The Los Angeles Rams are selling passing sport coordinator Nate Scheelhaase to offensive coordinator and making quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone their co-offensive coordinator/QB coach, sources instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday.
Scheelhaase, 35, remained with the Rams after interviewing for 5 head teaching jobs throughout the offseason.
The Rams had the highest offense within the NFL final season and are bringing again quarterback Matthew Stafford, who introduced when he accepted the NFL MVP Award that he would return for 2026.
Los Angeles wanted a brand new offensive coordinator after Mike LaFleur was employed by the Arizona Cardinals in early February. The Rams have had 4 offensive coordinators beneath coach Sean McVay — Matt LaFleur (2017), Kevin O’Connell (2020-21), Liam Coen (2022) and Mike LaFleur (2023-25) — and all 4 have turn into head coaches, as did quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor. They didn’t have an offensive coordinator for the 2 seasons between Matt LaFleur and O’Connell, and McVay calls performs and leads the design of the offense.
Amongst his obligations in Los Angeles, Scheelhaase was tasked with actually drawing the offensive performs taught to the Rams for every week’s sport plan — a detail-oriented job beforehand held by a number of Rams assistants who went on to greater issues. He’ll now lead an offensive employees that introduced in former Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury earlier this month.
Earlier than he was employed by the Rams in 2024, Scheelhaase was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Iowa State.
Ragone additionally joined the Rams in 2024 as quarterbacks coach after serving as Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator for 3 seasons.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.
