49ers, Falcons seek permission to interview Josh McDaniels

Posted by Curtis Crabtree on December 30, 2014, 12:06 AM EST
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New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels appears to be one of the hot commodities as the search for new head coaches around the NFL gets underway.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers have requested permission from the Patriots to interview McDaniels for their head coaching vacancies.

McDaniels has served as the Patriots offensive coordinator for the last three seasons after returning to New England as an assistant for the playoffs in 2011.

If McDaniels gets a head coaching job this offseason, it would be his second chance to lead an NFL team. McDaniels spent two seasons as head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2009-2010.

McDaniels then spent one season as offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams under Steve Spagnuolo before that staff was fired and McDaniels returned to New England for the postseason.

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49 responses to “49ers, Falcons seek permission to interview Josh McDaniels”

  2. It would be the ultimate irony if he ended up coach of the Bears.

    The expression on Jay Cutler’s face would be priceless. Then again, it might not change at all.

  4. Hope somebody ( especially the 49ers) hires Josh McDaniels. It will set them back another 4 years. When will anybody learn that just because you are good in Bill’s system doesnt make you a good Head coach. Recent failures includes Josh , Crennel, Mangini, and Weis. Come on guys. Leave the Packers alone as they have lost too many guys and the new guys are too green. Maybe in a few years Clements might be ready but right now why would he with Rogers being so good and he can learn so much.

  6. I guess if you need a tax write off for value lost on your franchise it would be a good move. Ask the Bowlens how much he can save you in 2 short years.

  7. And it took Jed all of one day to already screw up his SB promise……Yeah….Josh is the guy for the Niners…..Jed, go buy the Browns….you’d be a good fit there……

  16. As a Broncos fan, I would really prefer to see the monumentally incompetent Josh Bialystock coaching the Raiders.

  18. If SF just fired Harbaugh to hire an OC whose a proven failure at HC then Jed York deserves to be hanged. Stay in New England josh, we need you.

  19. Maybe Josh will be better not having final say on personnel. Maybe he learned alot during his tenure in Denver. Take him if you please always found him to be a playercaller who was average but looked good because he has Brady. Unless he is next in line after Belichick I cant seeing him continue to pass up head coach interviews and/or offers.

  22. Most Pats fans wouldn’t mind him leaving; his play calling has been pretty questionable this year. My buddy who works for the Broncos says they still refer to him as “Hurricane McDaniels in Dove Valley. Caveat Emptor.

  25. Sounds like a great move going from Harbaugh to the guy that thought Tebow was a first round talent.

    It will be extremely satisfying to watch the 49’ers implosion due entirely to the enormous egos of ownership and management.

  31. Yes, he was a miserable failure in Denver, but I wish people would quit bringing that up. I mean, there is a slight chance that Jed reads these comments.

  33. So they have supposedly asked permission to interview McDaniels and Gase, one guy who failed miserably as a head coach (now made to look better than he is because of Belichick and Brady) and the other who is probably made to look much better than he is because of Manning. I’m wondering if they have contacted Rex Ryan.

    I’m no Rex fan but I’d rather look for him to be my coach than Gase or McDaniels. Give Rex a decent QB and offense and I am sure he’ll do much better than the last few years with the Jets and he has a far better resume than either of those two other guys.

  34. Drafting Tim Tebow should forever be a disqualifier for him ever being a head coach again.

  35. Too many other good candidates to even consider Belichick retreads Mangini and Mcdaniels…Its amazing these losers even get consideration…what a joke..

  36. Elway is on record as saying that when he took over as vp in Denver he had to change the culture because the office staff and people who worked there really did not like football any more. They were so disgusted by being verbally abused by the previous regime and the Napoleonic attitude. No name was ever mentioned as who was responsible for that but not hard to figure out.

  37. Does the NFL have any imagination any longer or is it always jump on the flavor of the year offensive/defensive coordinators? We know one thing in Denver; having the clap is much easier to get rid of and does less damage than time with Josh at the helm!

  38. There’s a reason he’s an assistant coach now and it has a LOT to do with his tenure as head coach in Denver. But, hey, who am I to say why an owner would want to keep losing. Rex Ryan is available, too.

  40. (49ers fan here.) I hope McDaniels is the pick. Of all the coordinators being considered, he’s the most ready to be a HC right now. (Yes, I remember him at Denver.) People tend to forget that Bellichick and Carroll flopped in their first HC gigs, too. I think McDaniels can scheme offensive plays well, and I think he can teach quarterbacks. In SF, all we would need to do is focus on the offense, and let Fangio run the defense. He’s young and creative — and could hold the job a long time with sustained success.

    Is he better than Harbaugh? Nope. But that’s not even the right question to ask. Harbaugh is the head coach at Michigan. Can he get more out of the offense than Harbaugh did? I think so.

  43. Jed York and Baalke just want a ‘yes’ man. They don’t really care about winning as long as they can control everything. This reminds me of Mike Brown using the team as a cash cow for his family and filling all the front office people with children and relatives who know nothing about football. If they really think Josh McDaniels is a better option than it was to keep Harbaugh they should have to undergo a drug test.

    They can talk all they want but all they are trying to do is justify their decision to get rid of a coach who did a really good job out there…and I’m not even a Niners fan. Harbaugh turned that franchise around so fast it wasn’t even funny. I think getting rid of Harbaugh will cause the team to revert back to the cellar.

  44. Not only can they interview him, they can keep him. Always felt like this guy is VERY expendable. Bill’s puppet. Tom makes a lot of people jobs…and gets a lot of people fired too.

  45. Let him go. his play calling is stale. You can always bring somebody in for a while. ( Trestman as OC )

  47. kagey7 says:
    Dec 30, 2014 9:14 AM

    Elway is on record as saying that when he took over as vp in Denver he had to change the culture because the office staff and people who worked there really did not like football any more. They were so disgusted by being verbally abused by the previous regime and the Napoleonic attitude. No name was ever mentioned as who was responsible for that but not hard to figure out.

    It was Shanahan. At the time it was reported dude had a 3,000 word resume that referred to himself as “supreme leader”.

  49. Ironic considering that McDaniels taped the 49ers walkthrough in 2010 and his Broncos STILL lost to them.

    If that doesn’t speak to his sorry excuse as a head coach, I don’t know what will.

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