Eagles reportedly request permission to interview Seahawks’ Sean Desai initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Philadelphia
The Eagles have requested permission from the Seahawks to interview Sean Desai for his or her defensive coordinator emptiness, in line with Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports activities.
Desai has Philadelphia ties – he coached at Temple below Al Golden from 2006 via 2010 – and after 9 seasons in numerous roles below three head coaches with the Bears, he spent this final season as assistant head coach and defensive assistant below Pete Carroll in Seattle.
DeSai, 39, is the second exterior coach who’s emerged this week as a candidate to switch Jonathan Gannon, who’s the brand new head coach of the Playing cards. The Eagles are reportedly all for assembly with Vance Joseph, who was launched earlier Friday from his contract because the Playing cards’ defensive coordinator.
Desai adopted Golden to Miami in 2011 and after one 12 months as assistant director of soccer operations he returned to teaching in 2012 at Boston Faculty below Frank Spaziani as operating backs coach and particular groups coordinator.
In 2013, Marc Trestman introduced Desai to the Bears as a defensive high quality management coach and when John Fox was employed in 2015 he stored Desai in the identical function. One-time Eagles coaching camp quarterback Matt Nagy changed Fox in 2018 and in addition stored Design, selling him to security coach in 2019.
The design has an uncommon background. He is the one individual of Indian descent to ever function an NFL coordinator. He graduated from Boston College in 2004 with levels in philosophy and political science, then earned his grasp’s in increased schooling from Columbia in 2005. Throughout his stint teaching at Temple, he earned his doctorate in instructional administration.
The Eagles ranked 2nd within the NFL in protection this previous 12 months and 1st in move protection.