The Indianapolis Colts have their new head coach in former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen, and his first order of business will be to fill out his coaching staff.
Fortunately, he may really only need to focus on the offensive side of the ball when it comes to putting his staff together. That’s because the Colts still have defensive coordinator Gus Bradley on staff, and he has plenty of history with Steichen.
Buy Colts TicketsIn fact, Steichen gave Bradley a glowing review when the Colts and Eagles played each other during the 2022 season.
Shane Steichen on Gus Bradley on Nov. 17th:
“I’ve got a ton of respect for Gus Bradley. I worked with him for four years in L.A. Hell of a football coach, hell of a human being.”
— Joel A. Erickson (@JoelAErickson) February 13, 2023
Bradley was the defensive coordinator for the Los Angles Chargers for four seasons (2017-2020). At the same time, Steichen was the quarterbacks coach for three of those seasons (2017-2019) and the interim offensive coordinator (2020) following the firing of Ken Wisenhunt.
It also would make sense if Steichen wanted to keep Bradley on the staff, especially after it was reported that several candidates intended to keep the veteran coach in his role, which led to the Colts blocking other teams from interviewing him for defensive coordinator roles.
The Colts defense was a bright spot during the 2022 season despite not having linebacker Shaquille Leonard. They lost a bit of gas toward the end of the season, but Bradley proved he can give the Colts an above-average unit.
Now, Steichen may not have to look too far to find his defensive staff, which means he can quickly put together his offensive staff as the Colts hope to get out of this rebuild quickly.
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