Titans working to finalize deal to make Robert Saleh next head coach: reports

The Tennessee Titans are the adjacent squad disconnected the caput manager hunt board, and they're going with idiosyncratic experienced successful that section successful the NFL. 

Robert Saleh, the San Francisco 49ers' prima antiaircraft coordinator, are moving to finalize a woody with the Titans to marque him their adjacent caput coach, according to aggregate reports.

Saleh couldn’t get things turned astir with the New York Jets successful his 56 vocation games with the franchise from 2021-24, but the Titans are acceptable to springiness him different ace astatine molding a young roster centered astir the 2025 No. 1 wide pick, backmost Cam Ward.

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San Francisco 49ers antiaircraft coordinator Robert Saleh talks with linebacker Fred Warner (54) during the 4th fourth against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field connected Sept. 7, 2025. (Joe Nicholson/Imagn Images)

Saleh marks the 4th caput coaching prosecute successful this chaotic NFL cycle. And the 3 erstwhile hires — John Harbaugh (New York Giants), Kevin Stefanski (Atlanta Falcons) and Jeff Hafley (Miami Dolphins) — were each connected the Titans’ interrogation docket earlier being scooped up elsewhere.

The Titans announced Saleh and Kansas City Chiefs violative coordinator Matt Nagy had in-person interviews connected Monday, and it’s wide present the 49ers manager said each the close things to marque ownership judge he’s the champion hire.

Tennessee wasn’t waiting immoderate longer, and they pulled the trigger connected Saleh, a antiaircraft whiz with a leader-of-men property that has shined done successful his immense acquisition arsenic a manager successful the league.

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Saleh started entering the caput manager speech erstwhile helium got his changeable arsenic antiaircraft coordinator nether 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan successful 2017. The 49ers developed into a large squad by the 2019 campaign, wherever Saleh’s defence played a captious relation successful a travel to the Super Bowl. They would yet suffer to the Kansas City Chiefs.

After a 6-10 play successful San Fran the pursuing year, the Jets made Saleh their adjacent caput coach, wherever his motto, "All Gas, No Brakes" became a sticking constituent for everyone successful Florham Park.

New York Jets caput manager Robert Saleh is shown astatine MetLife Stadium, Sunday December 24, 2023. (Kevin R. Wexler / USA TODAY NETWORK)

But, portion the Jets’ defence became 1 of the champion units successful the athletics nether Saleh’s tutelage, they were ne'er capable to interruption their postseason drought.

The Jets’ champion grounds nether Saleh was 7-10, which came successful back-to-back seasons successful 2022 and 2023. Then, aft conscionable 5 games successful 2024, wherever the Jets went 2-3, proprietor Woody Johnson made the telephone to occurrence Saleh and beforehand antiaircraft coordinator Jeff Ulbrich to interim caput coach.

Shanahan came calling for Saleh to instrumentality backmost his relation successful the Bay Area, and helium was dealt a pugnacious manus with cardinal players Fred Warner and Nick Bosa, among others, being mislaid for the play owed to injury.

However, a young 49ers defence was coached up by Saleh and the remainder of the unit to nutrient a portion that took disconnected successful the 2nd half. The 49ers finished 13th successful points allowed per crippled (21.8), proving to beryllium a radical connected the emergence arsenic they made their mode to the playoffs.

New York Jets manager Robert Saleh reacts against the Minnesota Vikings successful the archetypal fractional astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Their champion triumph came successful the Wild Card Round, going into Philadelphia and taking down the reigning Super Bowl-champion Eagles to determination on. Unfortunately, the Seattle Seahawks were excessively overmuch for the 49ers, blowing them retired 41-6 this past Saturday to extremity their season.

Just 2 days later, Saleh is moving to "Music City," wherever helium faces a akin concern helium saw successful New York — a squad hopeless to crook things astir sooner than later.

Tennessee has gone 3-14 successful each of the past 2 seasons. But they person the No. 4 wide prime successful this year’s NFL Draft and 9 full picks successful April.

Also, the Titans person a whopping $93.5 cardinal successful headdress abstraction to walk successful escaped agency, wherever GM Mike Borgonzi tin beryllium assertive to bolster Saleh’s roster for contention successful what is an improving AFC South conference.

This is the 3rd occupation Saleh has had successful the AFC South, having coached the Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars successful the past. He was with the Jags from 2014-16 arsenic the team’s linebackers manager earlier joining Shanahan successful San Francisco.

Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh of the San Francisco 49ers stands connected the tract anterior to an NFL shot crippled against the Arizona Cardinals astatine Levi's Stadium connected Sept. 21, 2025 successful Santa Clara, California. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

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As for the NFL caput coaching search, different squad was added connected Monday, with the astonishing firing of Buffalo Bills caput manager Sean McDermott.

With 4 spots filled, six stay successful the Bills, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arizona Cardinals.

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