joining them.
The Rams started taking $100 deposits for 2016 season tickets Monday morning for games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
—The Indianapolis Colts added quarterbacks coach Brian Schottenheimer to their staff and retained Shawn Terlecky, the team announced.
It is a return to the NFL for Schottenheimer, who spent the 2015 season in the college ranks as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia. He has 16 seasons of NFL coaching experience, most recently as offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams from 2012-14.
—Jim Bob Cooter will remain as offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, a position he held after replacing Joe Lombardi during a midseason housecleaning that claimed three assistant coaches.
Head coach Jim Caldwell praised Cooter, who previously worked with Peyton Manning as quarterbacks coach of the Denver Broncos, for his role in Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford’s improved play the final eight games of the season.
—The Cincinnati Bengals added three assistants to head coach Marvin Lewis’ staff: defensive line coach Jacob Burney, quarterbacks coach Bill Lazor and defensive backs coach Kevin Coyle.
Burney will enter his 21st season as an NFL assistant, most recently working for the Washington Redskins from 2010-14, while Lazor was fired as the Miami Dolphins’ offensive coordinator on Nov. 30, and will replace Ken Zampese, who was promoted to offensive coordinator when Hue Jackson was hired as the Cleveland Browns’ head coach.
Coyle spent 2001-11 on the Bengals’ staff before leaving to become the Dolphins’ defensive coordinator. He was also fired during the regular season.
