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NFL coach carousel: Who's hired, what's next

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What's next in the NFL coaching carousel? Here's everything you need to know about all the movement through hiring-and-firing season, along with the new head coaches for each team. 

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New York Jets

The Jets are expected to hire Adam Gase as their new coach, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington. The Jets reached out to Gase soon after he was fired by the Dolphins on Dec. 31. He was only 23-25 in three seasons, but he dominated the Jets, winning five of six meetings. Gase becomes their first head coach since Bill Parcells (1997) with NFL head-coaching experience.

  • Cimini: Jets gamble future on Gase's ability to recapture his McVay-ness

  • News: Gase expected to be hired as new Jets coach


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Cleveland Browns

The Browns will hire Freddie Kitchens as their next coach Wednesday, sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen. Kitchens earned the job with his work as interim offensive coordinator the final eight games of the 2018 season. That and his relationship with and development of Baker Mayfield were keys to his promotion. The Browns did not want to lose Kitchens, so during the interview process they denied him permission to talk to other teams about offensive coordinator openings.

  • McManamon: Kitchens made most of chance, and Browns reward him for it

  • News: Browns to name Kitchens coach


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Denver Broncos

The Broncos have reached an agreement with Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to become the team's next coach, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Dan Graziano. Fangio will receive a four-year contract that includes a team option for a fifth year, a source said. The 60-year-old Fangio interviewed for the Bears' head-coaching job last offseason.

  • Legwold: With Fangio, Broncos go with experience and toughness

  • News: Broncos reach agreement with Fangio to be coach


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Buccaneers are hiring Bruce Arians as their next coach. Arians, who retired following the 2017 season coaching the Cardinals, has spent the 2018 NFL season working as a game analyst for CBS. In Tampa Bay, he will reunite with Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht, who served as the Cardinals' vice president of player personnel in 2013, and quarterback Jameis Winston, who attended Arians' football camps as a youth in Birmingham, Alabama.

  • Laine: Arians' next biggest challenge: Getting more out of Jameis Winston

  • News: Winston, new coach Arians go back 10 years

  • News: Buccaneers have deal to make Arians new coach


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Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals are hiring former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury to be their next coach. The 39-year-old Kingsbury will replace Steve Wilks, who was fired on Dec. 31 after one season in Arizona, during which he went 3-13. Kingsbury was fired by Texas Tech on Nov. 25 after seven seasons, including six as head coach, and was hired by USC to be its offensive coordinator on Dec. 5. The Cardinals will have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft. 

  • Weinfuss: Kingsbury can point to Patrick Mahomes as proof he can coach

  • Trotter: What the Cardinals and the NFL need to know about Kliff Kingsbury

  • News: Cardinals to hire Kingsbury as next coach


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Green Bay Packers

The Packers are hiring Matt LaFleur as their next coach. LaFleur spent last season as the Titans' offensive coordinator and previously worked under Sean McVay for the Rams and Kyle Shanahan for the Falcons. Both McVay and Shanahan are considered offensive innovators, and the Packers want their next coach to get Aaron Rodgers back to an MVP level.

  • Demovsky: Packers' decision to keep Mike Pettine eases transition for defense

  • Demovsky: LaFleur's time with McVay, Shanahan will help Aaron Rodgers

  • Davenport: LaFleur's year as Titans' OC offers glimpse of what Packers can expect

  • News: Packers to hire LaFleur as coach


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Cincinnati Bengals

The Bengals are hiring former Rams quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor as their next head coach. Taylor, 35, was the offensive coordinator for the University of Cincinnati in 2016, and was also an assistant coach for the Rams the past two seasons.

  • News: Bengals name Zac Taylor 10th head coach in franchise history

  • Terrell: Bengals take long overdue risk with the hiring of Zac Taylor


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Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins have hired Brian Flores, who finished the 2018 season as linebackers coach of the Super Bowl champion Patriots, as their next head coach. The 37-year-old Flores has worked in the Patriots organization since 2004.

  • News: Dolphins make Patriots assistant Brian Flores coach

  • Reid: Brian Flores will now be a head coach, and he showed why

  • Wolfe: Brian Flores springs into Dolphins rebuild off Super Bowl triumph

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