History suggests Darren Rizzi will either be the New Orleans Saints head coach or not be on the staff at all in 2025.
There have been 23 interim head coaches in the last 10 years. Antonio Pierce, Doug Marrone and Mike Mularkey are the only three to be retained as full-time head coach. Other than those three, none of the other interim head coaches were on the staff the next year.
Losing Rizzi would be big loss for the team. He’s one of the league’s leaders in special teams. This is evident my his efforts, and success, to change the kickoff rules. Rizzi spearheaded that.
On top of his schematic contributions on the field, he’s has displayed great leadership. Rizzi is the type of coach you’d want to remain from the previous regime.
However, Rizzi may feel slighted if he didn’t get the job and not want to return to his previous position. The incoming coach also may not want last year’s interim still on the staff. Both are reasonable reasons why Rizzi could move on in this situation.
