{"id":867618,"date":"2018-12-27T07:22:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=867618"},"modified":"2018-12-28T01:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T06:54:37","slug":"packers-have-interviewed-jim-caldwell-and-chuck-pagano-for-head-coaching-job-html-bkurt11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/packers-have-interviewed-jim-caldwell-and-chuck-pagano-for-head-coaching-job-html-bkurt11\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers Have Interviewed Jim Caldwell and Chuck Pagano for Head Coaching Job"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Green Bay Packers have started interviewing candidates for their head coaching vacancy. Former Lions coach Jim Caldwell and former Colts head man Chuck Pagano have each interviewed for the position according to published reports. It is not clear if any other candidates have been interviewed for the position which opened up when the Packers fired Mike McCarthy after the Packers loss to the Arizona Cardinals on December 2.<\/p>\n
Caldwell is a native of Beloit, Wisconsin, and has previous NFL head coaching experience in Detroit and Indianapolis. His regular season record as a head coach is 62-50 and he led the Colts to Super Bowl XLIV where they lost to the Saints. His overall playoff record is 2-4.\u00a0 He also led the Lions to the playoffs in 2014 and 2016 and is the first Detroit head coach to finish his tenure with the team with a winning record since Joe Schmidt who coached the club from 1967-1972.<\/p>\n
Whether or not Caldwell ultimately gets the job, he gives insight into the type of candidate Mark Murphy, Brian Gutekunst and the Packers brass are looking for. Caldwell has an offensive background and started in the NFL as a quarterbacks coach under Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n
Caldwell has worked with veteran quarterbacks over the course of his NFL coaching career. He coached Peyton Manning in Indianapolis. He was on John Harbaugh\u2019s staff in Baltimore when the Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII behind the quarterbacking of Joe Flacco. In Detroit, Caldwell worked with Matthew Stafford who put up big numbers under Caldwell\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n
The players responded positively to Caldwell in Detroit. If fact, he was fired after the 2017 season despite finishing with a 9-7 record. The Lions are just 5-10 under Matt Patricia this season.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Lions players were impressed by their leader. \u201cHe\u2019s always got something new for me,\u201d defensive end Darryl Tapp told <\/a>The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cYou can\u2019t be stale in this league.\u201d<\/p>\n