Just a few short years ago, Todd Monken was one of the fastest-rising offensive coaches in football and seemed destined to become an NFL head coach sooner rather than later.
Unfortunately, that process has been delayed a year or two because of one bad decision to join a dysfunctional coaching staff.
After first garnering national attention for turning a one-win Southern Miss program into a nine-win, conference champion team as the school’s head coach, Monken received his first taste of NFL spotlight as the offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The former college quarterback helped transform the Tampa Bay offense and make it one of the most high-powered in the NFL and that made him a hot commodity come the 2019 offseason.
Monken interviewed for a number of head coach jobs, including the Jets, but ultimately decided to join the Cleveland Browns as their new offensive coordinator. That was the move that set his head coaching hopes back at least a year or two.
Monken was saddled with Freddie Kitchens as his head coach and relegated to a background role with Kitchens calling plays. It became clear from the get-go that Monken didn’t have the input that he should have had.
After one disastrous year, Monken returned to college to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia — a very prestigious position.
With the good work he’s doing down in Georgia right now, it’s presumed that Monken will once again be interviewing for head coach positions this offseason.
Given his prior success as a college head coach and NFL play-caller, it seems like a no-brainer that the Jets should be interested once again.
Maybe this time they should actually pull the trigger and hire him.
Unfortunately, that process has been delayed a year or two because of one bad decision to join a dysfunctional coaching staff.
After first garnering national attention for turning a one-win Southern Miss program into a nine-win, conference champion team as the school’s head coach, Monken received his first taste of NFL spotlight as the offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The former college quarterback helped transform the Tampa Bay offense and make it one of the most high-powered in the NFL and that made him a hot commodity come the 2019 offseason.
Monken interviewed for a number of head coach jobs, including the Jets, but ultimately decided to join the Cleveland Browns as their new offensive coordinator. That was the move that set his head coaching hopes back at least a year or two.
Monken was saddled with Freddie Kitchens as his head coach and relegated to a background role with Kitchens calling plays. It became clear from the get-go that Monken didn’t have the input that he should have had.
After one disastrous year, Monken returned to college to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia — a very prestigious position.
With the good work he’s doing down in Georgia right now, it’s presumed that Monken will once again be interviewing for head coach positions this offseason.
Given his prior success as a college head coach and NFL play-caller, it seems like a no-brainer that the Jets should be interested once again.
Maybe this time they should actually pull the trigger and hire him.