Report: Cardinals will interview Aaron Glenn on Saturday

Posted by Charean Williams on January 20, 2023, 7:26 PM EST
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The Cardinals will interview Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn on Saturday, Josina Anderson of CBS Sports reports.

The Cardinals are seeking a replacement for Kliff Kingsbury after replacing General Manager Steve Keim with Monti Ossenfort on Tuesday.

Arizona has completed an interview with former Colts head coach Frank Reich and have scheduled interviews with Broncos defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero and Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. It has requested interviews with Steelers senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach Brian Flores, former Saints head coach Sean Payton and 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans.

Glenn met virtually with the Colts last weekend.

In the 2022 hiring cycle, Glenn interviewed with the Saints and Broncos.

Glenn has spent two seasons as the Lions defensive coordinator after two years as the Browns assistant defensive backs coach and five years as the Saints defensive backs coach.

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14 responses to “Report: Cardinals will interview Aaron Glenn on Saturday”

  1. Lions defense has ranked 29th and 32nd the past two seasons. Let’s give the guy a promotion. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine promoted the incompetent mail room clerk because she was terrified of him

  2. Lions young defense was much improved the second half of the season . Glenn is a good coach and ready to be a head coach.

  3. Once they fired the DB coach they were much better. Generated a lot of turnovers. They had three rookies and a lot of inexperience out there. He’s a good candidate.

  4. Nothing will matter until Kyler Murray is gone. Just sayin’. Good luck with the other stuff, but in the meanwhile it just doesn’t matter.

  6. coronalt says:
    January 20, 2023 at 7:38 pm
    Lions defense has ranked 29th and 32nd the past two seasons. Let’s give the guy a promotion. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine promoted the incompetent mail room clerk because she was terrified of him
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    Context matters just a little bit don’t ya think? It’s not like he was coaching the 49ers loaded defense, he was coaching the LIONS REBUILDING DEFENSE, that should of given you a hint of the talent level he was working with when he got there. And that defense drastically improved over the second half of this year.

  9. Glenn is not ready to be a head coach. Payton, Flores, Quinn, Reich, Ryans all better candidates

  12. What a dream job for an aspiring NFL coach. Locked into a top of the market long term guaranteed contract for several years with a an average QB who has an injury history and doesn’t get along with management and teammates.

  13. Bidwell should have watched a playoff game live with AG and had him discuss what he sees and his critique of the strategy and players on the field. Make that the interview.

  14. Not a terrible idea as far as it goes, but a job interview for an NFL head coaching position needs to be much more involved than simply watching a playoff game with a candidate and having him critique it for you. Head coaches have to wear many different hats and become adept at a number of different things to ultimately be successful. Complicated job, there’s a reason even most talented coaches are average or largely fail at the endeavor in the end.

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