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Eagles waste no time hiring Vic Fangio as defensive coordinator originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
That didn’t take very long.
Vic Fangio is already on his way to Philadelphia to become the Eagles’ next defensive coordinator, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Thursday morning.
Former Dolphins’ defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is traveling to Philadelphia this morning to officially sign the contract to become the Eagles’ new defensive coordinator, per league source. Eagles officially get their man. pic.twitter.com/jnBBTkhvas
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 25, 2024
The news that Fangio was parting ways with the Dolphins broke during the Eagles’ year-end press conference with Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni, so they weren’t very prepared to answer questions about their no-doubt top candidate.
“We’ve got a lot of good targets that we’re working through,” Sirianni said awkwardly on Wednesday afternoon. “And there are a lot of guys that have done really well in their interview process, and I look forward to continuing on that process. We’ll see what happens.”
It didn’t take long for this to happen.
The Eagles are hiring the 65-year-old Fangio, who has a ton of coaching experience in the NFL with several different teams. In fact, the Eagles will be the eighth different team for which Fangio has called the defense. He has previously been in charge of the defense for the Panthers, Colts, Texans, 49ers, Bears and Dolphins as a DC and the Broncos as a head coach.
There’s no doubt that the Eagles are hiring an accomplished defensive coach who will be able to take the reins completely on that side of the football.
In fact, the Eagles wanted to hire Fangio last offseason but the timing didn’t work out. They found out too late that former DC Jonathan Gannon was leaving to take the Arizona Cardinals job and Fangio had already agreed to become the DC in Miami.
So instead, the Eagles hired Sean Desai, who previously worked with Fangio. In…
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-01-25 15:50:11
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