The Houston Texans may be on a coaching search for their sixth full-time coach in team history, but it still draws considerable interesting.
One of the constituencies keeping an eye on the Texans’ coaching search are the players.
According to defensive end Jerry Hughes, the Texans players are very much aware of what is going on with the coaching search and discuss who the team is considering and who they have brought in for interviews.
“I think for the most part a group of us have been kind of chatting about it in our team chat,” Hughes said via Aaron Wilson of KPRC-TV. “We get the alerts of everyone that is interviewing. So, we’re ball players. So, we’re going to talk about their resume, how cool it would be, who we want.”
The most recent interview the Texans completed was a virtual interview with San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans.
For Hughes, who is under contract with Houston through the 2022 season, the hiring of a new coach is a chance to get the Texans out of the rebuild.
“Everyone is just excited to see who is going to be the new head coach and what direction we’re going to head,” Hughes said. “I think that’s really just what everyone is really just eager about right now.”
Hughes led the Texans with 9.0 sacks through 17 games, 16 of which he started. The former Sugar Land Stephen F. Austin High School product also collected an interception, forced two fumbles, had a pass breakup, 10 tackles for loss, 10 quarterback hits, and 35 combined tackles.
