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The Eagles announced their full coaching staff for the 2024 season on Friday with many changes after a disastrous end to last season.
While we already knew many of the changes coming to Nick Sirianni’s staff, including new coordinators Vic Fangio and Kellen Moore, plenty of new nuggets were dropped on Friday. While the defense is almost completely flipped, several offensive coaches remain.
Here’s a complete look at the 2024 coaching staff:
New coaches
Vic Fangio, defensive coordinator
Kellen Moore, offensive coordinator
Christian Parker, passing game coordinator/defensive backs
Clint Hurtt, senior defensive assistant/defensive line
Roy Anderson, cornerbacks
Joe Kasper, Security
Bobby King, inside linebackers
Doug Nussmeier, quarterbacks
Kyle Valero, offensive assistant
Grades:
• The Eagles had inexperienced coordinators in 2023 after the departures of Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon, promoting Brian Johnson and hiring Sean Desai. Both have now left in favor of guys who have held coordinator positions before. Fangio, in particular, has a lot of experience as a DC and HC.
•The only new position coach on offense is Nussmeier, who arrived as a package deal with Moore after working with him in Dallas and Los Angeles. He will be coaching Jalen Hurts and the QBs. He previously worked with Dak Prescott and Justin Herbert.
• On defense, we already knew Parker, Hurtt, Kasper and King. Anderson, meanwhile, spent last season as defensive backs coach in Seattle, where he worked with Hurtt, who was the DC. Before last season in Seattle, Anderson was at Minnesota for a few seasons and before that at LSU. He coached safeties for the Colts from 2012 to 2015. Former Seahawks passing game coordinator Karl Scott was initially reported to be coming for the role, but he stayed in Seattle and the Eagles hired Anderson.
• It’s worth noting that the high school structure is a little different this year. The Eagles have a DB coach/passing game coordinator in Parker (who worked with Fangio in Denver) and then two position coaches under him. There is no specific nickel and dime coach like there was last season with Desai.
Returning coaches
Nick Syrianni, head coach
Michael Clay, special teams coordinator
Jemal Singleton, running backs/assistant head coach
Kevin Patullo, passing game coordinator/associate head coach
Jeff Stoutland, Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
Jason Michael, tight ends
Aaron Moorehead, wide receivers
Jeremiah Washburn, defensive ends/outside linebackers
Joe Pannunzio, assistant special teams coordinator
Tyler Brown, special teams assistant
Eric Dickerson, Offensive Quality Control
Grades:
• It’s remarkable how much of the offensive staff sticks together. The only coaches coming out on that side of the ball are Johnson, Marcus Brady, Roy Istvan and Alex Tanney. The Eagles kept Patullo, Stoutland, Singleton, Michael and Moorehead. So, it’s most of Sirianni’s offensive staff, but a new system and play-caller in Moore.
• The only major position coach retained on defense is Washburn, who will coach drop players once again. Washburn assumed that role in 2022. He is a coach the Eagles have praised both for his ability as a coach and his track record on the player personnel side.
• It’s no surprise to see the Eagles come back with all three of their coaches on special teams. That was the only area of the team in 2023 that wasn’t a disappointment. Clay even got a contract extension from the end of the season.
Coaches returning with new titles
TJ Paganetti, run game specialist/offensive line assistant
Ronell Williams, assistant linebackers/Defensive Quality Control
Tyler Scudder, Defensive Quality Control
Tyler Yelk, Quality Assurance Head Coach
Grades:
• Williams was the Eagles’ nickel coach last season, but will take over as assistant linebackers coach in 2023. He appears to be a coach the Eagles were willing to find a spot for. The Chester, Pennsylvania, native is staying.
• Paganetti is now entering his 10th season with the Eagles and will replace Istvan. He’s had a lot of different titles during those seasons.
• Scudder is in his fourth season with the Eagles. He joined the Eagles as an assistant coach and last year he was an assistant linebackers coach.
• Yelk had the title of assistant head coach and is now the head coach’s quality control. He previously coached at Idaho, Temple, Northern Illinois, South Dakota and more.
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