The Washington Commanders have a head coach. On Thursday, Washington hired Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.
From Dallas to D.C.: the Commanders are hiring Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn as their head coach, per league sources.
Quinn and Commanders’ GM Adam Peters are the two men now charged with leading Washington into the future. pic.twitter.com/G9DUdspQPK
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 1, 2024
This is Quinn’s second head coaching opportunity. He served as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2015-20, where he finished with a 43-42 record and a 3-2 postseason record. Quinn is best known for being the head coach for the Falcons’ team that blew a 28-3 lead to the New England Patriots.
Quinn was fired in 2020 and became the Cowboys defensive coordinator in 2021. In three seasons in charge of the Dallas defense, Quinn led the Cowboys to a top-five finish in defensive DVOA, per FTN.
Quinn, 53, was a standout defensive end at Salisbury University (Maryland) and is in the school’s Hall of Fame. He began his coaching career with William & Mary in 1995.
Quinn’s first NFL opportunity came with San Francisco in 2001, and he served as defensive line coach for the 49ers, Dolphins, Jets, and Seahawks before he took over as Pete Carroll’s defensive coordinator in Seattle in 2013.
Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was the presumed frontrunner for Washington’s head coaching job but pulled out on Tuesday while the team was on a plane to Detroit for his second interview.
