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Katherine Terrell
Metairie, Louisiana – The offensive coordinator of the Eagles of Philadelphia, Kellen Moore, agreed to become a coach of the Saints of New Orleans, sources said on Tuesday.
The saints made the move official two days after Moore and the Eagles won the Super Bowl Lix in New Orleans. Moore has left New Orleans to go home with the team, but will come back to make the move official.
The Eagles beat the Kansas City 40-22 chiefs and the quarter-Arrière Jalen Hurts was appointed MVP of the Super Bowl. Immediately after the Super Bowl victory, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni pleaded Moore to return to the team for another season.
“Cut this s — Back Kellen,” said Sirianni laughing.
Moore, 36, decided to move forward with his quest to become head coach instead after a season in Philadelphia. The Eagles have an average of 27.2 points per regular season (7th in the NFL) and 36.3 points per game in playoffs (1st in the NFL).
The saints were the last team to fulfill the job of head coach. Due to the NFL rules, they could not make the head of Moore’s hiring to the conclusion of the Super Bowl.
The New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders and New England Patriots all carried out training research that ended before the Super Bowl.
The saints were ready to wait Moore after flying in Philadelphia to interview him after the NFC championship match two weeks ago.
He was one of the four candidates to interview himself with the saints, who also carried out several interviews with the coordinator of the New York giants, Mike Kafka, the defensive coordinator of the Dolphins of Miami, Anthony Weaver and the special team coordinator Saints, Darren Rizzi, who was walked to the acting coach after Dennis, Dennis Allen was dismissed on November 4.
Moore is the first token coach from the outside of the building since Sean Payton has moved away after the 2021 season. The saints promoted Allen, then the defensive coordinator, in an open position after a quick search for coaching that has Involving a small pool of candidates, each of whom interviewed once.
He is a departure from Allen, who was 50 years old and a second coach during hiring. Moore will be one of the youngest head coaches in the league and will come from the offensive side of the balloon, similar to the rental of Payton in 2006. Payton had three experiences as an offensive coordinator with the New York Giants when hiring.
Moore played the quarter-Arrière for Boisse State from 2007 to 2011 and also in the NFL with the Cowboys of Detroit Lions and Dallas.
Moore began his career as a coach of the NFL after his retirement after the 2017 season. He was the Cowboys quarter coach in 2017 and the attacking coordinator in Dallas from 2019 to 2022. He was offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers In 2023 before taking the same position with the Eagles this season.
