NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans basic supervisor Mike Borgonzi, regardless of spending 16 years in varied scouting and personnel roles with the Chiefs, mentioned he refuses to permit any earlier biases to closely affect his first alternative to pick Tennessee’s head coach.
Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy are among the many eight candidates reported to have interviews arrange for the Titans’ head teaching job. Borgonzi noticed the Chiefs win three Tremendous Bowls with Spagnuolo operating the protection, two of which had Nagy because the offensive coordinator.
Nonetheless, Borgonzi downplayed the affect of their prior successes on the method of discovering the precise coach for the Titans.
“You need to take away that piece,” Borgonzi mentioned. “That biased opinion on anyone that you simply might need a relationship with. You need to make the most effective determination for the group, and that is actually the underside line. ‘Who’s going to be the most effective chief and coach for this group?'”
The Titans fired Brian Callahan in October and named senior offensive assistant Mike McCoy because the interim head coach. A supply confirmed to ESPN that McCoy is interviewing for the pinnacle coach place on Tuesday.
The group constructed a committee to establish candidates to fill the void quickly after firing Callahan. The committee consists of Borgonzi, president of soccer operations Chad Brinker, assistant GM Dave Ziegler, vice chairman/soccer advisor Reggie McKenzie and director of participant personnel Jon Salge.
The staff launched a letter from controlling proprietor Amy Adams Strunk that pointed to Borgonzi spearheading the teaching search. Borgonzi mentioned it is vital to get a pacesetter who has a transparent imaginative and prescient and is not afraid of battle that may come up from holding individuals accountable.
It will be pure to concentrate on duplicating the Chiefs’ mannequin since Borgonzi had a hand in vaulting Kansas Metropolis to one of many NFL’s most profitable organizations over the past 5 years. Borgonzi will depend on a number of the issues he realized, however his aim is to ascertain his personal blueprint.
“I am seeking to create the mannequin for the Tennessee Titans with the people who now we have right here,” Borgonzi mentioned. “I’ve taken sure issues on how we consider gamers and the way we work with coaches throughout that course of, and the way we do sure issues. However that is our staff right here, and the people who now we have. So, I’ve definitely realized and benefited from a whole lot of the stuff up to now, however I believe now we have a bunch right here that is been in other places, and we need to make it our personal.”
