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Who is the best coordinator in the NFL? The National Football League is always looking for the next up-and-coming head coach who could become the next Kevin O’Connell or DeMeco Ryans. Some of the best NFL coordinators will get their shot to run a team before long, while others are happy to contribute to perennial Super Bowl contenders.
Let’s dive into our rankings of the best NFL coordinators right now. This is a combination of both the best defensive coordinators and offensive coordinators entering the 2025 NFL season.
Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is the best coordinator in the NFL. Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes deservedly get credit for the team’s three Super Bowl rings, but Kansas City’s defenses have been instrumental in getting that far. Hired in 2019, Spags has engineered top-10 defenses and made it all work with frequent turnover at linebacker and in the secondary. Overall, he’s a four-time Super Bowl champion as a defensive coordinator and Kansas City is thankful NFL teams don’t seem keen on giving him a second chance as a head coach.
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After winning two national championships as the Georgia Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator, Todd Monken returned to the NFL in 2023. Replacing Greg Roman, he took over a Baltimore Ravens team that had the 13th-best yards-per-play average (5.5) and averaged the 17th-most points per drive (1.90). A year later, Baltimore averaged the third-most yards per play (5.9) with the fifth-most points per drive (2.37). It reached historic levels this past season, with Monken and Lamar Jackson running an offense that averaged 6.8 yards per play (1st) and averaged 2.8 points per drive (3rd). Monken has helped elevate Jackson to an all-time great level over the last two seasons and Baltimore is thankful its play-caller hasn’t been poached yet.
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The Philadelphia Eagles wanted to make Vic Fangio their defensive coordinator in 2023, but circumstances out of their control resulted in him taking the Miami Dolphins’ job. Fangio left Miami a year later and returned to where he was wanted. Under Fangio, the Eagles’ defense went from ranking 29th in EPA per Play allowed allowed (0.058) to third-best (0.087) in a year. Fangio’s scheme and his tutelage of Eagles defensive backs Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean also proved critical to Philadelphia’s championship aspirations. Fangio isn’t going to be an NFL head coach again, so the Eagles get to keep him for as long as he wants to be around.
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