After receiving interest for head coaching jobs just after the 2020-21 NFL season ended, former Panthers’ offensive coordinator Joe Brady is not quite ready to return to the college coaching ranks. Despite some reports linking Joe Brady to the University of Miami as a potential offensive coordinator on new head coach Mario Cristobal’s staff, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Brady has heard from multiple NFL teams and the expectation is that he will stay in the league next season.
Brady found success in college football in his lone season at LSU as the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. Brady and then-LSU quarterback Joe Burrow were two individuals highly regarded as contributors to the school’s 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. The success quickly vaulted Brady into coaching opportunities as, three days after the Championship win, Brady accepted the offensive coordinator job under incoming head coach of the Panthers Matt Rhule.
In Brady’s first season as the lone offensive play caller, Carolina’s offense ranked 24th in the NFL in scoring and 21st in yards, utilizing Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback and leaning on Mike Davis at running back with star Christian McCaffrey sidelined for all but three games. Through 13 weeks of the 2021 NFL season, the Panthers’ offense ranked 24th in points per game and 29th in yards yards per game. The team has struggled to find consistency at quarterback with trade acquisition Sam Darnold failing to take a firm hold of the reins of the offense and Cam Newton not providing the desired boost after signing with his former team in November. The running game has still seen Christian McCaffrey miss time and has turned to rookie fourth-round pick Chuba Hubbard in his absence.
Rhule didn’t specify any reasons for firing Brady only claiming it was best for the team moving forward, so it’s understandable that some NFL teams still see potential in hiring the young offensive mind. College football jobs have been filling quickly since the end of their regular season, so Brady’s focus on the NFL indicates he probably has some pretty strong leads on a new job.
Despite his recent OC firing, Joe Brady still has a number of Head Coaches and General Managers who have confidence in his coaching abilities. These people are referred to as………………………
THE BRADY BUNCH !!
Ehhh corny but small chuckle. 3/10
Brady won’t have any trouble landing a new gig. Everyone knows any coach, regardless how good they are/were would have failed with that Carolina offensive attack, especially with Brady not having McCaffrey majority of the time.
Heck, the fact they weren’t dead last offensively should have been enough to give this man a raise!! Carolina clearly has a lack of weapons offensively, and no coach can change that fact!!
I read somewhere he doesn’t like recruiting. Which is why the NFL is more attractive to him.
Rebuild your resume by turning around the U along with Cristobal. Brady should be the hottest HC’ing commodity in a year or 2.
He’s still more qualified for Zac Taylor’s job than Taylor was when he got it, and it would be fun to see Burrow and Chase reunited with him. (Not that I see the Bengals doing that.)
Rhule likely did not elaborate because it likely was not his decision.
Young and white with 1 year of winning as a college Asst coach old white NFL owner will be all over him. Then we can hear how all the minorities didn’t do well in interviews or their teams were in the playoffs at interview time. Then we get a couple of clowns like Campbell in Detroit
Head coaches are hired for their minds and for their ability to navigate power politics with restraint and self-control.
Owners will hire any head coach who brings them the best chance of post-season wins. Most of the best head coaches are extremely intelligent – Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Pete Carroll, Sean McVay, Sean Peyton, Mike Tomlin come to mind.
Any head coaching candidates, minority or not, who could regularly beat the teams of the men listed above would be very welcome in the NFL.
I’d love to give Brady a shot here in Houston. Culley has failed miserably as a head coach. Although long in the coaching ranks, it’s obvious why no team gave him a shot to be the offensive or defensive coordinator. Very nice man and deserving of a shot, but clear at this point he’s in over his head. Albeit the team is not good and I won’t fault him for not winning, but he has made numerous poor decisions pertaining to starters, second half adjustments, losing track of a down/distance, clock/time out management, and providing locker room leadership.
How on earth do you know he’s done a poor job of locker room leadership? Frankly, it’s amazing that roster has two wins.