Do you hear that? It’s the sound of the coaching carousel as it slowly winds down to its last few spins. The New Orleans Saints are the only team left that still has a head coaching vacancy, and if you look at their current list of candidates, one name you won’t see is Todd Monken.
It’s safe to say that the Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator will return for a third season. Three teams—the Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Las Vegas Raiders—requested to interview Monken, but all three positions have since been filled.
The Bears made this cycle’s splash hire, hiring Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, while the Jaguars hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen. However, the hires were made after a healthy dose of drama.
Meanwhile, the Raiders made Pete Carroll, who parted ways with the Seattle Seahawks (who replaced him with the Ravens defensive coordinator Mike MacDonald) last offseason.
So Monken will almost certainly be back, and that is excellent news for the Ravens and their fans.
#Ravens OC Todd Monken did something this year for the first time since #Rams THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF.
Leading the #NFL in Passing and Rushing yards per play. pic.twitter.com/xRnyAduC4Y
— NFL Rumors (@nflrums) January 23, 2025
Head coach John Harbaugh will no doubt be excited about this development.
“It will be significant if and when we get Todd back,” Harbaugh said to the media on Wednesday. “I’m very hopeful that we will…Todd Monken will be a great head coach; I’ll say that.
“He’s a really good football coach. He’s an old-school football coach with kind of a new-school and creative mind. [He’s] always creating. He works well with his staff.
“We have a great staff around him, so because of that, it would be very meaningful if and when we get him back, and we continue [moving] forward.”
Under Monken, the Ravens offense led the NFL in both rushing yards (3,189) and yards per rush (5.8) this past season.
