Consider the following list:
2016: Lane Kiffin
2017: Brian Daboll
2018: Mike Locksley
2019: Lincoln Riley
2020: Doug Pederson, Press Taylor
2021: Nick Sirianni, Shane Steichen, Brian Johnson
2022: Sirianni, Steichen, Johnson
2023: Sirianni, Johnson
No, that’s not a ranking of football offensive innovators, although it could be. No, it’s not a list of top candidates to run either major college football programs or NFL teams, although it could be that, too. From the above list, only Taylor and Johnson have not been a head coach—and both should be soon.
