{"id":304882,"date":"2025-10-15T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304882\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:25:11","slug":"titans-hc-rumors-nagy-smith-brady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304882\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans HC Rumors: Nagy, Smith, Brady"},"content":{"rendered":"

After firing<\/a> head coach Brian Callahan<\/strong> on Monday, the 1-5 Titans will move forward with Mike McCoy\u00a0<\/strong>handling the role<\/a> on an interim basis. It\u2019s improbable that McCoy will fare well enough to take over on a full-time basis, meaning the Titans\u2019 head coach for 2026 is likely to come from outside the organization. With that in mind, Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy <\/strong>and Steelers OC Arthur Smith<\/strong> are early names to watch, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

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While the Titans hired a first-time head coach in Callahan, they\u2019d be getting an experienced option in Nagy, who was at the helm of the Bears from 2018-21. Chicago went 12-4 and earned a playoff berth in Nagy\u2019s first year on the job, though that proved to be the high point. The Bears also made the playoffs in 2020 despite an 8-8 finish, their second straight .500 effort, but a 6-11 showing in 2021 led to Nagy\u2019s ouster. He put together a 34-31 record and an 0-2 mark in the postseason during his time with the franchise.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Titans Separate From Bill Callahan, Keep Bo Hardegree As Play-Caller]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After his run with the Bears ended, Nagy went back to Kansas City for his second Chiefs tenure. He has worked in multiple offensive positions since rejoining the team in 2022, including as their O-coordinator since 2023.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have gone to three straight Super Bowls and won two with Nagy back on their staff. However, head coach Andy Reid<\/strong> \u2013 not Nagy \u2013 calls the plays. Nevertheless, it\u2019s worth noting that the 47-year-old Nagy has a connection to Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi<\/strong>, who worked in various roles with the Chiefs from 2009-24.<\/p>\n

The Titans and their fans are familiar with Smith, a Tennessee native who held multiple coaching roles with the team from 2011-20. Smith parlayed a successful two-year run as the Titans\u2019 offensive coordinator into his first head coaching job with the Falcons. It proved to be a short-lived stint, however, with the Falcons moving on after Smith guided three straight 7-10 seasons.<\/p>\n

In his first year with the Steelers in 2024, Smith oversaw an offense that ranked 16th in points and 21st in yards while struggling to find an answer at quarterback between Russell Wilson<\/a><\/strong> and Justin Fields<\/a><\/strong>. This year\u2019s Steelers have gotten better play under center from Aaron Rodgers<\/a> <\/strong>and rank 14th in the league in points per game, but they\u2019re just 29th in yards per contest.<\/p>\n

While Nagy and Smith may be prominent in the Titans\u2019 coaching search, the team is unlikely to hire Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady<\/strong>, Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports<\/a> reports. Brady, 36, has called the plays for Buffalo\u2019s prolific offense since taking over for Ken Dorsey<\/strong> in 2023. However, after the Callahan experiment failed, there\u2019s doubt that the Titans will hire a 30-something with no experience as a head coach for the second time in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After firing head coach Brian Callahan on Monday, the 1-5 Titans will move forward with Mike McCoy\u00a0handling the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":304883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7952,8995,154614,3570,154615,1545,62,9007,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-304882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arthur-smith","9":"tag-buffalo-bills","10":"tag-joe-brady","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-matt-nagy","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tennessee-titans","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115377230924438554","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}