The Jets submitted interview requests for head coach and normal supervisor candidates who’re employed by groups on Monday, casting a large web.
There have been 9 teaching interview requests which are identified and 6 GM interview requests.
These are added to the candidates who’ve already been identified to interview or are scheduled.
The Jets are additionally anticipated to interview present interim coach Jeff Ulbrich and interim GM Phil Salvage for the full-time jobs.
In an unique interview with The Publish earlier than Sunday’s season finale with the Dolphins, workforce proprietor Woody Johnson stated he has confidence within the workforce’s search course of, which he’s overseeing however is getting help from former GMs Mike Tannenbaum and Rick Spielman.
“We’re going to get somebody in right here that’s going to make them proud, make them happy with the workforce on the sphere and off the sphere,” Johnson stated. “We’re solely interviewing individuals we might rent. We’re not simply doing it for enjoyable.”
The Jets requested interviews with the next head teaching candidates: Payments offensive coordinator Joe Brady, Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, 49ers quarterbacks coach Brian Griese, Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, Vikings quarterbacks coach Josh McCown, Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik and Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith.
The workforce has already interviewed former Commanders and Panthers coach Ron Rivera, former Titans coach Mike Vrabel and is scheduled to interview Rex Ryan, who coached the Jets from 2009-14, on Tuesday.
Of the brand new names that emerged Monday, six had been from the offensive aspect of the ball whereas three had been on protection.
4 of them — Flores, Joseph, Nagy and Smith — have been head coaches earlier than. The Jets wish to have an skilled individual in one of many two jobs.
Glenn and McCown each performed for the Jets.
Glenn was the workforce’s first-round choose in 1994. Brady and Smith each interviewed with the Jets in 2021 when the workforce employed Robert Saleh. Smith was a finalist for the job.
One notable identify the Jets don’t plan on interviewing is Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who is taken into account one of many hottest teaching candidates.
The Jets don’t really feel that Johnson can be a match for them so they aren’t requesting an interview, in line with sources.
As for the final supervisor interviews, there have been six requests identified to have been put in on Monday: Chiefs assistant normal supervisor Mike Borgonzi, Bengals senior personnel govt Trey Brown, Rams senior personnel govt Ray Farmer, Buccaneers assistant normal supervisor Mike Greenberg, Vikings vice chairman of participant personnel Ryan Grigson and Eagles assistant GM Alec Halaby.
The workforce has already interviewed former Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff, former Titans GM Jon Robinson, Senior Bowl director Jim Nagy and ESPN analyst Louis Riddick.
Farmer and Grigson are former GMs, if the Jets determine they need an skilled individual in that chair. Greenberg grew up on Lengthy Island and was a Jets intern below Tannenbaum in 2008-09.
The Jets can interview the GM candidates in individual, which can result in a GM getting employed first.
As for coaches, the Jets can interview Griese, whose workforce is out of the playoffs in addition to Glenn and Nagy, whose groups have first-round byes this week.
All teaching interviews are digital till Jan. 20. The coaches who’ve playoff video games this weekend can not do a digital interview till subsequent week.
