Colts Hire Eagles OC Shane Steichen As Head Coach
The Colts named Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen as their new coach on Tuesday morning. The team made the announcement on social media.
ESPN reported Sunday that Indianapolis had targeted Steichen for the job, and now it appears he will get his first crack at being a head coach in the NFL. He started his coaching career in the collegiate ranks at Louisville prior to holding several assistant positions in the pros.
He was named interim offensive coordinator in 2019 when the Chargers fired Ken Whisenhunt and was promoted to take over the position full-time for the 2020 season. He became Philadelphia’s OC in 2021 and has been in that role ever since. The Eagles are coming off a dominant season on both sides of the ball, but it wasn’t enough on Sunday night, as the team lost Super Bowl LVII, 38–35. The team ranked third in the NFL in points and yards under Steichen this past season.
Steichen will be tasked with turning around a Colts franchise that fired Frank Reich after a 3-5-1 start and ultimately finished 4-12-1 under interim coach Jeff Saturday. Saturday, an ESPN analyst and former franchise center in Indianapolis, was hired with no collegiate or professional coaching experience.
